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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darby Ellington (ranked 1277 p4p, 1732 weight class) and Nicholaus Strauss (ranked 173 p4p, 237 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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World class MT
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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darby Ellington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nicholaus Strauss!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Alyssa Summers and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Ellington.
Ellington throws a leg kick but Strauss sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Strauss connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ellington's hands.
It looks like Darby Ellington has been cut.
Ellington thumps Strauss with a low kick.
Strauss swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Strauss darts in and clinches Ellington up against the cage.
Ellington tries to stall but Strauss uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Strauss is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Strauss is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Strauss is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Ellington has denied him.
Strauss stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Ellington fails to land.
Strauss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Strauss fails to land.
Ellington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strauss scores with a nice hook to the head.
Strauss lands a nice shot to the body.
Strauss throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ellingtons head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strauss lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ellington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ellington stalling the fight.
Strauss scores with a shot to the side of Ellington's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strauss lands a shoulder strike.
Ellington lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ellington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Strauss lands a shoulder strike.
Strauss lands with a left to the head.
Ellington misses with the head strike.
Ellington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ellington's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Strauss blocking some punches.
Strauss throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ellingtons head.
A shot in the inside from Strauss.
Strauss tries to work over Ellington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Strauss lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ellington has a couple of punches blocked by Strauss.
Ellington misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Strauss scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ellington is rocked!
Strauss scores with a hook to the body.
Strauss lands with a right to the head.
Oh Ellington is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Strauss scores with a shoulder strike.
Strauss lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Ellington to his knees! Strauss keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nicholaus Strauss!
Nicholaus Strauss 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
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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