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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between JJ King (ranked 1772 p4p, 3097 weight class) and Igor Lightning (ranked 137 p4p, 189 weight class). JJ King has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, JJ King!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Igor Lightning!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Daniel Bishop and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lightning has a takedown stuffed.
Lightning drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Lightning decides to stand back up. Lightning steps back and let's King get back to his feet.
Lightning feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
King on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if King tries to get out of the position.
Lightning postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lightning stands up over King, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
King is trying to keep Lightning in close.
King utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
King throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Lightning throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King is controlling Lightning's posture.
Lightning with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lightning wants to stand but King is controlling his posture from full guard.
Lightning throws a big right hand that misses.
Lightning throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lightning has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lightning loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lightning missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
King is looking for a triangle but Lightning pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Lightning accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lightning postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lightning throws a big elbow that misses.
Lightning is looking to work some ground and pound but King has wrist control.
Lightning postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
King knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Lightning on the ground.
King avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
King preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lightning keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of King's head.
Lightning working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
King working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lightning.
King tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lightning with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lightning is in close to King's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lightning throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as King works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lightning distracts King with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lightning stopping the sweep attempt from King.
Lightning loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
King is looking to stand up but Lightning isn't so interested in that idea.
Lightning throwing strikes from guard but King blocks nicely.
King wants to sweep here but Lightning controlling him for the moment.
King is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Canucks Combat Club that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Lightning throws a big elbow that misses.
Lightning lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lightning postures up in King's guard and throws a big left but King blocks it.
Lightning content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Lightning throws a big elbow that misses.
Lightning is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lightning postures up in King's guard and throws a big left but King blocks it.
Lightning is looking to work some ground and pound but King has wrist control.
King working a defensive guard here.
Lightning distracts King with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as King holds on and takes a little breather.
Lightning throwing strikes from guard but King blocks nicely.
Lightning loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
King has momentary wrist control but Lightning slips an elbow through the middle.
King pulls Lightning in to control the position.
King utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Igor Lightning dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lightning drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
King tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Lightning lands a heavy elbow.
King is desperately trying to improve his position but Lightning has a good base and remains in mount.
King is working hard here to advance position.
Igor Lightning has got the better of the ground game so far.
Lightning misses with a head shot.
King is bucking up trying to escape but Lightning cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poor strikes thrown by Lightning there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Lightning looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has King covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Igor Lightning!
Igor Lightning is the new bantamweight champion!
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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