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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Peter Manuel (ranked 777 p4p, 38 weight class) and Jacob Hardy (ranked 582 p4p, 26 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Hardy's choice of entrance music: Till I Collapse - Eminem. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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140 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
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147 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Peter Manuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manuel throws a nice looking combination but Hardy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Manuel connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hardy. Hardy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hardy cracks Manuel with a right hand to the side of the head.
Manuel stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hardy.
Manuel fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hardy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hardy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Manuel.
Hardy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Manuel sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hardy jabs at Manuel's body.
Manuel ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A clash of legs there as Manuel blocks the low kick.
Hardy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manuel.
Hardy with a jab.
Hardy throws a big shot that misses.
Manuel looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Manuel lands a lovely overhand right.
Hardy staying out of range there.
Hardy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Manuel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manuel scores with a push kick.
Hardy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Manuel.
Manuel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Manuel connects with a right hand. Hardy shakes it off.
Manuel looks to land a right hand but Hardy moved out of range.
Hardy just misses with a punch to the body.
Manuel misses the jab.
Manuel blocks a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manuel. Hardy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hardy tries to clinch up.
Jacob Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good standup being displayed there by Hardy as he connects with a hook.
Hardy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hardy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hardy misses with a hook
and Manuel cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Manuel is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hardy throws a looping overhand right but Manuel ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manuel falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hardy counters with a straight right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Manuel misses.
Manuel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manuel scores with a sloppy right hand. Hardy should have avoided that one.
Hardy scores with a jab to the body.
Hardy misses with a looping left.
Manuel blocks the body kick.
Hardy slips under a jab.
Manuel connects with a jab.
Hardy is rocked!
Hardy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Hardy is still on wobbly legs! Can Manuel finish him?
Manuel connects with a right hand. Hardy shakes it off.
Hardy misses with a wild body shot.
Hardy looks to score with a jab to the body but Manuel is just out of range.
Manuel is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hardy tries to clinch up
and Manuel counters with a big right hand! Oh Hardy is in trouble here! Manuel follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Manuel!
Peter Manuel decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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