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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Apollo Creed (ranked 1706 p4p, 1030 weight class) and Kwame Nti (ranked 46 p4p, 23 weight class). Apollo Creed has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Apollo Creed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Kwame Nti!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Hugh Johnson and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Creed scores with a jab. Nti acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
It looks like Kwame Nti has been cut.
Nti defending well as Creed loads up on a big left hand.
Nti doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Creed takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Creed takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Creed seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Creed throws a poor cross that misses
and Nti counters with a nice uppercut.
Creed misses with a looping left.
A jab from Creed misses.
Nti connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Creed momentarily.
Nti moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Nti on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice uppercut lands for Nti. That snapped Creed's head back.
Creed misses with a lunging right hand
and Nti counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Creed throws an off balance right hand
and Nti makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nti scores with a body shot.
Creed thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nti misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Nti as he connects with a hook.
Creed throws a hook but Nti blocks it.
Nti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nti moves into the clinch.
Nti lands a body shot.
Creed avoiding damage.
Nti keeps control of Creed as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A body shot lands from Creed.
Creed tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Nti's elbow.
Creed lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Creed is trying to push Nti away but Nti has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Creed works on Nti's body with a couple of short punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Nti.
Nti softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nti looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Creed tries to stall but Nti uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Creed struggles to land a body shot inside as Nti controls his hands.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Creed's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nti lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nti lands a nice looking body shot.
Creed misses with a straight right.
A big right from Creed misses.
Nti moves forwards but Creed connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nti takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Creed misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circling - Creed throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Creed misses with a straight right.
Nti tests Creed's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nti. Creed does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nti steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Creed.
Creed is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Creed throws a shot from downtown. Nti moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Creed lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Creed takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nti staying out of range there.
Creed rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nti counters with a straight right hand.
Nti rushes Creed and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Nti fails to land.
Nti prevents a body shot from Creed.
Creed misses with some punches.
Creed is trying to break the clinch but Nti has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Nti fails to land.
Nti swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Nti.
Nti has a couple of punches blocked by Creed.
Creed has a couple of punches blocked by Nti.
Nti creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Creed with a big uppercut! Creed tries to clinch up but Nti pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Creed to the mat! Creed covers up and Nti unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Kwame Nti!
Kwame Nti decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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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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