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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Panagiotis Bitakos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Etherington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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164 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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159 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Panagiotis Bitakos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jimmy Etherington!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bitakos clinches with his opponent.
Etherington looking for a takedown.
Bitakos is pressed up against the cage. Etherington has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bitakos down to the mat. Bitakos avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Etherington.
Bitakos is trying to control Etherington's posture but Etherington avoids it.
You can see the frustration on Bitakos's face as Etherington controls the position.
Bitakos is trying to control Etherington's posture but Etherington avoids it.
Bitakos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Etherington on the ground.
Etherington lands a decent elbow from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A control attempt from Bitakos but he's now mounted!
Etherington putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bitakos tries to lock up and control but Etherington gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bitakos is trying to escape the mount.
Bitakos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Etherington controlling the pace for now.
Etherington trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bitakos tries to hold on but Etherington pushes him away.
Bitakos throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Etherington controlling from the full mount.
Bitakos is looking to improve his position but Etherington isn't that keen on the idea.
Etherington landing strikes, looking to finish!
Etherington pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Etherington working Bitakos over with strikes here.
Bitakos is rocked!
Etherington sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Oh Bitakos is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Let's hope that Etherington has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Bitakos tries to hold on but Etherington postures up.
Bitakos seems to have got his legs back now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Etherington blocks Bitakos's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Etherington has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Etherington postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Bitakos looks a forlorn figure.
Etherington lands a couple of good shots and Bitakos has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Etherington is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Bitakos is tapping out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jimmy Etherington!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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