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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Garegin Balayan (ranked 55 p4p, 7 weight class) and Pa‘Akea Built (ranked 139 p4p, 21 weight class). Balayan comes into the arena with Troika blaring out of the sound system. Built comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Hawaiian War Chant kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Pa‘Akea Built told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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157 lbs
23 - 7 - 0 |
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172 cm
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160 lbs
25 - 8 - 2 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Garegin Balayan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pa‘Akea Built!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balayan tests Built's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Built lands a nice shot to the body.
Balayan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Built's sensitive parts.
Built fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Built on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Built scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Balayan doesn't seem bothered though.
Built moves out of range of the strikes.
Balayan with a jab.
Built has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Balayan finds it's way round the side to connect with Built's head.
We've been informed that Built has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Balayan throws a leg kick
enabling Built to counter with a crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Built works Balayan's body with a nice hook.
Garegin Balayan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Balayan looks to score with a jab to the body but Built is just out of range.
Built is looking for the big counter here.
A left and a right from Built both land. Nice combination.
Balayan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Balayan tests Built's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Built has Balayan up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Built swings wildly with an uppercut but Balayan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Balayan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Balayan is trying to stall.
Built blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Built lands a hook that snaps the head of Balayan backwards.
Balayan tries to work over Built's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Built lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Built tries to work over Balayan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Built swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Balayan.
Balayan pushes off an throws an elbow but Built leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Balayan takes a shot to the head.
Built misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Balayan.
Balayan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Built misses with some punches.
Balayan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balayan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balayan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Built misses with the head strike.
Balayan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Balayan tries to throw a body punch but Built avoids it by throwing Balayan back against the cage.
Built misses with a body punch.
Built misses with a hook from the clinch.
Balayan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Built scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Balayan moves out of range of the body kick.
Balayan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Built throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Balayan throws a body punch but Built moves out of range.
Balayan loads up on a big right hand but Built slips the punch.
Built throws a head kick that misses.
Balayan scores with a jab. Built acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Balayan cracks Built with a right hand to the side of the head.
Built misses with an uppercut. Balayan saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Built feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Balayans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Balayan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Balayan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Balayan bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Built's head backwards.
Balayan looks to land a left hand but Built moved out of range nicely.
Built misses with a looping left.
Built throws a right and a left that Balayan avoids nicely.
Balayan moves into the clinch.
Built misses with a punch on the inside.
Built goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Built.
Balayan struggles to land a body shot inside as Built controls his hands.
Built fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Built softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Built misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balayan blocking some punches.
Balayan prevents a body shot from Built.
A right hand to the body from Balayan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Built working aggressively here.
Balayan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Built throws a head punch that misses.
Built tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Built tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Built takes a shot to the head.
Balayan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balayan lands with a left to the head.
Built lands with a light punch inside.
Balayan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Built tries a body shot but Balayan blocks it.
Balayan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Balayan - that landed with a thud.
Built lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Built fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Built.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Built.
Balayan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Balayan lands a right hand.
Built digs a right hand into Balayan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Balayan's gas tank.
Balayan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Balayan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Pa‘Akea Built will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Balayan feints and then cracks Built's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Built down.
Balayan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Balayan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Balayan misses with a body shot.
Built is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Built lands an overhand right.
Balayan lands with a good body shot.
Built walks forward, straight into a front kick from Balayan.
Balayan turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Built tries to clinch but Balayan is having none of it.
Balayan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Balayan connects with a body shot that sends Built's belly button to the back.
Balayan misses with a looping left.
Balayan sets himself, and Built steps forward looking for the clinch! Balayan avoids it this time.
Built is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Balayan.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Balayan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Built pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Balayan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Balayan lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Balayan throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Balayan.
Balayan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Built sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Built tries to counter by closing the distance.
Balayan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Balayan scores with a leg kick.
Balayan lands a leg kick that knocks Built off balance momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Balayan.
Balayan with a hook.
Balayan looks to land a body kick but Built moved away.
Balayan swings widly with a right hand
and Built counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Balayan misses with an uppercut
and Built counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Balayan is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Built fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Balayan to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Balayan looks to clinch but Built throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Balayan taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Pa‘Akea Built!
Pa‘Akea Built is the new lightweight champion!
An out of breath Pa‘Akea Built thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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