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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Goldberg (ranked 3339 p4p, 3315 weight class) and Sam Strand (ranked 409 p4p, 406 weight class). David Goldberg has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Goldberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sam Strand!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A shot to the body from Strand misses
and Goldberg counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Goldberg sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Goldberg definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Strand is trying to get back to full guard.
Goldberg has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Goldberg prevents Strand from getting the reversal.
Goldberg lands a nice shot to the head.
Strand looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Goldberg sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Goldberg with a couple of short strikes.
Strand is desperately trying to improve his position but Goldberg has a good base and remains in mount.
Goldberg scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Strand?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Goldberg controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldberg lands a big elbow.
Strand is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Goldberg connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Goldberg looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Goldberg controlling the position easily from mount.
Goldberg is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Strand is rocked!
Strand keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Goldberg working Strand over with strikes here.
Goldberg looking to finish Strand with some ground and pound. This is bad for Strand!
Strand is still in real trouble! Can Goldberg finish him?
Strand can't escape the position.
Strand seems to have recovered his senses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strand is in a horrible position here. Goldberg smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Goldberg lands a big shot to the head and Strand winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). David Goldberg!
David Goldberg spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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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
RATING
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