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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marc Read (ranked 7463 p4p, 550 weight class) and Herman Summer (ranked 4156 p4p, 437 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marc Read!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Herman Summer!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, John Kavanagh and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Read misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Read lands a head kick!
Read scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nice defenses there by Read.
Nice uppercut there from Read.
Read lands a head kick!
Read clinches up with Summer and pushes him back against the ropes.
Summer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Read staying out of range there.
Summer avoids the head kick by Read.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Read misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Read lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Read throws a looping overhand right but Summer ducks down to avoid it.
Summer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Read takes the fight into the clinch.
Summer working aggressively here.
Read looking to throw knees to the head but Summer is blocking nicely.
I was talking to Read's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Summer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Reads head.
Read is looking to break free of the clinch but Summer has double underhooks.
Read breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Read.
Read lands a lovely overhand right.
Summer looks to land a left hand but Read moved out of range nicely.
Read connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Read staying out of range there.
Summer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Read throws a good cross that connects.
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!
Read tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Summer looks to score with a jab to the body but Read is just out of range.
Summer's coach down at Nonstop Works was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Summer's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Read throws a head kick but Summer moves out of range.
Summer throws out a loose jab but Read uses good head movement to avoid it.
Read swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Read lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Summer closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Summer has Read pressed against the ropes, preventing Read from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Summer tries to work over Read's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Read manages to break the clinch.
Read throws a sloppy head kick and Summer moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Read tries a head kick but it misses.
Read misses with a looping right.
Marc Read seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Read blocks a jab.
Read misses with a looping left.
A slow jab from Read misses its intended target.
Summer appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Read!
It looks like Herman Summer has been cut.
Read jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Summer throws out a counter right but Read avoids it with no problem.
Summer lands an overhand right.
Summer throws a big shot that misses.
Read throws a head kick but Summer moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Summer! But no joy.
Read throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Read throws a head kick that Summer semi-blocks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Summer looks to land a right hand but Read moved out of range.
Read throws a left and a right that both miss
and Summer counters with a right hand to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Read avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Read thinks about countering with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Read.
A head kick from Read lands but Summer takes it in his stride.
Read moves out of range of the strikes.
Read takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Summer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Read ducks under a wild hook from Summer.
Read is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Summer throws out a loose jab but Read uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Read.
Summer has closed the distance and engaged Read in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marc Read dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Herman Summer's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Read throws a poor cross that misses
and Summer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A jab from Summer finds it's way through Read's defenses.
Summer moves away from the strike by Read.
Summer lands the left hand.
Summer connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Summer looks to land a left hand but Read moved out of range nicely.
Read misses with a left hand
and Summer counters with a stiff right hand.
Read tries to clinch but Summer moves away
and Summer counters with a big right hand! Oh Read is in trouble here! Summer follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herman Summer!
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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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