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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Rodrigues (ranked 609 p4p, 84 weight class) and Gunner Larsson (ranked 676 p4p, 90 weight class). Larsson has chosen Machine Gun Kelly - Till I Die as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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170 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
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182 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samuel Rodrigues!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Gunner Larsson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Larsson tries to keep at a distance but Rodrigues has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rodrigues tries to pull guard but Larsson won't allow it.
Rodrigues is trying to pull guard but Larsson has him pressed against the cage.
Larsson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Larsson throws a punch but it's blocked by Rodrigues.
Larsson tries to throw a body punch but Rodrigues avoids it by throwing Larsson back against the cage.
Rodrigues managing to block the knees to the body from Larsson.
Rodrigues jumps guard but Larsson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Samuel Rodrigues. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rodrigues jumps into guard, dragging Larsson to the mat.
Rodrigues throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rodrigues throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Larsson is fighting to break Rodrigues's control of his arms but Rodrigues is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Rodrigues had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Larsson defends it easily.
Rodrigues has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues is looking to cinch up a triangle. Larsson throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Rodrigues's body to avoid the submission. Rodrigues has instead reached around Larsson's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Rodrigues arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Samuel Rodrigues!
Samuel Rodrigues retains his welterweight title!
Samuel Rodrigues decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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