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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anton Poirier (ranked 4009 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kieran Mistry (ranked 17684 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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173 cm
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146 lbs
4 - 7 - 1 |
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171 cm
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144 lbs
16 - 14 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anton Poirier! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kieran Mistry! The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Poirier lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Poirier. Mistry fails to land with a series of punches.
Poirier drops down looking for a counter takedown but Mistry sprawls and moves away. Mistry fails with an attempt to clinch.
Poirier avoids a punch combination nicely.
Poirier throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mistry wants to clinch up but Poirier keeps it at a distance. Mistry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Mistry throws a series of punches but Poirier moves out of range. Mistry rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Poirier counters with a stiff right hand. Mistry wants to clinch. Poirier is looking to counter punch. Mistry misses with the combination.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mistry cracks Poirier with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Poirier is defended easily by Mistry. Poirier connects with an inside leg kick. Mistry connects with a single shot there. Poirier slips a jab from Mistry. Mistry moves out of range of the strikes. Poirier gets a takedown into half guard. Mistry wants to stand back up but Poirier manages to pass into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here. Poirier has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Mistry! The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Poirier controlling the pace for now. Poirier won't let Mistry get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now. Poirier working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Mistry looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Poirier! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Anton Poirier! A very excited looking Anton Poirier rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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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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