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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Hall (ranked 3068 p4p, 3356 weight class) and Rich Voss (ranked 375 p4p, 404 weight class). Hall comes into the arena with Pinball Wizard blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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10 - 6 - 0 |
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181 cm
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8 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ralph Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rich Voss!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Hall does it's job there.
Hall scores with a nice right hand.
Hall avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hall bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Voss's head backwards.
Hall closes the distance and clinches.
Hall is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Voss to keep the fight standing.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A short left from Voss.
Voss holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hall tries a body shot but Voss blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voss lands a right hand.
Hall has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A short right from Voss.
Hall jumps guard but Voss turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hall tries to pull guard but Voss forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ralph Hall. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hall is trying to pull guard but Voss turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Voss.
Hall is trying to pull guard but Voss turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Voss has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Voss swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Voss has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Voss makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Voss working aggressively here.
Hall pulls guard.
Hall is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Voss is posturing up here but Hall has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Voss tries to roll out but it's too tight and Voss has to tap! Slick submission there by Hall!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ralph Hall!
Ralph Hall decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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