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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Big john (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy Booth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). john kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Drop the world. Andy Booth will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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206 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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191 cm
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205 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Big john!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Andy Booth!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
john throws a head kick that misses.
Booth misses with a wild combination.
Booth throws a right and a left that both miss.
john fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Booth.
john lands a big head kick that sends Booth tumbling to the mat! john takes a step backwards and waves Booth back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Andy Booth has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Booth crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from john - the referee stops the clock and Booth gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says john. Booth manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Booth looks gassed!
john lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
john drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by john.
john working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
john scoring with punches and elbows.
john scoring with punches and elbows.
Booth takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
john wants to lay and pray for a moment but Booth keeps working.
An elbow from john crashes against the mat.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's one minute gone in the round.
john working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
john has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
john wants to control but Booth is keeping him busy.
john creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
john lands a decent elbow from side control.
That has opened up Andy Booth's cut even more.
john landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
john creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
john in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Booth is not content to let john control the position.
john working the head with strikes.
The cut above Andy Booth's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
john working the ground and pound.
Andy Booth's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Andy Booth's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Big john!
Big john retains his light heavyweight title!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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