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Honour FC 19: Showtime PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Malibu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Noriko Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gracie's choice of entrance music: Swedish House Mafia Vs Tinie Tempah - Miami 2 Ibiza. Shawn Malibu has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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240 lbs
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250 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawn Malibu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Noriko Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Gracie.
Gracie looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Malibu misses with a two punch combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Gracie misses the target.
Gracie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gracie thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gracie throws a combination that misses
and Malibu counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Malibu connects with a superb combination that knocks Gracie out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Malibu before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Gracie!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Shawn Malibu!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anderson Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anderson Silva will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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186 lbs
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189 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pedro Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Silva!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva tries to clinch but Cruz is having none of it.
Cruz tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva throws a push kick but Cruz slaps the foot to one side.
Cruz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Silva to the mat! Silva manages to get full guard.
Silva trying to control the position.
Cruz controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cruz might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cruz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cruz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cruz looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Cruz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Silva is looking to stand up but Cruz isn't so interested in that idea.
Cruz trying to control but Silva is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Cruz.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Cruz slows the pace down.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
Cruz trying to control the action but Silva is working from the bottom.
Cruz tries for a kimura but Silva is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Silva tries to buck Cruz off but Cruz is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is staying tight to Silva's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cruz misses with the ground and pound.
Cruz in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Silva is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Pedro Cruz!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Moralez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Royal Tenenbaum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moralez kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is "Stonebreaker" by Corrosion Of Conformity. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Moralez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Royal Tenenbaum!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tenenbaum misses with the combination.
Moralez looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Moralez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tenenbaum bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Pablo Moralez has been cut.
Tenenbaum throws a series of punches but Moralez avoids them all with ease.
Moralez swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Moralez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tenenbaum jabs Moralez right on the nose. Moralez blinks but takes it well.
Moralez walks straight into a right hand from Tenenbaum - that's dropped him! Tenenbaum jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Moralez from any more punishment! Moralez complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Royal Tenenbaum!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hadr Bari (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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204 lbs
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hadr Bari!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bari.
Jones scores with a body shot.
Bari works Jones's body with a nice hook.
Bari waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jones.
Jones scores with a shot to the body.
Bari walks into a jab.
Bari shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bari throws a series of punches but Jones avoids them all with ease.
Jones jabs Bari right on the nose. Bari blinks but takes it well.
Jones throws a looping overhand right but Bari ducks down to avoid it.
Jones keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jones dodges the punch combination from Bari.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Bari throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Jones jabs Bari right on the nose. Bari blinks but takes it well.
Bari tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jones swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bari looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bari has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jones finds it's way round the side to connect with Bari's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bari has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Hadr Bari has been cut.
Bari looks gassed!
Jones lands a left and a right that send Bari crashing to the mat, dazed. Jones thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Bari is rocked!
Jones closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Bari out cold! Bari corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dave Jones!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Swagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Sims (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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270 lbs
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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
9 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Swagger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Sims!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sims throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slow jab from Sims misses its intended target.
Bob Swagger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swagger looks to throw the jab but Sims is out of range.
Sims pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sims is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Swagger.
Sims takes one on the button.
It looks like Mark Sims has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Swagger works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sims gets a takedown into half guard.
Swagger wants to control the action here but instead Sims manages to pass to full mount!
Swagger is squirming around, avoiding Sims's attempts to control the action.
Swagger is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Swagger is trying to escape the mount.
Sims postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Swagger looks a forlorn figure.
Swagger on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Swagger tries to get out of the position.
Sims raining down shots from the mount!
Sims prevents Swagger from getting the reversal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sims looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Swagger is working to get back to half guard.
Swagger is breathing heavily.
Sims scoring with strikes but Swagger is staying in there.
Sims lands a big shot there that rocks Swagger but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Sims connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice elbow there by Sims.
Sims controlling from the full mount.
Sims with good strikes from the mount here!
Sims has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Sims is landing with some decent strikes but Swagger is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Sims dominating with strikes here.
Swagger is bucking up trying to escape but Sims cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Sims postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Swagger badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Sims around the waist but Sims pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Sims is the winner by TKO! Sims jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Sims!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darin Blood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Tuffs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tuffs has chosen Korn Blind as his entrance music. 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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190 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darin Blood!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trevor Tuffs!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blood drives through and clinches with Tuffs against the cage.
Tuffs has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Blood is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Blood is pressed up against the cage. Tuffs has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Blood down to the mat. Blood avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Blood throws a head kick that misses.
Blood lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Trevor Tuffs has been cut.
Blood looks to land a combination but Tuffs avoids it well.
Tuffs gets the takedown into side control.
Tuffs tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Tuffs cracks Blood with a big elbow.
Tuffs thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Blood is trying to buck Tuffs off.
Blood tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tuffs tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Blood is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuffs is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Blood is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Tuffs tries to move into full mount but can't pass Blood's legs.
Blood is trying to get back to half guard.
Blood sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Blood tries to get to full guard but Tuffs has control of the leg.
Tuffs blocks the strikes from Blood.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blood manages to get to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Blood wants to sweep here but Tuffs controlling him for the moment.
Tuffs drops back looking for a leg! Blood is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Blood manages to kick Tuffs off! Tuffs jumps back into Blood's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Blood looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tuffs is one step ahead there.
Tuffs avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Blood looking for a guillotine here but Tuffs defends easily.
Tuffs passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Blood is looking to reverse the position.
Tuffs thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Blood taking a bit of punishment here - Tuffs scoring with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuffs is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Blood has escaped the position, nice work there.
Tuffs looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Tuffs looks gassed!
Tuffs wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Blood, who protects the arm well.
Blood wants to control but Tuffs postures up.
Blood gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Blood manages to get to full guard.
Blood wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tuffs is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Tuffs thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Tuffs drops back looking for a leg! Blood is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Blood manages to kick Tuffs off! Tuffs jumps back into Blood's guard.
Tuffs postures up.
Tuffs thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Blood looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tuffs is one step ahead there.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Blood lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tuffs looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Darin Blood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Trevor Tuffs.
Blood gets the takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darin Blood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trevor Tuffs's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Tuffs moves forwards but Blood connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Blood shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Blood showed some decent athleticism there.
Blood working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Blood works his way into full mount!
Tuffs defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Blood.
Blood is landing with some decent strikes but Tuffs is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Blood breaks from Tuffs's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Blood tries to control but Tuffs wriggling away.
Tuffs really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Tuffs that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Blood.
Tuffs can't escape the position.
Tuffs sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Tuffs works his way to full guard. Good work.
Tuffs is breathing heavily.
Tuffs looking for a guillotine here but Blood defends easily.
Tuffs is looking for a triangle but Blood pushes his legs off easily.
Blood trying to control but Tuffs is working from the bottom.
Blood showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blood postures up in Tuffs's guard and throws a big left but Tuffs blocks it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blood trying to control but Tuffs is working from the bottom.
Tuffs throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Tuffs had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Blood defends it easily.
Blood landing some decent shots from guard.
Blood got a little sloppy there for a moment and Tuffs has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Blood has managed to get both his arms back between Tuffs's legs - danger averted.
Trevor Tuffs has got the better of the ground game so far.
Blood landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blood preventing the sweep.
Blood drops back looking for a leg! Tuffs is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tuffs manages to kick Blood off! Blood jumps back into Tuffs's guard.
Tuffs keeping full guard, as Blood tries to pass.
Blood makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Blood throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tuffs works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Blood trying to control but Tuffs is working from the bottom.
Blood postures up in Tuffs's guard and throws a big left but Tuffs blocks it.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Blood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tuffs shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Tuffs showed some decent athleticism there.
Blood is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Blood regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tuffs is in close to Blood's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tuffs drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Tuffs jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Blood wants to sweep here but Tuffs controlling him for the moment.
Tuffs has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Blood to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Tuffs is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Blood pulls down on the head and he's put Tuffs to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Darin Blood!
Darin Blood retains his middleweight title!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Martin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Daniel Lewis has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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265 lbs
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282 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Lewis!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dean Martin !
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Martin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lewis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martin drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Martin trying to control the position from guard on top but Lewis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lewis doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Martin looking to pass the guard.
Lewis has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Lewis wants to hit a switch here but Martin passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Lewis there!
Lewis tries to hold on but Martin pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin raining down shots from the mount!
Lewis is bucking up trying to escape but Martin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lewis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Martin landing strikes, looking to finish!
Lewis tries to lock up and control but Martin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is in a horrible position here. Martin smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Martin wants to control the pace but Lewis is squirming around nicely.
Lewis throwing hammer fists to the chest of Martin . What's that going to do exactly?
Martin controlling the position easily from mount.
Lewis tries to hold on but Martin postures up.
Martin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Martin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Martin avoids the attempt from Lewis to control.
Martin cracks Lewis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lewis keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Martin unloading with bombs!
Lewis is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Martin 's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dean Martin !
Dean Martin is the new heavyweight champion!
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