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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Kingswell (ranked 4217 p4p, 4247 weight class) and Pobre Vasquez (ranked 321 p4p, 322 weight class). Pobre Vasquez has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Oliver Kingswell's chin.
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158 cm 18 145 0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt Counter fighter Good chin |
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Good wrestler Counter fighter Solid chin |
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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 Las Vegas, Oliver Kingswell! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pobre Vasquez! The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasquez gets in close and instigates a clinch. Vasquez has had enough of the clinch but Kingswell keeps him there for the moment. Vasquez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kingswell.
Vasquez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Vasquez ducks under a wild hook from Kingswell. Kingswell is looking to clinch but Vasquez is avoiding it.
Kingswell is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Vasquez looks like he wants to counter punch here. Kingswell tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Vasquez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Vasquez throws out a counter right but Kingswell avoids it with no problem. Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vasquez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vasquez rushes Kingswell and presses him up against the cage. I was talking to Kingswell's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Kingswell tries to pull guard but Vasquez holds him up against the cage and eventually Kingswell drops back down to his feet.
Kingswell has Vasquez pressed against the cage, preventing Vasquez from circling away and getting back to striking at range. A nice left hand lands by Kingswell.
Vasquez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Kingswell jumps guard but Vasquez turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Vasquez manages to break the clinch.
Vasquez clinches up against the cage.
Vasquez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kingswell clinches with his opponent.
A head punch on the inside from Kingswell fails to land. Kingswell prevents Vasquez from breaking the clinch.
Vasquez breaks from the clinch.
Vasquez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kingswell pulls guard. Vasquez should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Kingswell is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Vasquez rolls with it to try and escape but Kingswell cranks on the arm and Vasquez is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Oliver Kingswell! Our winner, Oliver Kingswell, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
45% |
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