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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Toki Wartooth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and marlo froch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wartooth comes to the ring accompanied by Murmaider. froch has chosen Can't be touched as his entrance music. On his way into the ring it seems that Toki Wartooth has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Toki Wartooth seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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165 lbs
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176 cm
26
167 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Toki Wartooth!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, marlo froch!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wartooth feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to froch's calf.
froch uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wartooth has time to react.
Wartooth slips a straight right by froch.
Wartooth bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Wartooth misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Wartooth tries to stand but froch is controlling his head.
Wartooth trying to control the position but froch is working away.
Wartooth goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, froch has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Wartooth but great work by froch.
Wartooth tries to buck froch off but froch is having none of it.
Wartooth seems a little lost for a moment, as froch dominates the positioning.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wartooth tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but froch presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
froch looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wartooth gets back to half guard.
froch is looking to advance position but Wartooth won't allow it.
Wartooth keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
froch content to control rather than advance.
froch stops Wartooth from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
froch is keen to just control but Wartooth is a slippery customer.
Wartooth has a hand on froch's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. froch takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Wartooth sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
froch prevents Wartooth from improving his position.
Wartooth slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wartooth is trying to control the position from the bottom.
froch controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Wartooth looking to control but froch passes into half guard.
It looks like froch is going to stand back up.
Wartooth is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute froch jumps into side control!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Wartooth is not content to let froch control the position.
Wartooth tries to bench press froch off him but froch keeps the position.
froch tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
froch stands up and beckons Wartooth to his feet.
froch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but marlo froch will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wartooth looks to land a right hand but froch moved out of range.
Wartooth moves in looking to clinch but froch pushes him off.
froch avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Wartooth scoring well with a low kick there.
A solid leg kick lands there for froch.
Wartooth moves in looking to clinch but froch pushes him off.
froch listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Wartooth will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
froch throws a leg kick which misses Wartooth's front leg but catches the back leg as Wartooth tries to avoid it.
froch connects with a crisp jab.
marlo froch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A punch combination from froch misses.
A left and a right from froch both land. Nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wartooth fails with a takedown attempt.
Wartooth takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wartooth blocks a head kick by froch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
froch looks to land a combination. Wartooth sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
froch thuds his right hand into Wartooth's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
froch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Whack! froch lands a heavy head kick that drops Wartooth. The ref tackles froch to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Wartooth was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). marlo froch!
marlo froch is the new lightweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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