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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toke Axelsen (ranked 1394 p4p, 829 weight class) and Cathal Doherty (ranked 52 p4p, 38 weight class). Axelsen comes to the cage accompanied by Slipknot - The Virus of Life. Doherty has chosen Jeremy- Pearl Jam as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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12 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toke Axelsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cathal Doherty!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Axelsen misses with a hook
and Doherty counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Doherty scores with a body shot.
Axelsen misses with a hook. Doherty ducked under it nicely.
Axelsen misses with a head kick.
Axelsen slips a jab from Doherty.
Axelsen with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Doherty misses with a lunging right hand
letting Axelsen counter with a right hand.
Doherty misses the shot to the body.
Doherty slips under a jab from Axelsen.
Axelsen walks into a left hand.
Doherty throws a predictable looking body shot
and Axelsen counters with a straight right hand.
Axelsen scores with the left hand. Doherty knows he should have avoided that one.
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!
Doherty pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Axelsen pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Doherty showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Axelsen.
Axelsen slips a jab from Doherty.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Axelsen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Axelsen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Doherty misses with a hook.
Axelsen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Axelsen looks to land a right hand but Doherty moved out of range.
Doherty throws a shot from downtown. Axelsen moves away and avoids it.
Doherty lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nice shot lands for Doherty.
Doherty drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Axelsen right on the button. Axelsen goes down! Doherty follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Doherty gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cathal Doherty!
Cathal Doherty took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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