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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Armstrong (ranked 2523 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Ma (ranked 2923 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevin Armstrong looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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205 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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205 cm
25
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kevin Armstrong!
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, Jack Ma!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ma will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jack Ma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ma tries to clinch up but Armstrong circles away and keeps his distance.
Armstrong half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Armstrong keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Armstrong changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Ma darts in looking for a takedown but Armstrong gets double underhooks and turns Ma into the cage.
Kevin Armstrong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Ma.
Ma throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Armstrong stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Armstrong defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ma.
Armstrong feinted with a counter takedown.
Armstrong takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ma shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Armstrong sprawls well. Armstrong wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ma gets slowly back to his feet.
Armstrong tries to counter with a takedown but Ma is quick to defend against it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ma shoots in for a takedown but Armstrong shows good takedown defense.
Armstrong drops down looking for a counter takedown but Ma sprawls and moves away.
Ma throws a series of strikes that have Armstrong backpedaling.
Ma's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Ma duly obliges.
Ma tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Armstrong manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ma thows a leg kick but Armstrong checks it
and Armstrong counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Armstrong passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Armstrong has hold of Ma's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Ma tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Armstrong cranks the arm and Ma screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Ma, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Kevin Armstrong!
A pretty intense looking Kevin Armstrong took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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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
46% |
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