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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Glass Joe (ranked 955 p4p, 29 weight class) and Mike Sadollah (ranked 1019 p4p, 33 weight class). Joe comes to the cage accompanied by La Marseillaise. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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135 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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165 cm
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137 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Glass Joe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Sadollah!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Joe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sadollah closes the distance but Joe moves to the side
and Joe counters with a one-two to the body.
Joe looks to score with a jab to the body but Sadollah is just out of range.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Joe jabs at Sadollah's body.
Sadollah darts in trying to clinch
and Joe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sadollah wants to clinch
and Joe counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sadollah thinking.
Sadollah moves in looking to clinch but Joe pushes him off.
Joe is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joe lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sadollah tries to clinch but Joe moves out of range.
Sadollah moves in looking to clinch but Joe pushes him off.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch but Joe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A shot to the body from Joe misses
and Sadollah counters with a left and a right that stings Joe.
Sadollah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Joe circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Joe to counter with a crisp jab.
Sadollah takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Joe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sadollah tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Joe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A quick step to the side and Joe tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadollah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sadollah tries to clinch but Joe moves out of range.
Joe throws a body punch but Sadollah moves out of range.
Sadollah tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sadollah wants to clinch
and Joe counters with a left to the body.
Sadollah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Joe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sadollah tries to clinch up.
Joe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sadollah slips a jab from Joe.
Sadollah has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sadollah tries to work over Joe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joe is looking to break free of the clinch but Sadollah has double underhooks.
Sadollah blocks a body shot from Joe.
I was talking to Joe's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Joe blocking some punches.
Joe slows down the pace here.
Sadollah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Joe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joe cracks Sadollah with a nice body shot.
Sadollah lands an uppercut.
Joe is trying to push Sadollah away but Sadollah has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A hook to the body from Joe.
A head punch on the inside from Sadollah fails to land.
Joe lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Sadollah throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joe.
Sadollah can't find room to land a body shot as Joe controls the action.
Joe cracks Sadollah with a nice body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Joe.
Joe blocking some punches.
Sadollah misses with the head strike.
Joe has a couple of punches blocked by Sadollah.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Joe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Joe pressing his opponent against the cage.
Joe has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sadollah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Joe on the inside.
Joe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Joe lands with a short shot to the head.
Sadollah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sadollah prevents Joe from breaking the clinch.
Sadollah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sadollah working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sadollah cracks Joe with a nice body shot.
Still in the clinch, Joe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sadollah tries a body shot but Joe blocks it.
Joe lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sadollah backwards.
Joe blocks an uppercut.
Joe pushes Sadollah back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sadollah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joe wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Joe blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glass Joe dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sadollah uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Joe.
Sadollah tries to clinch there but Joe circles away.
Joe ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Joe missing with a left hand there. Sadollah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sadollah throws a counter combo.
Joe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Joe lands a body shot.
Sadollah wants to clinch up but Joe keeps it at a distance.
Mike Sadollah seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sadollah closes the distance looking to clinch
and Joe counters with a left to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sadollah doesn't manage to clinch there - Joe circles away.
Joe swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Joe lands a nice shot that snaps Sadollah's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sadollah wants to clinch up but Joe keeps it at a distance.
Joe looks to score with a jab to the body but Sadollah is just out of range.
Joe wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sadollah fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sadollah tries to clinch but Joe moves out of range.
Joe appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A jab from Joe misses.
Joe is looking to wear down Sadollah with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Joe keeps the fight on the outside.
Joe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sadollah can do to turn this around?
Sadollah tries to clinch but Joe moves out of range.
Sadollah is looking to clinch but Joe is avoiding it.
Joe swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Joe just misses with a punch to the body.
Sadollah lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sadollah tries to clinch there but Joe circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadollah tries to clinch up but Joe circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Joe wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Joe sizes up Sadollah with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mike Sadollah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sadollah looks to clinch
letting Joe counter with a right hand.
Sadollah tries to clinch there but Joe circles away.
It looked like Joe wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Joe takes a swing at Sadollah's ribcage but misses.
A little jabbing left from Sadollah on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Joe keeps the fight on the outside.
A counter left hand to the body from Joe misses its target.
Joe looks to throw the jab but Sadollah is out of range.
Sadollah fails in his attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Joe on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Joe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joe lands a nice hook to Sadollah's body. Sadollah takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sadollah closes the distance looking to clinch
and Joe counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sadollah thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Joe.
Sadollah is looking to clinch.
Sadollah tries to clinch up.
Sadollah wants to clinch but Joe slips to the side
and Joe counters with a straight right hand.
Sadollah moves into the clinch successfully.
Joe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sadollah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sadollah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from Joe.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sadollah.
Joe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Joe presses Sadollah against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Joe scores with a shot to the side of Sadollah's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right hook to the body lands for Joe.
Sadollah is breathing heavily.
A short uppercut from Joe.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Joe.
Joe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Joe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Sadollah throws a head punch that misses.
Joe scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sadollah.
Joe wants to break free but Sadollah has control.
Sadollah swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Joe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sadollah or not.
Sadollah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Joe lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sadollah or not.
Joe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jab from Joe.
Joe gets tackled into the cage by Sadollah. Sadollah maintains the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Joe.
Sadollah lands with a left to the head.
Joe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sadollah tries to clinch up
enabling Joe to counter with a crisp jab.
Sadollah is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glass Joe dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Joe walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Sadollah drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Joe swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Sadollah's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Glass Joe!
Glass Joe is the new bantamweight champion!
An out of breath Glass Joe thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Mike Sadollah was interviewed post fight and said 'Next I will whoop his ass!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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