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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aaron Gardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raje Malapitan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gardner comes to the cage accompanied by Stavesacre - Minuteman. Raje Malapitan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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157 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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169 cm
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154 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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Basic striking
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Aaron Gardner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raje Malapitan!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Bruno Lombardi and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Malapitan has his takedown stuffed
and Gardner counters with a single leg into guard. Malapitan didn't expect that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Gardner landing with the ground and pound.
Gardner with a flurry of punches that miss.
Gardner stays in close to Malapitan's body and controls the position.
Gardner postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gardner keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Malapitan's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gardner trying to control but Malapitan is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Malapitan can do anything to dispel that myth.
Malapitan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gardner passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Sloppy strikes there by Gardner.
Gardner throwing strikes but Malapitan manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Gardner regains half guard.
Gardner 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malapitan is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gardner works his way to full guard. Good work.
Malapitan trying to control but Gardner is working from the bottom.
Gardner looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Malapitan looking to sit in guard and control but Gardner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gardner scoring with punches to the head and body.
Gardner throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardner trying to control but Malapitan is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gardner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gardner throws a big right hand that misses.
Gardner wants to control from the top but Malapitan keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gardner accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gardner preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardner sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gardner lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Gardner lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Malapitan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Malapitan trying to keep a closed guard but Gardner is proving a slippery customer.
Gardner with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Malapitan looks gassed!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gardner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aaron Gardner dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gardner drives through with a takedown into Malapitan's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Gardner passes into half guard.
Gardner throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Gardner not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Gardner thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Malapitan's head.
Gardner prevents Malapitan from improving his position.
Gardner seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malapitan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gardner.
Gardner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Malapitan defending well though.
Gardner sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Malapitan defending well though.
Gardner missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gardner wants to control but Malapitan is keeping him busy.
Gardner wants to pass the guard but Malapitan is defending well.
Gardner not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Malapitan is breathing heavily.
Nice strikes from Gardner there.
Gardner not doing much here.
Gardner is trying for a kimura here. Malapitan looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Gardner wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Aaron Gardner!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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