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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rodney Copeland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dylan Garside (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dylan Garside will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Solid Muay Thai
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Rodney Copeland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dylan Garside!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garside pushes Copeland away with a front kick.
Garside clinches.
Garside stalling.
Copeland wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Garside.
Garside pulls Copeland into guard.
Garside pulls Copeland in to control the position.
Copeland wants to stand but Garside has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Garside is pulling down on Copeland's head to control his posture.
Garside is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Copeland wants to stand but Garside is controlling his posture from full guard.
Copeland is in close to Garside's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Copeland working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Garside's head.
Copeland lands a couple of elbows.
Garside wants to sweep here but Copeland controlling him for the moment.
Garside is looking for a triangle but Copeland pushes his legs off easily.
Copeland working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Garside controls Copeland momentarily but Copeland frees himself.
Garside looking to hit a scissor sweep but Copeland is one step ahead there.
Copeland 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.
Garside has a closed guard, preventing Copeland from standing up.
Copeland postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
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.
Copeland works over Garside with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Copeland has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Garside is proving hard to escape from.
Copeland postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Garside is rocked!
Garside is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Copeland dives into side control.
Garside on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Garside is still in real trouble! Can Copeland finish him?
Copeland is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Garside has escaped the position, nice work there.
Copeland is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Garside has escaped the position, nice work there.
Garside taking a bit of punishment here - Copeland scoring with strikes.
Copeland working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Copeland really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Garside is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Copeland is controlling him well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Copeland working the head with strikes.
Copeland cracks Garside with a big elbow.
Garside takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Copeland in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Garside looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Copeland turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodney Copeland!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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