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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Khalid Ismail (ranked 7391 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Sione (ranked 5794 p4p, 0 weight class). Ismail has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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183 lbs
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180 cm
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180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Khalid Ismail!
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, John Sione !
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ismail gets caught napping as Sione dives in and scores a takedown. Ismail manages to retain guard.
Sione is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sione working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ismail's head.
Sione distracts Ismail with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sione lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Sione trying to control but Ismail is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sione loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ismail not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sione is in close to Ismail's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sione working some strikes from top position.
Sione passes Ismail's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Ismail is breathing heavily.
Sione seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sione lands strikes from half guard.
Ismail is rocked!
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!
Ismail trying to hold on to Sione 's head to control him but Sione postures up.
Sione lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Oh Ismail is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ismail is looking to improve his position.
Ismail seems to have got his legs back now.
Sione drops an elbow to the side of Ismail's head.
Sione is pressing down on Ismail's thigh, looking to free his foot. Ismail is holding on for now.
Nice strikes from Sione there.
Sione landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sione landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sione is nestled in close to Ismail, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Sione is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Ismail still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Ismail has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Sione regains half guard there - taking advantage of Ismail's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ismail has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Sione avoids a series of strikes thrown by Ismail.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ismail misses with some ground and pound and Sione recovers position to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Ismail is going to stand back up.
Sione is in trouble now - Ismail has advanced to mount!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Sione can do anything to dispel that myth.
Sione is working to get back to half guard.
Ismail looking to control but Sione is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four 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.
Ismail throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Sione because Ismail loaded up on that one.
Sione is squirming around, avoiding Ismail's attempts to control the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Sione dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Khalid Ismail's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ismail tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Sione swivels and escapes.
Sione closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Ismail did well to prevent Sione getting side control.
Sione seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sione is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ismail has hold of Sione 's hands but Sione slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Sione is thwarting Ismail's attempts to control the position.
Ismail is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Sione is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Sione winds up and cracks Ismail with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sione takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sione trying to pass the guard but Ismail defending well.
Ismail gets full guard.
Sione lands a couple of digs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sione with a nice head shot there.
Sione preventing the sweep.
Sione stands up over Ismail, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sione sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Ismail's guard.
Sione scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Ismail trying to control here.
Ismail taking some punishment here, with Sione in his half guard.
Sione takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sione has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sione is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
John Sione has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ismail moves into full guard.
Sione lands a couple of elbows.
Sione must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sione trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sione loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ismail wants to get back to his feet but Sione is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ismail is trying to keep Sione in close.
Sione scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ismail 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.
Ismail controls Sione momentarily but Sione frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sione scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sione throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sione throws a sloppy strike and Ismail has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Sione is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Ismail!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Khalid Ismail!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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