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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between William Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Penny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Travis Penny has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with William Hurt's chin.
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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
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Hurt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Travis Penny!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Franklyn Lucas and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hurt tries to clinch but Penny moves out of range.
Penny avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hurt drops Penny with a beautiful combination! Penny stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hurt is looking for the KO!
Penny is rocked!
It looks like Travis Penny has been cut.
Hurt throws a quick inside leg kick.
Penny is still on wobbly legs! Can Hurt finish him?
Penny looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hurt rushes Penny and presses him up against the cage.
Hurt lands a takedown into guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hurt is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Penny seems to have recovered his senses.
Hurt stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Hurt throws a right and a left that Penny avoids nicely.
Penny swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Hurt counters with a crisp one two that drops Penny! Hurt thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Penny to his feet! Penny is in big trouble!
Penny keeps the fight on the outside.
Penny tries to bum rush Hurt with a series of wild strikes but Hurt uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Penny keeps the fight on the outside.
Hurt fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Penny sprawls well initially but Hurt persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurt looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hurt seems to be looking for submissions.
Hurt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hurt seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Penny is looking to control Hurt's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Penny avoid being mounted?
Penny is staying active underneath Hurt, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hurt thows a huge punch but Penny dodges it nicely.
Penny manages to get to full guard.
Hurt postures up and lands a big shot to Penny's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurt stands up and waves to Penny to follow him.
Penny gets the takedown into side control.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hurt manages to get back to half guard.
Penny throws a strike but Hurt avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Hurt tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Penny wants to stand and escape but instead Hurt has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Hurt stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurt shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hurt trying to stand up but can't free himself from Penny's guard.
Hurt wants to stand and escape but instead Penny has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Penny accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Penny is in close to Hurt's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Penny working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Hurt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Travis Penny's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hurt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hurt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Penny misses with a straight right.
Hurt tries to clinch up.
Hurt tries to clinch there but Penny circles away.
Penny throws a series of punches but Hurt moves out of range.
William Hurt is winning the standup battle so far.
Hurt tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hurt doesn't manage to clinch there - Penny circles away.
Hurt has taken the fight to the clinch.
Penny decides to pull guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Penny not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Penny is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penny looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hurt puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Hurt stands up out of the half guard.
Hurt tries to clinch but Penny is having none of it.
Hurt rushes Penny and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hurt with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hurt using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Penny has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hurt scores with a knee to the head.
Hurt misses with a knee strike.
Hurt jumps guard.
Penny throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Penny is in close to Hurt's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hurt looking for a triangle here. Penny is fighting it but it looks tight! Hurt pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Penny is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). William Hurt!
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hype
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RATING
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