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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabe Beast (ranked 4767 p4p, 25695 weight class) and Al Fatih Salman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Fatih Salman will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabe Beast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Al Fatih Salman!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beast misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salman.
A head kick misses from Salman.
Salman fails to land the takedown.
Salman throws a head kick but Beast moves out of range.
It looked like Beast was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Salman moves out of range of the body kick.
Salman shoots in but no luck this time.
Salman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beast swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Horrible takedown attempt by Salman or perhaps it was just good defense by Beast, which made it look bad.
Gabe Beast has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Al Fatih Salman.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beast clinches.
Salman's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Beast escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Beast was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Beast misses with the ground and pound.
Beast staying calm.
Salman is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Salman's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Beast has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Beast stands up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beast gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Salman can't break the clinch.
Beast has clasped his hands together around Salman's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beast has hold of Salman's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Salman tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Beast cranks the arm and Salman screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Salman, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Gabe Beast!
Al Fatih Salman was interviewed post fight and said 'Defeat will make me stronger'.
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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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