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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Karl Denke (ranked 76 p4p, 12 weight class) and The Sigit (ranked 585 p4p, 77 weight class). Sigit comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gie kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The Sigit has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 lbs
21 - 10 - 0 |
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172 lbs
32 - 20 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karl Denke!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 20 - 2, fighting out of New York, The Sigit!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Alyssa Summers and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Denke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sigit moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Denke throws a shot from downtown. Sigit moves away and avoids it.
Sigit changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Sigit tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Denke defends well and Sigit ends up having to push Denke into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Sigit.
Denke is trying to control Sigit's posture but Sigit avoids it.
Sigit throws an elbow but Denke slips to the side and avoids it well.
Sigit creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Denke sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sigit has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Denke!
Denke is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Zero Tolerance that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Denke is in a horrible position here. Sigit smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Denke manages to regain half guard. Good work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Denke is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Denke trying to control here.
Sigit throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Sigit is looking to advance position but Denke won't allow it.
Denke wants to control but Sigit is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sigit perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Sigit working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Sigit looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sigit missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Denke trying to control from the bottom.
Sigit looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sigit working the head and body with strikes.
Sigit wants to free his trapped foot but Denke is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sigit seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Denke is staying active underneath Sigit, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Denke wants to control but Sigit is keeping busy.
Sigit not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Denke trying to hold on to Sigit's head to control him but Sigit postures up.
Denke is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Sigit throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigit thows a huge punch but Denke dodges it nicely.
The fighters are battling for position here. Denke manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sigit in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Sigit missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sigit has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sigit accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sigit pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Denke is keeping the position for now.
Sigit is still trying to improve position.
Sigit postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sigit working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sigit throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Denke works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sigit wants to control from the top but Denke keeps moving.
Sigit throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Denke looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Denke utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Denke working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sigit.
Sigit lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Denke looking to control.
Sigit pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Denke is keeping the position for now.
Sigit postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Sigit trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Sigit trying to control but Denke is working from the bottom.
Sigit might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Denke haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Sigit trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
The Sigit dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Denke blocks a jab.
Sigit gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Denke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sigit gets a takedown into half guard.
Denke has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sigit is working away from the top position though.
Denke tries to kick Sigit off but Sigit keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sigit looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sigit not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The Sigit has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sigit is thwarting Denke's attempts to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sigit is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Ground and pound from Sigit.
Sigit throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Denke controlling the position well.
Denke avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Sigit.
Sigit throwing shots but Denke is blocking nicely.
Sigit lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Sigit missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Sigit is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Sigit dominating with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sigit lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Denke hang on?
Denke tries to hold on but Sigit pushes him away.
Sigit looking to control but Denke is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sigit looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Denke is in all sorts of trouble here.
Denke is squirming around, avoiding Sigit's attempts to control the action.
Sigit has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sigit with the ground and pound from mount.
Sigit with the ground and pound from mount.
Denke is bucking up trying to escape but Sigit cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sigit postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Denke looks a forlorn figure.
Denke is rocked!
Denke keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Oh Denke is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Denke takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sigit has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Denke's face.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sigit controlling his opponent.
Sigit unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Denke wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Sigit celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Sigit!
The Sigit is the new welterweight champion!
In his post fight interview, The Sigit gave a big smile as he said 'Danke the champ? Idont think so..FAKE!!'.
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FIGHT
RATING
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