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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Van De Velde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Lemana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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205 lbs
7 - 12 - 0 |
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206 lbs
13 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert Van De Velde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joe Lemana!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lemana throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van De Velde sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van De Velde tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lemana manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A clash of legs there as Van De Velde blocks the low kick.
Van De Velde moves out of range as Lemana throws a body kick.
Lemana misses with a two punch combination.
Van De Velde gets caught napping as Lemana dives in and scores a takedown. Van De Velde manages to retain guard.
Lemana looking to pass the guard.
Lemana 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.
Lemana slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Van De Velde prevents Lemana from improving position.
Lemana advances to full mount.
Van De Velde is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemana pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Van De Velde wants to try and get back to his feet.
Lemana wants to finish this one by submission but Van De Velde is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Lemana.
Lemana with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Lemana is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Van De Velde is surviving well by controlling Lemana's body position as best he can.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Van De Velde's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemana has control of Van De Velde's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Van De Velde regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Lemana looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Lemana working for a submission but Van De Velde is keeping him at bay.
Van De Velde stops Lemana from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Lemana is still trying to improve position.
Lemana working for a submission but Van De Velde is keeping him at bay.
Lemana fails to advance to Van De Velde's back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemana working for a guillotine from mount but Van De Velde is in no mood to give up.
You get the feeling that Van De Velde really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Van De Velde defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Lemana.
Lemana is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Van De Velde can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van De Velde really wants to buck Lemana off and get back to his feet.
Lemana looking to secure an arm triangle but Van De Velde defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lemana looking to secure an arm triangle but Van De Velde defends it well.
You get the feeling that Van De Velde really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Lemana is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Van De Velde can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Lemana is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Van De Velde has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Van De Velde is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lemana is working for a guillotine from mount but Van De Velde frees his head quite easily.
Van De Velde is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Lemana dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Lemana's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Van De Velde connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lemana scrambles back to his feet.
Robert Van De Velde is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lemana throws a wild body kick that Van De Velde sees coming a mile off.
Van De Velde throws a sloppy head kick and Lemana moves out of range easily.
Lemana throws a body punch but Van De Velde moves out of range.
Lemana avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lemana scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lemana is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Van De Velde has escaped the position, nice work there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van De Velde is pushing Lemana's head away, looking to escape. Lemana manages to hold on to the position though.
Lemana tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lemana has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Van De Velde is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Lemana is controlling him well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemana tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lemana has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lemana looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Lemana is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Van De Velde has escaped the position, nice work there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lemana tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lemana has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lemana has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Van De Velde!
Lemana wants to finish this one by submission but Van De Velde is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Lemana.
Lemana has control of Van De Velde's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Van De Velde regains control of the situation pretty easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van De Velde's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Lemana is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Van De Velde to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Van De Velde shrugs it off.
Lemana has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Van De Velde defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Lemana.
Lemana is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Van De Velde is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Van De Velde flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Lemana anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Van De Velde and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Lemana slips an arm under Van De Velde chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Lemana has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Lemana is squeezing on Van De Velde like an anaconda would it's prey. Van De Velde fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Joe Lemana!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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