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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Howlett (ranked 6756 p4p, 539 weight class) and Jo Asce (ranked 23677 p4p, 651 weight class). Howlett comes to the cage accompanied by Push. Jo Asce acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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162 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Howlett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jo Asce!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howlett looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Howlett slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Howlett with a nice head shot there.
Asce keeping full guard, as Howlett tries to pass.
Howlett trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Howlett lands a couple of elbows.
Howlett might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Howlett throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Asce works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Howlett has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Howlett postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Howlett stays in close to Asce's body and controls the position.
Howlett postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howlett controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Howlett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Howlett connects with a couple of short punches.
Howlett works over Asce with some ground and pound from guard.
Howlett is in close to Asce's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Howlett postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Howlett is working Asce over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Howlett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Howlett is in close to Asce's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Howlett controlling from the top position.
Asce really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Howlett. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Howlett working some strikes from top position.
Howlett scoring with punches to the head and body.
Howlett lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Howlett lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Howlett with a nice head shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Howlett showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Howlett scoring with punches to the head and body.
Howlett passes Asce's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Asce taking some punishment here, with Howlett in his half guard.
Asce on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Howlett.
Howlett working the head and body with strikes.
Nice strikes from Howlett there.
Howlett looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Howlett working over Asce with some ground and pound. Asce looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Asce is rocked!
Howlett content to control rather than advance.
Howlett's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Howlett working the head and body with strikes.
Howlett scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Nice strikes from Howlett there.
Asce is still in real trouble! Can Howlett finish him?
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Howlett connects with a nice short shot to Asce's temple.
Asce on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Howlett is looking for a kimura but Asce is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Howlett to get the leverage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Howlett is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Howlett working Asce over with strikes.
Howlett scores with a big shot! Asce's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Asce! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Howlett!
James Howlett decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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