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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bradford Volkanovski (ranked 8514 p4p, 0 weight class) and Devon Clarke (ranked 3804 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bradford Volkanovski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Devon Clarke!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, David Hoff and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Volkanovski gets a takedown into half guard.
Clarke is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Clarke is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Volkanovski in particular looking to stall.
Volkanovski looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Volkanovski stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Volkanovski is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Clarke is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Volkanovski in particular looking to stall.
Clarke actively working from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Volkanovski keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Volkanovski seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Clarke for as long as he can get away with.
Clarke is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarke keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Volkanovski is controlling the pace.
Clarke really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Volkanovski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Clarke is trying to maintain the position but Volkanovski is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Clarke fails to land the takedown.
Clarke rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Volkanovski moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Oooooh!!! Volkanovski has knocked Clarke down with a huge combo! Volkanovski steps away and waves a wobbly Clarke back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Clarke is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Volkanovski misses with the combination.
Clarke is still on wobbly legs! Can Volkanovski finish him?
Volkanovski darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clarke is trying to control but can't.
Clarke is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Volkanovski is staying active.
Clarke seems to have recovered his senses.
Still in half guard, Volkanovski seems content to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Volkanovski continues to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bradford Volkanovski dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Clarke fails with the takedown.
Volkanovski half committed to a counter leg kick.
Volkanovski misses with a few strikes there.
Volkanovski shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Volkanovski was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Volkanovski thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Volkanovski stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Horrible takedown attempt by Clarke or perhaps it was just good defense by Volkanovski, which made it look bad.
Volkanovski scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarke is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Volkanovski's leg. Oh but that's left an opportunity for Volkanovski! He's got an arm triangle... it looks tight! He's rotating and Clarke has tapped! This one is allllll over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Bradford Volkanovski!
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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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