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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Halo (ranked 125 p4p, 21 weight class) and The Sigit (ranked 159 p4p, 28 weight class). Sigit has chosen Gie as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 cm
36
180 lbs
27 - 14 - 0 |
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173 cm
38
172 lbs
35 - 21 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur Halo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
35 - 21 - 2, fighting out of New York, The Sigit! The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sigit tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Sigit shoots for a takedown but Halo saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Sigit scores with a takedown into Halo's guard. Halo trying to control the position here. Sigit working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. Halo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sigit defends it easily. Halo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sigit is one step ahead there. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sigit stands up over Halo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Sigit is in close to Halo's body, working some short punches and elbows. Halo has his hands on Sigit's head, controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Halo has his foot on Sigit's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sigit works his way back into a safe position though. Sigit throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Halo works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Sigit trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Sigit with a nice head shot there. Halo is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Sigit looking to sit in guard and control but Halo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sigit has his foot on Halo's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Halo works his way back into a safe position though. Sigit keeping moving, preventing Halo from controlling successfully. Sigit tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sigit is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Halo wants to control from the top but Sigit keeps moving. Sigit wants to sweep but no luck. Sigit keeping full guard, as Halo tries to pass. Sigit can't keep his opponent in guard - Halo advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount. Sigit gets back to full guard.
Halo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Halo advances to half guard. Sigit actively working from the bottom here. Well, if Halo is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Sigit has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Halo wants to pass to mount but Sigit is defending the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sigit looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Sigit is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. Halo will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Sigit is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Halo pulls his head out easily. Halo wants to work for an arm triangle but Sigit is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Halo in particular looking to stall. Halo trying to advance position but Sigit counters by regaining guard. Sigit throws his legs up looking for a submission but Halo uses it to pass to side control.
Halo advances nicely into full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Halo prevents Sigit from getting the reversal. Halo takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Halo can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sigit is looking to escape. Sigit regains half guard. Halo looks to score some points with some ground and pound. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Halo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sigit defends it well. Sigit looking for submissions off his back. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Arthur Halo will probably get the nod. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sigit fails to land the takedown. Halo tries to land a leg kick but Sigit saw it coming and moves away.
Sigit tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Halo swivels and escapes. Halo feints and then cracks Sigit's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sigit down. Halo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halo misses with a lunging right hand
so Sigit counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. Halo working a defensive guard here.
Sigit is pushing down on Halo's leg trying to pass to half guard. Halo is fighting to maintain full guard but Sigit has managed to sneak the leg through. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sigit works his way into side control. Sigit throws a strike aimed at the side of Halo's head but Halo avoids it well. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Halo is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sigit advances to full mount. Sigit unloading with bombs! Sigit trying to control but Halo is having none of it. Halo tries to hold on but Sigit pushes him away. Halo tries to reverse the position but Sigit maintains control. Sigit cracks Halo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Halo is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Damage Inc., so we'll see if he gets out of it. Halo tries to hold on but Sigit pushes him away. Halo working to try and regain half guard.
Sigit lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Halo hang on?
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sigit raining down shots from the mount! Halo tries to get back to half guard but can't. Sigit tries to control but Halo wriggling away. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! The referee warns Halo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Sigit has control of Halo's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Halo regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Halo tries to hold on but Sigit pushes him away. Sigit connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Sigit is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Halo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Halo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Halo tries to hold on but Sigit postures up. Sigit is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Halo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sigit landing strikes from the mount and Halo is in trouble! Halo in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Sigit landing shots from mount.
Halo is rocked! Sigit has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Sigit connects with a bit shot that sees Halo covering up! More strikes from Sigit and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Sigit is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). The Sigit! The Sigit looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'Thx y'all ..fvck you biro !!. Dont strip my belt.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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