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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Benjamin Angle (ranked 4275 p4p, 5571 weight class) and Luguentz Hoffman (ranked 359 p4p, 407 weight class). Luguentz Hoffman struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 147.6lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Luguentz Hoffman looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Benjamin Angle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Luguentz Hoffman !
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hoffman gets caught napping as Angle dives in and scores a takedown. Hoffman manages to retain guard.
Hoffman looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Angle is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Angle's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Angle content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Angle slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Angle definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Angle distracts Hoffman with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Angle stays in close to Hoffman 's body and controls the position.
Hoffman has momentary wrist control but Angle slips an elbow through the middle.
Angle is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Angle slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Angle connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Angle slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Angle has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Angle postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Angle is stalling in the full guard.
Angle is working Hoffman over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Angle chips away with some ground and pound.
Angle looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Angle working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angle chips away with some ground and pound.
Angle scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Angle is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Angle is in close to Hoffman 's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Angle sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Angle's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Angle with a nice head shot there.
Angle controlling from the top position.
Angle seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Hoffman for as long as he can get away with.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Angle content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Angle not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Angle working some strikes from top position.
Hoffman has momentary wrist control but Angle slips an elbow through the middle.
Angle controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Angle cracks Hoffman with a solid left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Benjamin Angle dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hoffman gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Angle to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Angle controls from within his opponent's guard.
Angle keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hoffman 's head.
Hoffman being controlled here, momentarily.
Angle works over Hoffman with some ground and pound from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Angle's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Angle passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Benjamin Angle overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hoffman is breathing heavily.
Angle working the body and head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Angle taking a breather here.
Hoffman is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Angle advances to full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Angle working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Angle with good strikes from the mount here!
Angle content just to control the position here.
Angle with good strikes from the mount here!
Angle controlling from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Angle cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Angle scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hoffman ?
Hoffman is rocked!
Angle takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Hoffman is still in real trouble! Can Angle finish him?
Angle dominating with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Angle raining down hammerfists from mount.
Angle lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hoffman hang on?
Angle lands a big elbow - Hoffman is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Hoffman is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Benjamin Angle!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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