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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Swanson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and RlCK JAMES (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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178 cm
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182 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
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178 cm
22
178 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful |
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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
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Swanson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, RlCK JAMES! The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! JAMES swings and misses with a hook to the body.
JAMES throws a solid leg kick but Swanson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at JAMES. Swanson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Swanson. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Swanson. Decent striking displayed by Swanson there. Swanson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but JAMES moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Swanson closes the distance and lands a one-two. A punch combination from Swanson misses. Swanson takes a kick to the side of the head. Swanson avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Swanson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. JAMES stuffs the takedown attempt from Swanson. Swanson gets slowly back to his feet. Swanson scores with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Swanson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. JAMES stops Swanson from passing to mount. Swanson looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. JAMES is looking for a sweep. Swanson is putting a hurting on JAMES here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Swanson is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but JAMES is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. JAMES tries to improve position but can't. Swanson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. JAMES tries to buck Swanson off but Swanson is having none of it. Swanson landing strikes. Swanson trying to control the position but JAMES is working away. Swanson has worked his way into a potential kimura here. JAMES is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Swanson yanks on the arm and JAMES is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Swanson.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Joe Swanson!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
53% |
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