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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frank Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Musa Ali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Musa Ali will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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140 lbs
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133 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Potter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Musa Ali!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Donald Grub and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ali darts in and clinches Potter up against the cage.
Potter gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Potter scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ali wants to sweep here but Potter controlling him for the moment.
Ali working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Potter doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Potter manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Ali 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.
Potter decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Ali fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Potter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ali avoids a series of strikes thrown by Potter.
Potter is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ali can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Ali is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Potter is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Ali can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Ali wants to control but Potter is having none of it.
BOOM! Potter connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ali is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Ali gets back to half guard.
Potter thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ali's head.
Ali is trying to control but can't.
Ali gets back to full guard.
Ali has his hands on Potter's head, controlling the position.
Potter prevents Ali from getting back to his feet.
Ali looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ali manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Potter wants to hold on but Ali pushes him away.
Ali prevents Potter from getting the reversal.
Ali can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Potter is looking to escape.
Ali tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ali with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Potter is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ali avoids the attempt from Potter to control.
Ali tries to control but Potter wriggling away.
Potter is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ali is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Potter is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Potter flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Ali anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Potter and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Ali slips an arm under Potter chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Ali has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Ali is squeezing on Potter like an anaconda would it's prey. Potter fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Musa Ali!
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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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