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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Cornwall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anselmi Samara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cornwall's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Lucky Bullets "Folsom Prison Blues". Anselmi Samara has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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208 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
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183 cm
24
215 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Ken Cornwall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Anselmi Samara!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Dmitry Maklakov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cornwall takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cornwall misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Samara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Samara lands a jab to the nose.
Samara feints and then cracks Cornwall's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cornwall down.
Ken Cornwall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cornwall closes this distance looking for a takedown but Samara circles away.
Cornwall defending well as Samara loads up on a big left hand.
Samara lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cornwall circles away quickly and effectively.
A clash of legs there as Samara blocks the low kick.
Samara throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cornwall closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Samara has closed the distance and engaged Cornwall in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Samara scores with a nice short uppercut.
Samara has a couple of punches blocked by Cornwall.
Samara throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cornwall lands with a left to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Samara takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cornwall lands with a right to the head.
Samara blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Samara throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cornwall throws a punch but it's blocked by Samara.
Cornwall dodges an elbow strike from Samara.
Samara holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cornwall managing to block the knees to the body from Samara.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cornwall blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cornwall lands with a short shot to the head.
Cornwall tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cornwall working aggressively here.
Cornwall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Samara misses with a knee strike.
Samara looking to stall.
Cornwall lands a body punch.
Samara tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A hook to the body from Cornwall.
Cornwall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cornwall creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cornwall lands a left hand.
Samara pushes Cornwall back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Samara blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cornwall lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cornwall lands a left hand.
Cornwall cracks Samara with a nice body shot.
Samara looks gassed!
Cornwall has a couple of punches blocked by Samara.
Cornwall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cornwall holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cornwall misses with some punches.
Cornwall lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cornwall pushes Samara back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Samara missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cornwall.
Samara stalling in the clinch but Cornwall improves position.
Cornwall scores with a shot to the side of Samara's head.
A shot in the inside from Cornwall.
Cornwall lands a hook that snaps the head of Samara backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cornwall gets through Samara's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cornwall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cornwall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Samara is rocked!
Cornwall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Samara is still on wobbly legs! Can Cornwall finish him?
Cornwall throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Cornwall fails to land.
Samara seems to have recovered his senses.
Cornwall lands a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Cornwall as the two fighters clinch.
Cornwall lands with a light punch inside.
Samara misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cornwall.
Cornwall throws a big uppercut that drops Samara! More strikes from Cornwall and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Samara lies dazed against the cage as Cornwall celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ken Cornwall!
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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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