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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe McGaleb (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pulp Fiction (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McGaleb comes to the cage accompanied by http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZnhuOEUFXA. Pulp Fiction struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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195 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Joe McGaleb!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Pulp Fiction!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McGaleb has taken the fight to the clinch.
Nice elbow from McGaleb.
Fiction misses with a body punch.
McGaleb lands an elbow just above Fiction 's eye.
It looks like Pulp Fiction has been cut.
McGaleb breaks from the clinch.
A momentary lapse in concentration from McGaleb enables Fiction to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. McGaleb manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Fiction scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fiction trying to control the position from guard on top but McGaleb is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
McGaleb keeping full guard, as Fiction tries to pass.
McGaleb on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if McGaleb tries to get out of the position.
Fiction drops back, looking for a kneebar! McGaleb looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. McGaleb looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from McGaleb!
McGaleb tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no McGaleb has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
McGaleb is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Fiction is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
McGaleb knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fiction on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McGaleb working the ground and pound.
Fiction tries to improve position but can't.
McGaleb looks up at the clock and then as Fiction takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, McGaleb smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
McGaleb decides to stand back up.
Fiction with a lazy takedown attempt
and McGaleb counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fiction looks gassed!
Fiction manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Fiction can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McGaleb is looking to escape.
McGaleb wants to hold on but Fiction pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fiction wants to take his opponent's back but McGaleb doesn't allow it.
Fiction looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Fiction can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as McGaleb is looking to escape.
McGaleb holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Fiction tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Fiction swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and McGaleb is now in Fiction's guard. A big mistake from Fiction there, giving up the dominant position!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McGaleb wants to pass the guard but Fiction is keeping the position.
McGaleb decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Fiction, up you get!
Fiction tries to sprawl but McGaleb drives through with a takedown into half guard.
McGaleb is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
McGaleb thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Fiction wants to sweep but no luck.
McGaleb landing with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McGaleb pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fiction is keeping the position for now.
McGaleb is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
McGaleb has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
McGaleb stands and throws Fiction's legs to the side, diving into side control.
McGaleb is chipping away with strikes.
McGaleb wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Fiction, who protects the arm well.
Fiction sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fiction slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fiction is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe McGaleb dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pulp Fiction's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McGaleb has Fiction up against the cage in a clinch.
McGaleb gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Fiction taking some punishment here, with McGaleb in his half guard.
McGaleb wants to pass to mount but Fiction is defending the position.
McGaleb lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
McGaleb is working for a submission of some sort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fiction gets full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Fiction holds on and takes a little breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiction is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fiction is breathing heavily.
McGaleb postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
McGaleb wants to control from the top but Fiction keeps moving.
Fiction working a defensive guard here.
Fiction bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in McGaleb's guard.
McGaleb is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
McGaleb keeping full guard, as Fiction tries to pass.
Joe McGaleb overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
McGaleb keeping moving, preventing Fiction from controlling successfully.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Fiction doesn't succeed with the takedown
and McGaleb moves into the clinch.
McGaleb unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fiction lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
McGaleb crunches a lovely knee into Fiction's ribcage.
McGaleb gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
McGaleb misses with a knee strike.
McGaleb pulls guard effortlessly.
Fiction forces his way into half guard.
Fiction moves nicely into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fiction tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
McGaleb is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
McGaleb is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Fiction off and has taken his back!
Fiction tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Fiction taking shots to the head.
McGaleb controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fiction is wriggling around trying to escape.
McGaleb content just to control the position here.
McGaleb fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fiction is in all sorts of trouble here.
Fiction is squirming around, avoiding McGaleb's attempts to control the action.
McGaleb working for a submission but Fiction is keeping him at bay.
Fiction is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe McGaleb dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pulp Fiction's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Fiction misses with a takedown
so McGaleb counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
McGaleb with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
McGaleb wanted to stand there but Fiction had control of the position.
McGaleb trying to control but Fiction is working from the bottom.
Fiction is trying to keep McGaleb in close.
Fiction is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
McGaleb advances to half guard.
Fiction wants to improve his position but McGaleb is controlling well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
McGaleb seems to be looking for submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiction is looking for a sweep. McGaleb is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fiction on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Fiction is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
McGaleb takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
McGaleb is looking for a kimura here.
Fiction wants to get back to full guard.
McGaleb wants to work for an arm triangle but Fiction is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
McGaleb tries to stand and escape but Fiction is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Fiction manages to get to full guard.
McGaleb missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fiction has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. McGaleb doesn't defend quickly enough and Fiction has managed to lock this one up! Can McGaleb escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Fiction on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Pulp Fiction!
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hype
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