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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Fox (ranked 2844 p4p, 6358 weight class) and Cody Garbrandt (ranked 307 p4p, 534 weight class). Cody Garbrandt acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack Fox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cody Garbrandt!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fox buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Garbrandt throws a head kick that misses.
Garbrandt lands with a straight right. Fox didn't see that one coming.
Garbrandt just misses with a punch to the body.
Garbrandt throws a leg kick that misses.
We've been informed that Garbrandt has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Garbrandt clobbers Fox with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Fox keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fox wants to clinch up but Garbrandt keeps it at a distance.
Fox works Garbrandt's body with a nice hook.
Fox misses with a leg kick
and Garbrandt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fox moves into range and clinches up with Garbrandt.
Garbrandt takes a shot to the head.
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!
Fox working aggressively here.
Garbrandt taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Garbrandt is looking to control Fox's arms but Fox gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garbrandt has his back to the cage.
Garbrandt has a couple of punches blocked by Fox.
Garbrandt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Garbrandt misses with a body punch.
Fox doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fox lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Cody Garbrandt has been cut.
Garbrandt stalling.
Fox is working Garbrandt over against the cage.
Fox looking to slow down the pace here.
Garbrandt prevents a body shot from Fox.
Garbrandt misses with some punches.
Garbrandt lands with a short shot to the head.
Garbrandt blocks an uppercut.
Garbrandt tries to break the clinch but Fox is controlling the position.
Fox lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fox prevents Garbrandt from breaking the clinch.
Garbrandt pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Garbrandt misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fox.
Garbrandt misses with a left hand
and Fox counters with a nice body kick.
Fox avoids the head kick by Garbrandt.
Garbrandt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fox was well out of range. Poor timing from Garbrandt.
Fox tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garbrandt manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fox moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fox misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short body shot lands from Garbrandt as the two fighters clinch.
Fox working aggressively here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Garbrandt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fox putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Garbrandt in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Garbrandt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fox throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Garbrandt.
Garbrandt throws a leg kick
and Fox counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fox misses the shot to the body.
Garbrandt feints a counter leg kick.
Fox throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fox slips a straight right by Garbrandt.
Fox misses with a hook. Garbrandt ducked under it nicely.
Fox tries to close the distance and clinch but Garbrandt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice jab there from Garbrandt.
Fox buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Garbrandt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fox doesn't seem phased though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garbrandt swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fox.
A head kick by Fox misses
and Garbrandt counters with a low kick, right behind Fox 's knee.
Garbrandt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Garbrandt.
Garbrandt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fox manages to avoid it.
Garbrandt does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fox is looking to counter punch.
Garbrandt with a hook.
Fox is rocked!
Fox throws out a loose jab but Garbrandt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oh Fox is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Garbrandt looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fox seems to have got his legs back now.
Fox doesn't manage to clinch there - Garbrandt circles away.
Fox tries to clinch up but Garbrandt circles away and keeps his distance.
Garbrandt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fox doesn't manage to clinch there - Garbrandt circles away.
Garbrandt moves forwards but Fox connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fox is looking to clinch but Garbrandt is avoiding it.
Fox moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromGarbrandt.
Garbrandt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fox ducks under a wild hook from Garbrandt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Fox.
Garbrandt throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Fox's head.
Garbrandt with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Garbrandt blocks a low kick nicely.
A countering left hand to the body from Garbrandt misses.
Fox moves into the clinch successfully.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fox.
Garbrandt wants to break free but Fox has control.
Fox pushes Garbrandt back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fox is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Garbrandt is defending well for now.
Fox gets through Garbrandt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fox keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garbrandt's efforts to push away.
Garbrandt lands with a left to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Garbrandt takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Garbrandt.
Garbrandt blocks an elbow strike.
Fox stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Cody Garbrandt will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cody Garbrandt's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Garbrandt feints and then cracks Fox's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Fox down.
Garbrandt misses with a head kick.
Fox was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Garbrandt looks to land a right hand but Fox moved out of range.
Garbrandt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fox connects with a leg kick.
Garbrandt blocks a leg kick.
Garbrandt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Garbrandt blocks a head kick by Fox.
Fox throws a right hand that Garbrandt ducks under and follows up with a left that Garbrandt also avoids with ease.
Cody Garbrandt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garbrandt pounces like a tiger and cracks Fox with a vicious hook! Fox is down but not out! Garbrandt follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Cody Garbrandt!
During a confident post fight interview, Cody Garbrandt thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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