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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mark Hughes (ranked 5523 p4p, 602 weight class) and Kwasi Kwong (ranked 0 p4p, 92 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mark Hughes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kwasi Kwong!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes misses with a looping right.
Hughes misses with a straight right.
Kwong stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hughes misses with a left hand
and Kwong counters by clinching up.
Kwong breaks the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Hughes.
Hughes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kwong moves away.
Kwong swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hughes.
Hughes shoots in looking for a takedown but Kwong manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hughes's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hughes throws a hook to the side of Kwong's head but Kwong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kwong uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hughes has time to react.
Kwong scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kwong blocks a jab.
A low kick lands for Kwong.
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!
Kwong stuffs the takedown attempt from Hughes. Hughes gets slowly back to his feet.
Kwong fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hughes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hughes drops his hands momentarily and Kwong takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kwong takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kwong stuns Hughes with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kwong.
Hughes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kwong connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hughes is breathing heavily.
Kwong closes the distance and pushes Hughes back into the cage.
Kwong digs a right hand into Hughes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hughes's gas tank.
Kwong looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kwong breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kwong clinches with his opponent.
Kwong lands a body shot.
Kwong pushes Hughes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kwong drops Hughes onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Hughes is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Hughes is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kwong creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Hughes's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Hughes drops to his knees and Kwong pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kwasi Kwong!
An out of breath Kwasi Kwong thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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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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