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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between John Blackmon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Story (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Blackmon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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130 lbs
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135 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Blackmon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tim Story!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackmon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Story misses with a few strikes there.
Blackmon tries to clinch
and Story decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Blackmon's guard.
Blackmon is looking for a triangle but Story pushes his legs off easily.
Story working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Blackmon's head.
Story lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Story postures up and lands a big shot to Blackmon's brow.
Story wants to control from the top but Blackmon keeps moving.
Story is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Story with a nice head shot there.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blackmon wants to stand and escape but Story is having none of it.
Blackmon working a defensive guard here.
Blackmon really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Story passes Blackmon's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Story is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Story is looking for a kimura here.
Story working over Blackmon with some ground and pound. Blackmon looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Blackmon is trying to get back to full guard.
Story drops an elbow to the side of Blackmon's head.
Story is working for a kimura but Blackmon is defending it quite comfortably.
Story working over Blackmon with some ground and pound. Blackmon looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Story lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Story is looking for a kimura but Blackmon is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Story to get the leverage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Story slips a nice elbow through Blackmon's hands, connecting with Blackmon's forehead.
Story prevents Blackmon from standing back up.
Story looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blackmon with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Story lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Story has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Story working Blackmon over with strikes here.
Story putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Blackmon is rocked!
Blackmon tries to reverse the position but Story maintains control.
Oh Blackmon is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Story scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Blackmon?
Story won't let Blackmon get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Story cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Story lands with some strikes.
Story drops a big elbow. That's hurt Blackmon! More shots from Story and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tim Story!
Tim Story is the new bantamweight champion!
Tim Story very nearly forgot to thank Hopkins Athletics amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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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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