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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Shabalala (ranked 4853 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mohamed Polimac (ranked 5640 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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158 lbs
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173 cm
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159 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raymond Shabalala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mohamed Polimac!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Polimac tries to clinch there but Shabalala circles away.
Polimac tries to clinch but Shabalala moves out of range.
Polimac tries to clinch but Shabalala is having none of it.
Polimac tries to clinch up but Shabalala circles away and keeps his distance.
Polimac is looking to clinch but Shabalala is avoiding it.
Shabalala tries to counter with a takedown but Polimac is quick to defend against it.
Shabalala drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Shabalala is breathing heavily.
Polimac tries to strike from the bottom.
Shabalala is working Polimac over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Polimac 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.
Shabalala has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Shabalala throwing strikes but missing.
Polimac throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Shabalala throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shabalala works over Polimac with some ground and pound from guard.
Polimac doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Polimac doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Shabalala working some strikes from top position.
Polimac thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Shabalala trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Polimac really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Shabalala. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shabalala postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Polimac will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Shabalala lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shabalala lands a couple of elbows.
Shabalala throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Shabalala postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Shabalala working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Polimac's head.
Polimac throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Shabalala stopping the sweep attempt from Polimac.
Shabalala working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Polimac's head.
Polimac throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Shabalala with a nice head shot there.
Shabalala preventing the sweep.
Polimac striking off his back but it's not causing Shabalala any problems.
Polimac throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shabalala postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Shabalala is in close to Polimac's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Shabalala distracts Polimac with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Shabalala drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Shabalala as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Polimac screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Shabalala! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Raymond Shabalala!
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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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