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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between George Sotiropoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Corcoran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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162 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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179 cm
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164 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Sotiropoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Corcoran!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sotiropoulos takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice defenses there by Sotiropoulos.
Corcoran misses with a hook.
Corcoran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sotiropoulos throws a hook but Corcoran avoids it easily.
Corcoran throws a series of punches but Sotiropoulos avoids them all with ease.
Corcoran ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Corcoran swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Corcoran throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sotiropoulos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Corcoran misses with a two punch combination.
Corcoran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sotiropoulos moves away.
Corcoran takes one on the button.
Sotiropoulos misses with a wild combination.
Sotiropoulos jabs at Corcoran's body.
Corcoran scores with a jab to the head.
A right-left combo lands from Corcoran.
Corcoran throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sotiropoulos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corcoran looks to land a combination but Sotiropoulos avoids it well.
Sotiropoulos slips a jab from Corcoran.
Sotiropoulos looks to throw the jab but Corcoran is out of range.
A swing and a miss from Corcoran.
Sotiropoulos misses with a looping right.
Sotiropoulos misses with an uppercut. Corcoran saw that one coming.
Sotiropoulos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corcoran manages to avoid it.
Corcoran scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Corcoran cracks Sotiropoulos with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Corcoran falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sotiropoulos counters with a straight right hand.
Sotiropoulos slips under a jab from Corcoran.
Corcoran misses with a two punch combination.
Corcoran shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Corcoran swinging wildly here.
James Corcoran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corcoran throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Sotiropoulos counters with a nice uppercut.
Corcoran misses with a body punch
and Corcoran takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Corcoran is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Corcoran is still on wobbly legs! Can Sotiropoulos finish him?
Sotiropoulos jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Corcoran seems to have recovered his senses.
Corcoran misses with a straight right.
Sotiropoulos misses with a looping left.
A combination from Corcoran does no damage.
Corcoran listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Corcoran slips under a jab.
Sotiropoulos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Corcoran sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Corcoran scores with a three punch combo!
Corcoran falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sotiropoulos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Corcoran throws out a loose jab but Sotiropoulos uses good head movement to avoid it.
Corcoran throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sotiropoulos counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Corcoran does it's job there.
Corcoran staying out of range there.
Corcoran misses with a hook to the body
letting Sotiropoulos counter with a right hand.
Sotiropoulos is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Corcoran.
Sotiropoulos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Corcoran.
Sotiropoulos moves away from the strike by Corcoran.
Corcoran fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Corcoran throws a lazy right hand but Sotiropoulos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Corcoran bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Corcoran throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sotiropoulos counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sotiropoulos misses with a straight right.
Sotiropoulos throws a body punch but Corcoran moves out of range.
Sotiropoulos misses with a straight right.
Sotiropoulos is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Corcoran throws a right hand that Sotiropoulos ducks under and follows up with a left that Sotiropoulos also avoids with ease.
Corcoran scores with a one two! Sotiropoulos had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Corcoran lands with a nice combination. Sotiropoulos backs away looking to recover.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corcoran. Sotiropoulos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Corcoran misses with a combination
and Sotiropoulos connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Corcoran.
A slow jab from Corcoran misses its intended target.
Sotiropoulos slips a jab from Corcoran.
Corcoran fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Corcoran uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sotiropoulos.
Corcoran slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Corcoran misses with a few strikes there.
Sotiropoulos misses with a hook. Corcoran ducked under it nicely.
Sotiropoulos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Corcoran misses with an uppercut. Sotiropoulos saw that one coming.
Corcoran wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Sotiropoulos throws out a loose jab but Corcoran uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Corcoran misses with an uppercut.
A combination from Corcoran does no damage.
Corcoran thows a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Sotiropoulos dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Sotiropoulos scores with a nice strike.
Sotiropoulos walks into a straight right hand from Corcoran.
Sotiropoulos scores with a decent looking hook.
Corcoran waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sotiropoulos.
Corcoran swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Sotiropoulos counters with a straight right hand.
Sotiropoulos avoids the body shot from Corcoran.
Sotiropoulos lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Corcoran falls backwards - clearly groggy! Sotiropoulos dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Sotiropoulos!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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