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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Willy Vargas (ranked 23646 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cheikh Ali (ranked 5697 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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169 cm
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140 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Willy Vargas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Cheikh Ali!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali closes the distance and clinches.
Vargas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ali pulls guard.
Ali has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Vargas drops back looking for a leg! Ali is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Ali manages to kick Vargas off! Vargas jumps back into Ali's guard.
Ali is pulling down on Vargas's head to control his posture.
Ali wants to sweep here but Vargas controlling him for the moment.
Ali pulls Vargas in to control the position.
Vargas has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ali wants to sweep but no luck.
Ali has Vargas pulled in close to control his posture.
Ali bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vargas's guard.
Ali works over Vargas with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali throwing strikes from guard but Vargas blocks nicely.
Ali drops back looking for a leg! Vargas is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Vargas manages to kick Ali off! Ali jumps back into Vargas's guard.
Ali looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ali throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vargas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ali working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Vargas trying to keep a closed guard but Ali is proving a slippery customer.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ali's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Ali not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ali missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ali is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ali has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ali trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ali missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ali postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Ali landing some decent shots from guard.
Ali postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vargas is pulling down on Ali's head. It's preventing any offense from Ali, at least for the moment.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ali throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vargas works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ali throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ali controlling from the top position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Vargas tries to keep at a distance but Ali has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ali pulls guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vargas avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ali bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vargas's guard.
Ali is stalling in the full guard.
Vargas utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ali loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ali postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ali is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Ali distracts Vargas with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cheikh Ali dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ali shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Vargas's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ali trying to control but Vargas is working from the bottom.
Ali controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ali lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Ali is in close to Vargas's body, working some short punches and elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ali lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Vargas controls Ali momentarily but Ali frees himself.
Ali stays in close to Vargas's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali is continuing to stall.
Ali sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Vargas's guard.
Vargas knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ali on the ground.
Ali looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Vargas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ali is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ali seems to be working for a kimura but Vargas defends the submission attempt.
Ali winds up and cracks Vargas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ali is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ali drops an elbow to the side of Vargas's head.
Vargas is rocked!
Ali lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Oh Vargas is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ali looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ali lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Vargas! More strikes land and this one is all over! Ali jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cheikh Ali!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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