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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ho Kogan (ranked 976 p4p, 934 weight class) and Nick Sax (ranked 123 p4p, 120 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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6 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ho Kogan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nick Sax!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kogan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sax.
Sax gets a clinch.
Sax swings wildly with an uppercut but Kogan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kogan lands a body shot.
Sax looks winded!
Kogan blocks an uppercut.
Kogan digs a right hand underneath Sax's ribcage. Sax let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Sax tries to work over Kogan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kogan lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kogan.
A right handed body shot lands from Kogan.
Kogan lands a right hand.
Sax misses with the head strike.
Sax tries to throw a body punch but Kogan avoids it by throwing Sax back against the cage.
Kogan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kogan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sax backwards.
Kogan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kogan pushes Sax back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
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!
Kogan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
I was talking to Kogan's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Sax scores with a shoulder strike.
Sax can't find room to land a body shot as Kogan controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kogan blocking some punches.
Kogan lands an uppercut.
Kogan lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kogan.
Sax misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kogan tries to throw a body punch but Sax avoids it by throwing Kogan back against the cage.
Sax looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A short uppercut from Kogan.
Kogan is leaning against Sax and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short uppercut from Kogan.
Kogan pushes Sax back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sax fails to land.
The referee is keeping an eye on Kogan - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A right hook to the body lands for Kogan.
A short right from Kogan.
Sax goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sax takes a shot to the head.
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!
A short right from Kogan on the inside.
Kogan slows down the pace here.
Kogan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kogan can't find room to land a body shot as Sax controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Kogan on the inside.
Kogan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kogan presses Sax against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Kogan lands a left hand.
Kogan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kogan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Saxs head.
Kogan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kogan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Kogan lands a body punch in the clinch.
Kogan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kogan lands an uppercut.
Kogan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kogan struggles to land a body shot inside as Sax controls his hands.
Sax misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sax misses with the head strike.
Kogan is leaning against Sax and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Kogan lands a left hand.
Kogan misses with a punch to the body.
Kogan lands a body punch.
Nice body punch from Kogan - that landed with a thud.
A right hook to the body lands for Kogan.
A left hand lands to the body for Kogan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Kogan.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kogan.
Kogan lands a body punch.
Kogan misses with a body punch.
Sax fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kogan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kogan scores with a hook to the body.
Kogan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Saxs head.
Kogan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kogan tries a body shot but Sax blocks it.
Kogan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kogan gets through Sax's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kogan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sax backwards.
Sax misses with the head strike.
A short left from Kogan.
Kogan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sax takes a shot to the head.
Sax is rocked!
Kogan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sax is still on wobbly legs! Can Kogan finish him?
Kogan has Sax pressed against the cage. He pushes Sax back and as he springs towards him off the cage, Kogan throws a beautiful elbow that sends Sax crashing to the floor! Kogan piles on the pressure with more strikes! Sax is flailing away but he's not defending himself and the referee steps in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ho Kogan!
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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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