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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Ryan (ranked 370 p4p, 53 weight class) and Kassim Magufuli I V (ranked 722 p4p, 105 weight class). Ryan's entrance music is The Animals - House of the Rising Sun. A fine choice. Kassim Magufuli I V has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jimmy Ryan's chin.
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14 - 3 - 0 |
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208 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Ryan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kassim Magufuli I V!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Josh West and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magufuli I V throws a lazy uppercut
and Ryan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Magufuli I V avoids the body shot from Ryan.
Ryan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Ryan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Magufuli I V keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Magufuli I V closes the distance and clinches.
Magufuli I V throws a head punch that misses.
Ryan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ryan misses with a wild body shot.
Magufuli I V connects with a leg kick. Ryan looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Ryan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Magufuli I V fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ryan manages to avoid it.
Ryan misses with a head kick.
Ryan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Magufuli I V.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magufuli I V takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Ryan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Magufuli I V.
Ryan lands an overhand right.
Ryan misses with a straight right.
Magufuli I V moves into the clinch.
Magufuli I V working aggressively here.
Ryan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Magufuli I V is keeping busy.
Ryan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Magufuli I V misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Magufuli I V lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Magufuli I V misses with a punch on the inside.
Magufuli I V blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Magufuli I V swings wildly with an uppercut but Ryan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ryan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magufuli I V gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Magufuli I V goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Magufuli I V letting Ryan take a breather here.
Ryan can't find room to land a body shot as Magufuli I V controls the action.
A short right from Ryan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magufuli I V misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ryan is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Magufuli I V is keeping busy.
Magufuli I V misses with a body punch.
Magufuli I V misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ryan lands with a left to the head.
Ryan lands an uppercut.
A short right from Ryan on the inside.
Ryan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ryan taking a breather.
Magufuli I V misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ryan takes a shot to the head.
Magufuli I V throws a punch but it's blocked by Ryan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magufuli I V pushes Ryan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Magufuli I V blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Magufuli I V controlling the action here for a moment.
Ryan has a couple of punches blocked by Magufuli I V.
Ryan breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Magufuli I V tries to clinch but Ryan moves away
and Ryan counters with a body kick.
Ryan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Magufuli I V. That did some damage!
Ryan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ryan sets himself, and Magufuli I V steps forward looking for the clinch! Ryan avoids it this time.
Ryan throws a lazy right hand but Magufuli I V sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ryan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Magufuli I V just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Magufuli I V. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Magufuli I V.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ryan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Magufuli I V ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Magufuli I V checks the leg kick.
Ryan throws a nice head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Magufuli I V connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ryan. Ryan circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Magufuli I V ducks right into an uppercut from Ryan.
Ryan tries to work over Magufuli I V's front leg with a kick but Magufuli I V checks it.
Ryan lands a lovely overhand right.
Magufuli I V displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ryan throws out the jab.
Ryan seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Magufuli I V walks into a stiff left hand from Ryan.
Magufuli I V lunges at Ryan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Ryan's hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jimmy Ryan will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ryan loads up on a big right hand but Magufuli I V slips the punch.
Magufuli I V lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Magufuli I V slips a straight right by Ryan.
Ryan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Ryan swats away the attempt to clinch by Magufuli I V.
Ryan dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Magufuli I V. That did some damage!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick lands from Ryan.
Ryan throws a head kick that half lands.
Ryan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Magufuli I V.
An attempted straight right counter from Ryan misses the target.
Ryan avoids the body shot from Magufuli I V.
Ryan is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ryan lands with a nice body kick.
Magufuli I V misses with a body punch
and Ryan counters with a stiff right hand.
Ryan misses with a body kick.
Ryan lands a nice shot to the body.
Magufuli I V throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Ryan.
Ryan swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Magufuli I V.
Magufuli I V is rocked!
Ryan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Magufuli I V is still on wobbly legs! Can Ryan finish him?
Ryan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Magufuli I V can do to turn this around?
Magufuli I V walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Ryan swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Jimmy Ryan!
Jimmy Ryan retains his light heavyweight title!
Jimmy Ryan gave a mention to King of Clothes in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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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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