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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pelle Hermano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Charcoal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hermano comes to the cage accompanied by Driving Blind. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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148 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
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155 lbs
31 - 17 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Pelle Hermano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mr Charcoal!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charcoal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Charcoal with the counter takedown but Hermano avoids it easily.
Hermano looks to land a left hand but Charcoal moved out of range nicely.
Charcoal feints the counter takedown.
Hermano moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Hermano on the inside.
Hermano is pressed up against the cage. Charcoal has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Hermano down to the mat. Hermano avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hermano darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Charcoal gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Hermano to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Charcoal thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charcoal working a defensive guard here.
Charcoal throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hermano distracts Charcoal with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hermano stays in close to Charcoal's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermano wants to control from the top but Charcoal keeps moving.
Hermano might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hermano advances to half guard.
Charcoal tries to roll over but Hermano keeps him under control.
Hermano blocks the strikes from Charcoal.
Charcoal is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Hermano is looking to advance position but Charcoal won't allow it.
Charcoal is trying to get back to full guard.
Hermano is controlling the pace.
Hermano is keen to just control but Charcoal is a slippery customer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Charcoal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hermano pulls his head out easily.
Charcoal lands with a few short shots to the body.
Hermano sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Hermano prevents Charcoal from improving his position.
Charcoal missing with punches from the bottom.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Charcoal makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Charcoal.
Charcoal is trying to hold Hermano in close to prevent damage but Hermano has managed to pass into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charcoal on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hermano is working for a kimura but Charcoal is defending it quite comfortably.
Charcoal has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Charcoal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hermano pulls his head out easily.
Charcoal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hermano pulls his head out easily.
Charcoal tries to roll over but Hermano keeps him under control.
Charcoal missing with punches from the bottom.
Hermano is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Charcoal misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are battling for position here. Charcoal manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Charcoal keeping moving, preventing Hermano from controlling successfully.
Hermano stopping the sweep attempt from Charcoal.
Hermano trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Hermano showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hermano is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Charcoal 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.
Hermano stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Charcoal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pelle Hermano dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hermano.
Hermano scores with a decent looking hook.
The fighters circling - Hermano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Charcoal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hermano throws out the jab.
Hermano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hermano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Charcoal is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hermano is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Charcoal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hermano. Charcoal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Charcoal is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Hermano throws a jab but it's blocked by Charcoal.
Charcoal appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hermano throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mr Charcoal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Charcoal takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Charcoal checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hermano ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Hermano moves in looking to clinch but Charcoal pushes him off.
Charcoal appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Hermano has managed to clinch.
Charcoal is looking to take this one to the mat.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hermano.
Charcoal turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Charcoal tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Charcoal has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hermano sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hermano regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Charcoal.
Hermano is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hermano looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Charcoal scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hermano is looking for a triangle but Charcoal pushes his legs off easily.
Hermano keeping moving, preventing Charcoal from controlling successfully.
Hermano escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Charcoal gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charcoal tries to free his leg and advance position but Hermano is retaining full guard.
Hermano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Charcoal is one step ahead there.
Charcoal distracts Hermano with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Charcoal with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Charcoal landing with the ground and pound.
Charcoal pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hermano is keeping the position for now.
Hermano is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Charcoal can do to turn this around?
Hermano had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Charcoal defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charcoal stopping the sweep attempt from Hermano.
Charcoal with a nice head shot there.
Hermano has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Charcoal can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Charcoal scoring with some ground and pound.
Charcoal got a little sloppy there for a moment and Hermano has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Charcoal has managed to get both his arms back between Hermano's legs - danger averted.
Charcoal throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hermano works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hermano looking for subs off his back but Charcoal has passed one foot through into half guard.
Charcoal is working for a submission of some sort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Pelle Hermano will probably get the nod.
That's time! Hermano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
A good leg kick by Hermano.
Charcoal takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hermano connects with the punch.
Hermano lands a leg kick that knocks Charcoal off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charcoal takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Pelle Hermano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hermano uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Hermano connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hermano throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
And Charcoal tries to counter it with a takedown but Hermano pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Hermano drives through and clinches with Charcoal against the cage.
Charcoal gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Charcoal working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hermano controls Charcoal momentarily but Charcoal frees himself.
Charcoal is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Charcoal landing with the ground and pound.
Charcoal trying to control the position from guard on top but Hermano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mr Charcoal has got the better of the ground game so far.
Charcoal preventing the sweep.
Charcoal is in close to Hermano's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Charcoal scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charcoal throwing strikes from guard but Hermano blocks nicely.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Charcoal's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hermano has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Charcoal should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Hermano has tightened it up now! Charcoal should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Pelle Hermano!
A very excited looking Pelle Hermano rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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