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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Gagong UnEqual (ranked 3128 p4p, 2898 weight class) and Dar Jee (ranked 184 p4p, 169 weight class). UnEqual comes to the cage accompanied by C'mon Man - WTFBRAHH!. Jee is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Everybody Knows My Name. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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135
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145
5 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gagong UnEqual!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dar Jee!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Paulo Santos and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jee scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Jee has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Oooh a lovely combination from Jee sends UnEqual down but not out. Jee dives into side control looking to finish.
UnEqual is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jee looking to punish the body of his opponent here but UnEqual is avoiding damage well.
Oh UnEqual is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jee in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
UnEqual managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Jee.
Jee fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Sloppy strikes there by Jee.
Jee in side control, throwing shots but UnEqual defends.
The ground and pound from Jee seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jee postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Jee with the ground and pound but UnEqual regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Jee misses with a head shot. UnEqual uses the momentum to regain guard.
UnEqual avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
UnEqual seems to have got his legs back now.
Jee throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as UnEqual works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jee missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Jee throws a big right hand that misses.
Jee throwing strikes but missing.
Jee throws a strike but UnEqual rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Jee is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's one minute gone in the round.
UnEqual blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jee.
UnEqual is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Jee pulls his head out easily.
UnEqual blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jee.
Jee sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. UnEqual defending well though.
Jee throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jee thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
UnEqual really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jee missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jee throwing shots but UnEqual is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jee sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. UnEqual defending well though.
Jee throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing UnEqual to regain full guard.
Jee sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed UnEqual's guard.
Jee sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. UnEqual defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jee looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Jee missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jee throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jee throwing shots but UnEqual is blocking nicely.
Jee throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jee thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
UnEqual punching from the bottom.
Jee thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jee thows a huge punch but UnEqual dodges it nicely.
Jee looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks UnEqual with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
UnEqual avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jee.
Jee throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
UnEqual is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
UnEqual is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jee throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jee missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Jee thows a huge punch but UnEqual dodges it nicely.
Jee not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jee thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
UnEqual blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jee.
Jee throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Jee with the ground and pound but UnEqual uses the opportunity to regain guard.
UnEqual utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Jee in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jee throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
UnEqual will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Jee postures up in UnEqual's guard and throws a big left but UnEqual blocks it.
Jee throws a big right hand that misses.
Jee throwing strikes from guard but UnEqual blocks nicely.
Jee in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jee in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jee throws a big right hand that misses.
Jee with a flurry of punches that miss.
UnEqual working for a triangle but Jee defends it easily.
Jee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dar Jee dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jee fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As Jee tries to get set, UnEqual tries to push him back and clinch up but Jee manages to avoid the attempt.
Jee will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jee throws a left and a right that both miss
and UnEqual counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
UnEqual darts in and clinches Jee up against the cage.
UnEqual is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
UnEqual goes for a takedown attempt but Jee pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
No joy there for Jee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jee throws a right hand that UnEqual ducks under and follows up with a left that UnEqual also avoids with ease.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
UnEqual stalks Jee and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jee's face. Jee staggers backwards, shaken.
Jee throws a right and a left that UnEqual avoids nicely.
UnEqual is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Gagong UnEqual is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jee misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Jee misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
UnEqual rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jee moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jee throws a combination but it was largely blocked by UnEqual.
Jee misses with a two punch combination.
UnEqual dodges the punch combination from Jee.
Jee throws a nice looking combination but UnEqual bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
UnEqual seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
UnEqual clinches with his opponent.
UnEqual wants a takedown.
UnEqual is trying to pull guard but Jee has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gagong UnEqual. That's going to take a lot out of him.
UnEqual has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jee is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
UnEqual goes for a takedown in the clinch but Jee prevents it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jee stops a takedown attempt from UnEqual.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jee escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Jee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jee throws a right hand that UnEqual ducks under and follows up with a left that UnEqual also avoids with ease.
Jee misses with a two punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jee works over UnEqual's head and body with a nice combination.
Jee throws a right hand that UnEqual ducks under and follows up with a left that UnEqual also avoids with ease.
UnEqual wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Jee misses with a combination
and UnEqual counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
UnEqual is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
UnEqual stands and throws Jee's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jee tries to bench press UnEqual off him but UnEqual keeps the position.
UnEqual has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Jee!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jee in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Jee is in all sorts of trouble here.
UnEqual raining down hammerfists from mount.
Jee swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
A nice elbow there by UnEqual.
UnEqual with a couple of short strikes.
Jee is bucking up trying to escape but UnEqual cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
UnEqual scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jee?
Jee can't escape the position.
Jee flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
UnEqual scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jee?
Jee keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
UnEqual 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.
UnEqual cracks Jee with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
UnEqual tries to control but Jee wriggling away.
UnEqual lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
UnEqual blocks Jee's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jee working to try and regain half guard.
UnEqual with shots to the head and body - Jee looks very uncomfortable down there.
UnEqual controlling the position easily from mount.
UnEqual with good strikes from the mount here!
Jee swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
UnEqual can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jee is looking to escape.
Jee throwing hammer fists to the chest of UnEqual. What's that going to do exactly?
Jee tries to get back to half guard but can't.
UnEqual looking to control but Jee is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
UnEqual pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
UnEqual trying to control but Jee is having none of it.
UnEqual landing punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gagong UnEqual dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Jee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jee has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dar Jee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sloppy strikes from Jee. Those never looked like landing.
UnEqual appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Jee misses with a double jab
and UnEqual counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jee thinking.
UnEqual gets a double leg takedown into Jee's guard.
Jee keeping moving, preventing UnEqual from controlling successfully.
UnEqual is stalling in the full guard.
UnEqual trying to control the position from guard on top but Jee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jee trying to strike off his back.
Jee throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Jee trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Jee keeping full guard, as UnEqual tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jee throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Jee throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
UnEqual trying to control but Jee is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Jee misses with a jab, cross combination.
UnEqual is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jee's half guard.
Jee is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
UnEqual trying to control the action but Jee is working from the bottom.
UnEqual lands strikes from half guard.
Jee missing with punches from the bottom.
Jee moves into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
UnEqual wants to control from the top but Jee keeps moving.
Jee will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
UnEqual wants to control from the top but Jee keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jee is on top in guard.
Jee throws a big right hand that misses.
UnEqual working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Jee.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jee throwing strikes from guard but UnEqual blocks nicely.
Jee in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Jee avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Jee postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jee throws a big right hand that misses.
Jee scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Jee throws an elbow that misses. UnEqual uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Jee's guard. Nice move by UnEqual!
UnEqual looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
UnEqual stopping the sweep attempt from Jee.
Jee throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Jee trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Jee throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jee wants to sweep here but UnEqual controlling him for the moment.
Jee keeping moving, preventing UnEqual from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jee trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Jee keeping moving, preventing UnEqual from controlling successfully.
Jee throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Jee throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Jee throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
UnEqual avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jee throws a combination that misses
so UnEqual counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Jee keeping moving, preventing UnEqual from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
UnEqual lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jee keeping moving, preventing UnEqual from controlling successfully.
UnEqual lands a couple of decent looking shots.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Gagong UnEqual.
I think UnEqual has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gagong UnEqual!
Gagong UnEqual was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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