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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ishmael Egyptian (ranked 799 p4p, 962 weight class) and Pablo De Geno (ranked 67 p4p, 88 weight class). De Geno is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: DE MEXICO SONG. Pablo De Geno has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ishmael Egyptian's chin.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Ishmael Egyptian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo De Geno!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Geno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Egyptian moves away.
Egyptian appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
De Geno tries to work over Egyptian's front leg with a kick but Egyptian checks it.
De Geno throws a looping overhand right but Egyptian ducks down to avoid it.
Egyptian half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Egyptian really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
De Geno looks to throw the jab but Egyptian is out of range.
Egyptian shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. De Geno defends it nicely.
De Geno keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Geno walks into a straight right hand from Egyptian.
Egyptian closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. De Geno quickly recovers to half guard.
Egyptian has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Egyptian thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Egyptian seems to be working for a kimura but De Geno defends the submission attempt.
Egyptian not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
De Geno has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Egyptian is working away from the top position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian works his way into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Egyptian.
Egyptian working the ground and pound but De Geno is defending the strikes.
You can see the frustration on De Geno's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Egyptian 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.
Egyptian tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Egyptian has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Egyptian wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by De Geno, who protects the arm well.
Egyptian sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but De Geno is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Egyptian thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
De Geno is not content to let Egyptian control the position.
Egyptian thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Egyptian scoring with punches from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Geno wants to control but Egyptian postures up.
Egyptian working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Egyptian looking to punish the body of his opponent here but De Geno is avoiding damage well.
The ground and pound from Egyptian seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Egyptian is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, De Geno has escaped the position, nice work there.
Egyptian wants to control but De Geno is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Egyptian misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Egyptian tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Egyptian has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Egyptian looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
De Geno holding on.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Egyptian is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, De Geno has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ishmael Egyptian dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Egyptian looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? De Geno is fending him off so far but Egyptian persists. Nope, De Geno circles away and we're back to standing.
De Geno misses with a hook.
Egyptian appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
De Geno punishes Egyptian's body with a nice straight punch.
De Geno misses with a body shot.
Egyptian changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
De Geno uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Egyptian has time to react.
De Geno ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Egyptian is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De Geno can do to turn this around?
De Geno throws a hook to the side of Egyptian's head but Egyptian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Egyptian tries to counter with a takedown but De Geno is quick to defend against it.
De Geno scores with a push kick.
Egyptian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Geno moves away.
De Geno misses with a double jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Egyptian throws a body punch but De Geno moves out of range.
De Geno uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Egyptian avoids the body shot from De Geno.
Egyptian darts in looking for a takedown but De Geno gets double underhooks and turns Egyptian into the cage.
De Geno tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Egyptian's elbow.
De Geno throws a punch but it's blocked by Egyptian.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Geno pushes Egyptian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
De Geno scores with a hook to the body.
Egyptian stalling in the clinch but De Geno improves position.
Egyptian displaying some good clinch control by pressing De Geno up against the cage.
De Geno breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Egyptian moves away from the strike by De Geno.
De Geno throws a body shot but no joy.
De Geno lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Pablo De Geno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Geno lands a jab.
De Geno misses with a wild body shot.
De Geno slips a straight right by Egyptian.
Egyptian lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Egyptian misses the shot to the body.
De Geno throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Egyptian.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
De Geno scores with a push kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De Geno lands with a slapping head kick.
Egyptian slips a jab from De Geno.
Egyptian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Geno.
Egyptian misses with a body shot.
Egyptian on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by De Geno. De Geno obviously looking to wear him down.
A head kick misses from De Geno.
De Geno fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Egyptian has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
De Geno uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Egyptian.
De Geno lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from De Geno lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Egyptian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Egyptian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
De Geno jabs Egyptian to the body, keeping him at a distance.
De Geno throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Egyptian sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Egyptian changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Egyptian is looking for a kimura here.
Egyptian is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
De Geno keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Egyptian wants to control but De Geno is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Egyptian trying to control the action but De Geno is working from the bottom.
Egyptian seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead De Geno has recovered full guard.
De Geno keeping moving, preventing Egyptian from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo De Geno showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
De Geno connects with a nice looking jab.
De Geno does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
De Geno swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Egyptian.
Egyptian scores with a jab to the body.
De Geno throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
De Geno throws a hook to the side of Egyptian's head but Egyptian sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Egyptian blocks a head kick by De Geno.
De Geno changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
De Geno fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Egyptian, pushing him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Egyptian manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
De Geno breaks the clinch.
De Geno misses with a wild body shot.
Egyptian drops down looking for a counter takedown but De Geno sprawls and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian slips under a jab.
Egyptian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De Geno moves away.
Pablo De Geno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Egyptian looks to land a right hand but De Geno moved out of range.
De Geno swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A low kick lands for De Geno.
Egyptian avoids the body shot from De Geno.
Egyptian attempts a counter takedown but De Geno avoids it well and moves away.
De Geno scores with a jab to the jaw.
De Geno throws a leg kick which misses Egyptian's front leg but catches the back leg as Egyptian tries to avoid it.
De Geno misses with a body shot.
Egyptian works De Geno's body with a nice hook.
De Geno looks to score with a jab to the body but Egyptian is just out of range.
De Geno scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
De Geno ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Egyptian moves away.
No joy there for De Geno, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Egyptian is looking to wear down De Geno with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
De Geno misses the jab.
De Geno throws a series of punches but Egyptian moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Egyptian gets a double leg takedown into De Geno's guard.
Egyptian advances to half guard.
Egyptian is trying to control the action in half guard but De Geno is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Egyptian wants to free his trapped foot but De Geno is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Egyptian is sneakily working for an arm triangle but De Geno sees it coming and defends easily.
Egyptian is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so De Geno is just riding it out for now. Egyptian eventually gives up the hold.
De Geno is holding on to half guard well.
Ishmael Egyptian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian is thwarting De Geno's attempts to control the position.
Egyptian is looking for submissions but instead, De Geno has regained full guard.
De Geno preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Egyptian is pushing down on De Geno's leg trying to pass to half guard. De Geno is fighting to maintain full guard but Egyptian has managed to sneak the leg through.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Egyptian sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. De Geno defending well though.
Egyptian is working for a submission of some sort.
Egyptian is working for a submission of some sort.
Egyptian is trying to control. De Geno wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Egyptian is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo De Geno comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think De Geno has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo De Geno!
Pablo De Geno thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Ishmael Egyptian spoke after the fight, saying 'What the hell was that?'.
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