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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Make Makkonen (ranked 189 p4p, 916 weight class) and JD Drake (ranked 12 p4p, 54 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Makkonen might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Epic Sax Guy - time to SMESH!. The crowd seem to be enjoying Drake's choice of entrance music: Born in the USA by - Bruce Springstein. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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12 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Make Makkonen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, JD Drake!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Makkonen shoots in looking for a takedown but Drake manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Makkonen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Drake swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Drake displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Makkonen.
Drake looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Makkonen scores with a one two! Drake had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
It looks like JD Drake has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Makkonen misses with a two punch combination.
Drake looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Makkonen tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Drake swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Make Makkonen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makkonen drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drake struggling a bit here.
Drake is not content to let Makkonen control the position.
Drake can't do much from the bottom here.
Makkonen scoring with punches from side control.
Drake explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Makkonen shoots in but Drake avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makkonen shoots in looking for a takedown but Drake manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Makkonen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Despite the aggression on Drake's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Makkonen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Drake defends well and Makkonen ends up having to push Drake into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Drake swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Makkonen manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drake trying to stand up but can't free himself from Makkonen's guard.
Makkonen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Drake really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Makkonen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Drake tries to stand but Makkonen is controlling from the bottom.
Drake gets to his feet - Makkonen follows without any prompting.
Makkonen shoots in but no luck this time.
It seemed like Drake was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Make Makkonen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makkonen shoots and misses
and Drake counters with a left to the body.
Makkonen scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
JD Drake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Drake avoids the body shot from Makkonen.
It seemed like Drake was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Makkonen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Drake throws a counter combo.
Drake has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Makkonen finds it's way round the side to connect with Drake's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Makkonen fails with the takedown
and Drake counters with a series of strikes. Makkonen will be more careful next time no doubt.
Drake's coach down at Sprawl N Brawl was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Drake's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Makkonen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Drake counters with a deadly accurate combination that rocks Makkonen badly! He tries to strike back but Drake puts an end to that with another precision combo that knocks Makkonen out cold! Oh man, Makkonen will never hear the end of this one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). JD Drake!
JD Drake is the new super heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking JD Drake thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Make Makkonen spoke after the fight, saying 'All in all, he was better tonight. Maybe i was slightly too confident with my boxing and it did not go that well... I had a perfect camp and preparation, but it is what it is. Congrats brotha, well played!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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