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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Russian John (ranked 3273 p4p, 4560 weight class) and John Okafor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Russian John!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Okafor!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
John moves into the clinch.
John works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
John preventing the sweep.
Okafor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Okafor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. John doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. John manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Okafor trying to strike off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
John is fighting to break Okafor's control of his arms but Okafor is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okafor is looking to stand up but John isn't so interested in that idea.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Okafor fails with a takedown attempt.
Okafor looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? John is fending him off so far but Okafor persists. Nope, John circles away and we're back to standing.
John thows a left - swing and a miss!
Okafor doesn't succeed with the takedown
and John counters with a crisp right hand that drops Okafor! John lets Okafor back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
It looks like John Okafor has been cut.
Russian John has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Okafor.
John avoids the body shot from Okafor.
John rushes Okafor and presses him up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from John as the two fighters clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
John has Okafor pressed against the cage.
A short right from John on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
John drops Okafor onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Okafor is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Okafor is rocked!
Okafor fails to pull guard.
Okafor is still on wobbly legs! Can John finish him?
John lands with a left to the head.
John drops Okafor onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Okafor is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
John creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Okafor's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Okafor drops to his knees and John pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russian John!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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