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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mislav Olic (ranked 6273 p4p, 4308 weight class) and Baofu Taiwa (ranked 659 p4p, 548 weight class). Baofu Taiwa is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mislav Olic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Baofu Taiwa!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olic tries to bum rush Taiwa with a series of wild strikes but Taiwa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Taiwa drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Olic defends it well.
Taiwa closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Olic did well to prevent Taiwa getting side control.
Taiwa content to control rather than advance.
Taiwa moves nicely into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here as Taiwa stalls from top position.
Let's hope that Taiwa has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Taiwa.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Olic is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Olic being controlled for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taiwa looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taiwa controlling the position from side mount.
Yet more stalling tactics from Taiwa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taiwa has hold of Olic's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Olic tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Taiwa cranks the arm and Olic screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Olic, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Baofu Taiwa!
Baofu Taiwa opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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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
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