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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cain Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Digger DeGaetano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Digger DeGaetano was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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204 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cain Velasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Digger DeGaetano!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Velasquez connects with a jab.
A jab from Velasquez does it's job there.
It looks like Digger DeGaetano has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
DeGaetano throws a right and a left that Velasquez avoids nicely.
DeGaetano swats away the attempt to clinch by Velasquez.
Velasquez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
DeGaetano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
DeGaetano looks winded!
Velasquez has managed to clinch.
Velasquez lands a right hand that snaps the head of DeGaetano backwards.
DeGaetano takes an elbow to the forehead.
Velasquez lands a nice elbow.
Velasquez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Velasquez lands an elbow inside that DeGaetano shrugs off.
Velasquez lands an elbow inside that DeGaetano shrugs off.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Velasquez.
DeGaetano is rocked!
Velasquez lands a nice uppercut.
DeGaetano is still on wobbly legs! Can Velasquez finish him?
Velasquez creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through DeGaetano's defenses.
Velasquez lands a right hand.
DeGaetano is pressed against the cage. Velasquez pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts DeGaetano! Two more big strikes from Velasquez and DeGaetano crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Cain Velasquez!
Cain Velasquez decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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