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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jamison Cassidy (ranked 696 p4p, 107 weight class) and Blake Phoenix (ranked 196 p4p, 23 weight class). Cassidy comes to the cage accompanied by Space Oddity by David Bowie. Blake Phoenix has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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213 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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194 cm
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205 lbs
16 - 4 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jamison Cassidy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blake Phoenix!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cassidy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cassidy connects with an inside leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cassidy.
Cassidy lands a nice hook to Phoenix's body. Phoenix takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've been hearing reports that Cassidy has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A low kick from Cassidy misses
and Phoenix counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Phoenix scores with the left hand. Cassidy knows he should have avoided that one.
Cassidy misses with an uppercut. Phoenix saw that one coming.
Phoenix throws a hook to the side of Cassidy's head but Cassidy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cassidy looks to throw a body kick
and Phoenix counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Jamison Cassidy has been cut.
Cassidy misses with a left hand
and Phoenix cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phoenix tests Cassidy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Phoenix blocks a leg kick.
Cassidy scores with a body shot.
Phoenix lands a jab to the nose.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cassidy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Phoenix is out of range.
Phoenix swings for the body but Cassidy moves out of range.
Cassidy takes a swing at Phoenix's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Phoenix was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cassidy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Phoenix! But no joy.
Phoenix cracks Cassidy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Phoenix throws the left hand but Cassidy avoids the punch easily.
Cassidy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cassidy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Phoenix has time to react.
Cassidy takes a swing at Phoenix's ribcage but misses.
Phoenix keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phoenix let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Phoenix ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cassidy moves away.
Cassidy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phoenix.
Phoenix has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cassidy throws a body shot but no joy.
Cassidy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cassidy jabs Phoenix to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cassidy misses with a shot to the body
and Cassidy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
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!
Phoenix throws a body punch but Cassidy moves out of range.
Cassidy misses the body punch
and Phoenix counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cassidy jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cassidy looks to score with a jab to the body but Phoenix is just out of range.
Phoenix lands a big uppercut and Cassidy crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Cassidy looks OK. Phoenix waves Cassidy back to his feet!
Cassidy is rocked!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cassidy.
Cassidy cracks the inside of Phoenix's front leg.
Phoenix has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Cassidy misses the body punch
and Phoenix makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Phoenix 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Phoenix misses with an uppercut. Cassidy saw that one coming.
Cassidy appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cassidy misses with an uppercut.
Phoenix is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cassidy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cassidy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cassidy staying out of range there.
Nice shot by Phoenix.
Jamison Cassidy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phoenix lands with a good body shot.
Cassidy blocks a jab.
Cassidy lunges at Phoenix with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Phoenix's hand.
Phoenix lands with a cross.
Phoenix thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cassidy is looking to wear down Phoenix with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cassidy thuds his right hand into Phoenix's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cassidy thows a leg kick but Phoenix checks it
and Phoenix counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Phoenix on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Cassidy throws a leg kick
and Phoenix makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Phoenix misses the shot to the body.
Cassidy misses with an uppercut
and Cassidy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Phoenix slips a straight right by Cassidy.
Phoenix looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A jab from Phoenix misses.
Cassidy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Phoenix counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Phoenix throws a hook but Cassidy blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cassidy wants to slow Phoenix down by chopping away at his legs.
Cassidy misses with a hook to the body
and Phoenix counters with a left to the body.
Cassidy misses with a hook
and Phoenix counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Phoenix dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jamison Cassidy's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Cassidy staying out of range there.
Phoenix has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Phoenix checks the leg kick.
Cassidy misses with a shot to the body
and Phoenix counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Phoenix connects with a looping right hand.
Cassidy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Phoenix counters with a straight right hand.
A low kick from Cassidy is predictable there
and Phoenix counters with a left to the body.
Cassidy misses with a left hand
and Phoenix counters with a nice right hand that sends Cassidy toppling to the canvas! Cassidy scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Phoenix finish him?!
Oh Cassidy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phoenix moves out of range of the body kick from Cassidy.
Cassidy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Phoenix counters with a right hand from hell and Cassidy is out cold! A vicious knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Blake Phoenix!
Blake Phoenix is the new light heavyweight champion!
Blake Phoenix thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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