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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between World Peace (ranked 4688 p4p, 4612 weight class) and Ryan Steinbeck (ranked 250 p4p, 244 weight class). Peace comes to the cage accompanied by Crazy. The crowd seem to be enjoying Steinbeck's choice of entrance music: Avalanche - Bring Me The Horizon. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, World Peace!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryan Steinbeck!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steinbeck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peace.
Steinbeck works over Peace's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like World Peace has been cut.
Steinbeck clinches with his opponent.
Peace tries to pull guard but Steinbeck won't allow it.
Peace jumps guard but Steinbeck turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Steinbeck's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Peace throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Peace throws a body shot but no joy.
Steinbeck lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Peace circles away quickly and effectively.
Peace half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Peace. Steinbeck does a little dance to reset his feet.
Peace throws a body punch but Steinbeck moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peace ducks right into an uppercut from Steinbeck.
Peace throws a body punch but Steinbeck moves out of range.
Steinbeck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peace.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steinbeck misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Come on Steinbeck - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Steinbeck escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steinbeck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Peace.
Peace misses with a takedown
and Steinbeck counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for World Peace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peace shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Steinbeck is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Peace tries to clinch up.
Steinbeck closes the distance and clinches.
Steinbeck breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Steinbeck looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Peace ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steinbeck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steinbeck moves into the clinch.
Steinbeck misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steinbeck breaks from the clinch.
Peace throws a body punch but Steinbeck moves out of range.
Steinbeck tries to counter by closing the distance.
Steinbeck closes the distance and pushes Peace back into the cage.
Peace blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steinbeck pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Peace misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steinbeck.
Peace swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steinbeck closes the distance and pushes Peace back into the cage.
Peace jumps guard but Steinbeck turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A left hand lands to the body for Steinbeck.
Peace pulls guard.
Peace is looking for a triangle but Steinbeck pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peace escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Steinbeck gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Peace escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Steinbeck gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Steinbeck tries to stand but Peace is controlling from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Peace is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Peace throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Steinbeck escapes and throws Peace's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Peace keeps Steinbeck under control for a moment.
Peace manages to work his way to half guard, despite Steinbeck's best efforts.
Peace looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Steinbeck dominated that round.
The cut man is working on World Peace's cut.
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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Peace. Steinbeck does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steinbeck gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Peace tries to pull guard but Steinbeck won't allow it.
Steinbeck breaks from the clinch.
Peace tries for a takedown but Steinbeck sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Steinbeck. No joy for Peace on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for World Peace. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Peace misses the shot to the body.
Steinbeck throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Peace.
Peace tries to clinch up but Steinbeck circles away and keeps his distance.
Peace tries to clinch but Steinbeck is having none of it.
Steinbeck tries to clinch but Peace moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steinbeck misses with the combination.
Ryan Steinbeck is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steinbeck moves in looking to clinch but Peace pushes him off.
A punch lands to the side of Peace 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Steinbeck displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steinbeck closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Steinbeck breaks the clinch.
Peace fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steinbeck manages to avoid it.
Peace misses with a wild body shot.
Peace throws a body shot but no joy.
Steinbeck forces Peace back against the cage and clinches.
Steinbeck pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Peace tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steinbeck was well out of range. Poor timing from Peace.
Peace misses with a wild body shot.
Steinbeck tries to close the distance and clinch up but Peace swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Steinbeck with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Steinbeck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steinbeck moves into range and clinches up with Peace.
Steinbeck has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Steinbeck manages to break the clinch.
Steinbeck moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steinbeck breaks the clinch.
Steinbeck looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Peace changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Steinbeck looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Peace wants to control but Steinbeck is keeping him busy.
Peace is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Steinbeck looks calm but he's in trouble here. Peace gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Steinbeck is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Peace lets go of the hold and Steinbeck can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). World Peace!
World Peace made sure to mention his sponsor, Nutritional Shaved Ice in his post fight interview.
In defeat, Ryan Steinbeck stepped up to the mic, saying 'Aww man, this sucks. I didn't implement my game plan, and I can only apologise for my performance.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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