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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derek Lynch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Abbe Faria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Faria has chosen My Own Summer as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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260 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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265 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Derek Lynch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Abbe Faria!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faria tries to clinch but Lynch is having none of it.
Faria works over Lynch's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Derek Lynch has been cut.
Faria has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Faria has taken the fight to the clinch.
Faria lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Faria has Lynch pressed against the cage.
Faria connects with a knee to the head.
Faria is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lynch is keeping busy.
Faria swings wildly with an uppercut but Lynch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Faria tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Faria misses with the head strike.
Faria lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lynch or not.
Faria digs a right hand underneath Lynch's ribcage. Lynch let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Faria is leaning against Lynch and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lynch is breathing heavily.
Faria is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lynch's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Faria tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faria lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lynch backwards.
Faria tries to work over Lynch's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Faria lands a right hand.
Lynch goes for a takedown attempt but Faria pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Faria moves away from the strike by Lynch.
Faria connects with a jab.
No joy there for Lynch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lynch throws a low kick but Faria moves out of range easily.
Lynch slips a jab and a cross from Faria.
Faria scores with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Lynch.
Faria fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lynch misses with an attempted mid kick.
Good leg kick by Lynch there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lynch scores with a leg kick.
Faria has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Faria there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lynch doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lynch misses with a low kick.
Faria tries to clinch there but Lynch circles away.
Faria tries to clinch but Lynch is having none of it.
Lynch misses with a head kick.
Lynch is looking to chop away at Faria's legs.
Faria is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lynch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faria defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lynch.
Faria misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lynch misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lynch misses with a combination
and Faria counters by moving into the clinch.
Lynch takes a shot to the head.
Faria lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lynch backwards.
Faria lands a left hand.
Faria lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Faria lands a hook that snaps the head of Lynch backwards.
Faria stalling in the clinch.
Faria lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Faria doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lynch fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lynch swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Faria.
Come on Faria - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Faria misses with a body punch.
Faria lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lynch backwards.
Faria gets through Lynch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Faria stalling the fight.
A body shot lands from Faria.
Faria lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lynch backwards.
Lynch avoiding damage as Faria throws knees to the body.
Faria makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lynch wants to take the fight to the mat but Faria manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Derek Lynch. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Faria avoiding damage.
Faria scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lynch misses with a short punch on the inside.
Faria misses with a body punch.
Faria has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Lynch - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Faria, and another! Lynch is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Abbe Faria!
In his post fight interview, Abbe Faria gave a big smile as he said 'I'm hungry.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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