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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Christopher Bridges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Panupong Singsurat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Panupong Singsurat is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Christopher Bridges!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Panupong Singsurat!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, William Gold and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bridges lands with a nice body punch.
Bridges doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Singsurat scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Singsurat misses with a few strikes there.
Singsurat tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bridges throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Singsurat sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bridges throws a hook to the side of Singsurat's head but Singsurat sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Singsurat tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bridges paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bridges throws a jab when Singsurat was well out of range.
Singsurat is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Some wild striking there from Singsurat.
Bridges throws a body shot but no joy.
Bridges takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Bridges swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Christopher Bridges seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bridges connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Singsurat momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bridges throws a body punch but Singsurat moves out of range.
Singsurat throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bridges.
Bridges defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Singsurat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bridges clinches up against the cage.
Singsurat has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bridges after a bit of a struggle.
Bridges misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bridges cracks Singsurat with a nice body shot.
A short uppercut from Bridges.
Singsurat jumps guard.
Singsurat wants to stand up but Bridges is controlling him.
Bridges might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bridges is fighting to break Singsurat's control of his arms but Singsurat is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Bridges stands up over Singsurat, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bridges throws a big right hand that misses.
Singsurat preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Singsurat is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bridges 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bridges stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Singsurat swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bridges throwing strikes from guard but Singsurat blocks nicely.
Bridges lands a couple of digs.
Singsurat looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bridges is one step ahead there.
Bridges scoring with some ground and pound.
Bridges is looking to work some ground and pound but Singsurat has wrist control.
Bridges missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bridges sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bridges working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Singsurat is adopting a defensive guard.
Singsurat controls Bridges momentarily but Bridges frees himself.
Bridges sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Singsurat wants to get back to his feet but Bridges is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Singsurat shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Christopher Bridges has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Panupong Singsurat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Bridges misses with a lunging right hand
and Singsurat counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bridges takes a swing at Singsurat's ribcage but misses.
Singsurat slips a straight right by Bridges.
Bridges looks to throw the jab but Singsurat is out of range.
Singsurat takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Singsurat shoots in for a takedown but Bridges shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The fighters circling - Bridges throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Singsurat looks for a takedown but Bridges sprawls well.
Crunch! Bridges slams his shin into Singsurat's torso.
Bridges misses the shot to the body.
Bridges throws a hook but Singsurat blocks it.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Bridges enables Singsurat to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Bridges manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Singsurat working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bridges seems keen to control Singsurat's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christopher Bridges dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bridges misses with a two punch combination.
Singsurat steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Bridges.
Singsurat tries to clinch up but Bridges circles away and keeps his distance.
Singsurat looking to score a takedown here. Bridges is defending well but Singsurat drives through and ends up in Bridges's guard.
Singsurat trying to stand up but can't free himself from Bridges's guard.
Bridges is pulling down on Singsurat's head. It's preventing any offense from Singsurat, at least for the moment.
Bridges is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Singsurat can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Singsurat must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bridges keeping moving, preventing Singsurat from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Singsurat throws a big right hand that misses.
Bridges keeping full guard, as Singsurat tries to pass.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bridges is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Bridges rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Singsurat counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Singsurat moves out of range of the body kick.
Singsurat tries to score a power double leg takedown but Bridges sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Singsurat somewhat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Singsurat decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Bridges tries to roll over but Singsurat keeps him under control.
Singsurat is just content to waste time from the top position. Bridges takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Singsurat wants to control from the top but Bridges keeps moving.
Bridges has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Singsurat has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bridges is proving hard to escape from.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bridges holds on and takes a little breather.
Bridges keeping moving, preventing Singsurat from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bridges wants to improve his position but instead Singsurat has moved into half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Christopher Bridges is winning the standup battle so far.
Bridges 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.
Singsurat walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Bridges misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Singsurat counters with a left and a right that stings Bridges.
Singsurat instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bridges scores with a shoulder strike.
Bridges taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Singsurat is trying to pull guard but Bridges turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Singsurat fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Christopher Bridges has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Panupong Singsurat.
A short right from Bridges.
Singsurat stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A bit of stalling here from Bridges.
Bridges lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bridges misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bridges is working Singsurat over against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Singsurat looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Singsurat takes a shot to the head.
Bridges slows down the pace here.
Bridges fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Panupong Singsurat will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Singsurat throws a leg kick which misses Bridges's front leg but catches the back leg as Bridges tries to avoid it.
Singsurat scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Bridges has closed the distance and engaged Singsurat in a clinch.
Singsurat is trying to break free.
Bridges lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bridges lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bridges swings wildly with an uppercut but Singsurat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bridges goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bridges lands with a light punch inside.
Singsurat is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bridges doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bridges pressing his opponent against the cage.
Bridges misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bridges prevents the takedown attempt.
Bridges lands an uppercut.
Bridges working aggressively here.
Singsurat has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bridges avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Bridges lands with a short shot to the head.
Singsurat is rocked!
Bridges lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Singsurat is still on wobbly legs! Can Bridges finish him?
Bridges working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bridges creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Singsurat with a big uppercut! Singsurat tries to clinch up but Bridges pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Singsurat to the mat! Singsurat covers up and Bridges unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Christopher Bridges!
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energy
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hype
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