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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Louie Lopez (ranked 1243 p4p, 1019 weight class) and Barnaby Grunter (ranked 161 p4p, 134 weight class). Lopez comes to the cage accompanied by Los Mandados. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Louie Lopez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Barnaby Grunter!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Igor Prikhodko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab by Grunter.
Lopez moves into range and clinches up with Grunter.
Grunter breaks the clinch.
Grunter tries to land a leg kick but Lopez saw it coming and moves away.
Lopez is looking to counter the offense by Grunter and move into the clinch.
Lopez moves to clinch but Grunter breaks away
and Grunter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grunter lands a big right hand that sends Lopez crashing to the mat! Grunter stays standing though and waves Lopez back to his feet!
It looks like Louie Lopez has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grunter loads up on a big right hand but Lopez slips the punch.
Lopez tries to clinch but Grunter moves out of range.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Grunter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Grunter misses the jab.
Lopez checks a leg kick nicely.
That kick from Grunter tenderised Lopez's leg. Lopez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lopez closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lopez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Grunter prevents the takedown attempt.
Grunter tries to break the clinch but Lopez is controlling the position.
A nice left hand lands by Grunter.
A short left from Grunter.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grunter.
Lopez is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Grunter is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
A short right from Grunter on the inside.
Oh Lopez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Grunter lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Lopez to his knees! Grunter keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Barnaby Grunter!
During a confident post fight interview, Barnaby Grunter thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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