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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Denny Balls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roderick Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Edwards's choice of entrance music: Animal I have Become. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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178 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Denny Balls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roderick Edwards!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balls moves into the clinch successfully.
Balls looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balls.
Balls goes for a takedown attempt but Edwards pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Edwards closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Balls knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Edwards on the ground.
Balls tries to roll over but Edwards keeps him under control.
Edwards wants to free his trapped foot but Balls is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Edwards drops an elbow to the side of Balls's head.
Edwards drops an elbow to the side of Balls's head.
Edwards is nestled in close to Balls, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Edwards is working for a kimura but Balls is defending it quite comfortably.
Edwards works his way into full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards cracks Balls with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Edwards working for a submission but Balls is keeping him at bay.
Edwards has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Edwards looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Balls is bucking up trying to escape but Edwards cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Edwards connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Balls tries to hold on but Edwards pushes him away.
Edwards lands a big elbow.
Edwards lands a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Edwards controlling his opponent.
Edwards putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Balls is squirming around, avoiding Edwards's attempts to control the action.
Edwards scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Edwards looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Balls tries to reverse the position but Edwards maintains control.
Edwards looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Edwards has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Balls is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Roderick Edwards!
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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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