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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Georges Moxley (ranked 1087 p4p, 956 weight class) and Anthony Merel (ranked 148 p4p, 134 weight class). Moxley's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Andre Nickatina - Color of the Benz. Georges Moxley has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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10 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Georges Moxley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Merel!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moxley shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Merel eats them both and turns towards Moxley to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Merel fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Merel shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Merel was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Moxley is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Moxley can't do much from the bottom here.
Moxley is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Merel off and has taken his back!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Merel is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Moxley gets his way!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Merel tries to break free.
Moxley has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Merel! Can he survive? No! He's out! Moxley gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Georges Moxley!
In his post fight interview, Georges Moxley started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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