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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shefki Kuqi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timothy Olyphant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Timothy Olyphant looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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170 lbs
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173 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Big heart |
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Dangerous GnP
Brawler
Solid 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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Shefki Kuqi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Timothy Olyphant!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuqi tries to clinch up.
Olyphant looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Kuqi tries to clinch up but Olyphant circles away and keeps his distance.
Kuqi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kuqi moves into the clinch.
Olyphant changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kuqi fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kuqi moves into the clinch.
Kuqi stalling the fight.
Kuqi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kuqi tries to clinch but Olyphant is having none of it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kuqi.
Kuqi's corner calls for a 1-2. Kuqi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
It looks like Timothy Olyphant has been cut.
Olyphant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kuqi clinches.
Olyphant blocks the elbow strike.
Kuqi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuqi works over Olyphant's head and body with a nice combination.
Kuqi doesn't manage to clinch there - Olyphant circles away.
Kuqi lands with a good body shot.
Good leg kick by Kuqi there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kuqi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kuqi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Olyphant takes one to the chin there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuqi moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Olyphant checks a leg kick.
Kuqi scores with a hook to the body. Olyphant takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Kuqi misses with a low kick.
Kuqi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kuqi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Timothy Olyphant seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Kuqi finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuqi tries to clinch there but Olyphant circles away.
Olyphant blocks a head kick by Kuqi.
Kuqi scores with a nice strike.
Kuqi moves into the clinch successfully.
Kuqi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuqi scores with a hook.
Kuqi tries a head kick but it misses.
Olyphant walks into a left hand.
Kuqi clinches.
Kuqi tries to break free but Olyphant pushes him back against the cage.
Kuqi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kuqi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Olyphant stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kuqi throws a shot to the body.
Kuqi pushes Olyphant up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuqi manages to break the clinch.
Olyphant doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kuqi rushes Olyphant and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Olyphant managing to block the knees to the body from Kuqi.
Kuqi working hard to break the clinch.
Kuqi's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Kuqi drives through and clinches with Olyphant against the cage.
Kuqi breaks the clinch.
Kuqi scores with a hook to the body. Olyphant takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Olyphant with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kuqi to score with a decent uppercut.
Kuqi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Olyphant's head backwards.
That has opened up Timothy Olyphant's cut even more.
Kuqi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kuqi pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kuqi stalling.
Kuqi has had enough of the clinch but Olyphant keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuqi cracks Olyphant with a nice body shot.
Kuqi lands with a short shot to the head.
Kuqi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good body shot from Kuqi.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuqi pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kuqi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Olyphant paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kuqi has managed to clinch.
Kuqi taking a breather.
Olyphant letting Kuqi take a breather here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kuqi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Olyphant circles away from the clinch attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shefki Kuqi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Timothy Olyphant's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kuqi throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Olyphant stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Olyphant keeps the fight on the outside.
Kuqi closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kuqi looking to stall.
Kuqi has had enough of the clinch but Olyphant keeps him there for the moment.
Kuqi manages to break the clinch.
Olyphant takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Kuqi lands with a shot to the body.
Kuqi scores with a three punch combo!
Kuqi clinches with his opponent.
Olyphant is breathing heavily.
Kuqi creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kuqi breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kuqi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Olyphant can do to turn this around?
Kuqi lands with an uppercut that bounces Olyphant off the cage and back into rage.
Olyphant moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuqi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kuqi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kuqi is trying to maintain a safe position but Olyphant gets an underhook and turns Kuqi into the cage.
Kuqi breaks from the clinch.
Kuqi tries to clinch up.
Kuqi thuds a left hand into Olyphant's body.
Kuqi throws a one two combo.
Kuqi closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kuqi in side control lands a decent elbow.
Kuqi lands some shots froms side control.
Kuqi tries to advance to mount but can't.
Kuqi is working Olyphant over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuqi working the head and body with strikes.
The cut above Timothy Olyphant's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kuqi controls the position.
Kuqi scoring with punches and elbows.
Timothy Olyphant'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 Timothy Olyphant's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Shefki Kuqi!
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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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