Post by The Sandmen on Apr 23, 2019 23:37:49 GMT -5
Ferocious staredown by Razor while Mario Yamasaki recites the rules.
Francis Ngannou raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Curtis Blaydes tries to bring the fight to the ground
Ngannou goes down.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Curtis Blaydes is in open guard over Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes pushes Francis Ngannou against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Razor jumps and tries to free his leg! Ngannou doesn't allow this but Curtis Blaydes is able to get half guard here.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes tries to pass Francis Ngannou's guard...
Francis Ngannou's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Francis Ngannou launches a few punches to Razor's cheek from the guard.
Curtis Blaydes uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Razor sits over his knees and pushes away Ngannou's leg!
Ngannou closes his legs around Curtis Blaydes's leg. Razor is not able to move away now!
Razor clumsily fails here and it's time for Francis Ngannou to fight back!
Francis Ngannou launches a few punches to Razor's cheek from the guard.
Curtis Blaydes uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes storms over Ngannou with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Razor doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Ngannou's face with his elbows!
Ngannou's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Francis Ngannou launches a few punches to Razor's cheek from the guard.
Curtis Blaydes uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Ngannou misses a step and Curtis Blaydes sees an opportunity to counter him!
Curtis Blaydes pushes Ngannou's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Razor who is in full mount! Ngannou is in trouble now!
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Curtis Blaydes is in full mount over Francis Ngannou
Francis Ngannou tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Francis Ngannou creates enough space to control Curtis Blaydes's leg.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Ngannou measures the resilience of Razor's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Razor's side.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Francis Ngannou attempts to move to full guard
Curtis Blaydes keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes tries to free his leg...
Curtis Blaydes uses some of his skill by jumping out of Ngannou's guard. He moves quickly to full mount!
Curtis Blaydes is in side mount over Francis Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes looks to mount Francis Ngannou...
Curtis Blaydes slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Curtis Blaydes is in full mount over Francis Ngannou
Razor positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Ngannou's being punished here!
Curtis Blaydes is in full mount over Francis Ngannou
Razor is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Francis Ngannou, who is barely covering up!
Ngannou's Forehead is beginning to swell
Ngannou has a small cut in his Forehead
Curtis Blaydes is in full mount over Francis Ngannou
Razor goes for an armbar!
Francis Ngannou breaks the lock and pushes away Curtis Blaydes, who rolls over his back and gets to standing position.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Curtis Blaydes. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Razor steps backwards away from Francis Ngannou. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Terrible one sided match... Ngannou was not ready to fight a fighter of Curtis Blaydes caliber.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Ngannou goes to the body...
his punches graze Razor's arm.
Curtis Blaydes tries to bring the fight to the ground
Ngannou goes down.
Curtis Blaydes is in open guard over Ngannou
Ngannou tries to close his guard around Razor
He is not able to do it
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Curtis Blaydes is in open guard over Ngannou
Razor positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Ngannou's being punished here!
Curtis Blaydes is in open guard over Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes pushes Francis Ngannou against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Razor jumps and tries to free his leg! Ngannou doesn't allow this but Curtis Blaydes is able to get half guard here.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Razor fires a barrage of punches at Ngannou's head!
This is bad! Razor is just pounding on Francis Ngannou's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Ngannou's Forehead is beginning to swell
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Razor sits over his knees and pushes away Ngannou's leg!
Curtis Blaydes is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Curtis Blaydes is in side mount over Francis Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes storms over Ngannou with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Razor doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Ngannou's face with his elbows!
That brutal impact left Ngannou laid out on the mat! Curtis Blaydes's corner come in to congratulate him!
Ngannou's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Winner is Curtis Blaydes by KO (Elbows) at 4:37 Round 1
Statistics: Curtis Blaydes
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 22/28 (79%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 208 s
Statistics: Francis Ngannou
Punches 0/2 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/11 (18%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 208 s
Francis Ngannou raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
=========================================
Round 1
=========================================
The bell announces the first round!
Curtis Blaydes tries to bring the fight to the ground
Ngannou goes down.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Curtis Blaydes is in open guard over Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes pushes Francis Ngannou against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Razor jumps and tries to free his leg! Ngannou doesn't allow this but Curtis Blaydes is able to get half guard here.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes tries to pass Francis Ngannou's guard...
Francis Ngannou's guard is too good and he fails to pass.
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Francis Ngannou launches a few punches to Razor's cheek from the guard.
Curtis Blaydes uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Razor sits over his knees and pushes away Ngannou's leg!
Ngannou closes his legs around Curtis Blaydes's leg. Razor is not able to move away now!
Razor clumsily fails here and it's time for Francis Ngannou to fight back!
Francis Ngannou launches a few punches to Razor's cheek from the guard.
Curtis Blaydes uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes storms over Ngannou with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Razor doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Ngannou's face with his elbows!
Ngannou's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Francis Ngannou launches a few punches to Razor's cheek from the guard.
Curtis Blaydes uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Ngannou misses a step and Curtis Blaydes sees an opportunity to counter him!
Curtis Blaydes pushes Ngannou's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Razor who is in full mount! Ngannou is in trouble now!
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Curtis Blaydes is in full mount over Francis Ngannou
Francis Ngannou tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Francis Ngannou creates enough space to control Curtis Blaydes's leg.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Ngannou measures the resilience of Razor's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Razor's side.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Francis Ngannou attempts to move to full guard
Curtis Blaydes keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes tries to free his leg...
Curtis Blaydes uses some of his skill by jumping out of Ngannou's guard. He moves quickly to full mount!
Curtis Blaydes is in side mount over Francis Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes looks to mount Francis Ngannou...
Curtis Blaydes slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Curtis Blaydes is in full mount over Francis Ngannou
Razor positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Ngannou's being punished here!
Curtis Blaydes is in full mount over Francis Ngannou
Razor is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Francis Ngannou, who is barely covering up!
Ngannou's Forehead is beginning to swell
Ngannou has a small cut in his Forehead
Curtis Blaydes is in full mount over Francis Ngannou
Razor goes for an armbar!
Francis Ngannou breaks the lock and pushes away Curtis Blaydes, who rolls over his back and gets to standing position.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Curtis Blaydes. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Razor steps backwards away from Francis Ngannou. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Terrible one sided match... Ngannou was not ready to fight a fighter of Curtis Blaydes caliber.
These two fighters are showing each other a ton of respect.
Ngannou goes to the body...
his punches graze Razor's arm.
Curtis Blaydes tries to bring the fight to the ground
Ngannou goes down.
Curtis Blaydes is in open guard over Ngannou
Ngannou tries to close his guard around Razor
He is not able to do it
The clock says 3:45 in the 1 round
Curtis Blaydes is in open guard over Ngannou
Razor positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
One, two, three! Ngannou's being punished here!
Curtis Blaydes is in open guard over Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes pushes Francis Ngannou against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Razor jumps and tries to free his leg! Ngannou doesn't allow this but Curtis Blaydes is able to get half guard here.
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Razor fires a barrage of punches at Ngannou's head!
This is bad! Razor is just pounding on Francis Ngannou's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Ngannou's Forehead is beginning to swell
Curtis Blaydes is in half guard over Ngannou
Razor sits over his knees and pushes away Ngannou's leg!
Curtis Blaydes is able to put away his leg and then jumps to side mount.
Curtis Blaydes is in side mount over Francis Ngannou
Curtis Blaydes storms over Ngannou with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Razor doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Ngannou's face with his elbows!
That brutal impact left Ngannou laid out on the mat! Curtis Blaydes's corner come in to congratulate him!
Ngannou's Right cheek is beginning to swell
Winner is Curtis Blaydes by KO (Elbows) at 4:37 Round 1
Statistics: Curtis Blaydes
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 22/28 (79%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 208 s
Statistics: Francis Ngannou
Punches 0/2 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/11 (18%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 208 s
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!