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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jone King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Palermo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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141 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
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173 cm
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134 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jone King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Martin Palermo!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King tries to keep at a distance but Palermo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Palermo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Palermo breaks the clinch.
Palermo gets a clinch.
King has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Palermo after a bit of a struggle.
A short uppercut from Palermo.
Palermo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Palermo!
It looks like Jone King has been cut.
King fails with the takedown.
King tries a head kick but it misses.
King loads up on a big right hand but Palermo slips the punch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from King.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jone King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King scores with a takedown into Palermo's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King passes Palermo's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palermo wants to improve his position but King is controlling well.
Palermo blocking the ground and pound attempt from King.
King looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Palermo with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Palermo can do anything to dispel that myth.
King throwing shots but Palermo is blocking nicely.
Palermo blocking the ground and pound attempt from King.
Palermo is trying to maintain the position but King is very close to passing his half guard.
King throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
King is nestled in close to Palermo, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Palermo blocking the ground and pound attempt from King.
King throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
King is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
King 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.
King tries to pass the half guard into mount. Palermo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
King slips a nice elbow through Palermo's hands, connecting with Palermo's forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King passes the guard and advances to mount!
King lands with some strikes.
King looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
King lands a big shot there that rocks Palermo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
King landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Palermo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King working away from the top, dropping strikes.
King working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Palermo really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
King swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jone King!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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