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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noah Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trent Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Pope's choice of entrance music: LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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266 lbs
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198 cm
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273 lbs
18 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Noah Payne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Trent Pope!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Payne looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Payne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Pope wants to sweep but no luck.
Pope utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Payne being controlled here momentarily.
Pope is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Payne is controlling him.
Pope is pulling down on Payne's head. It's preventing any offense from Payne, at least for the moment.
Payne won't allow Pope to get back to his feet.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Trent Pope hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Pope throws a sloppy head kick
and Payne counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pope thinking.
Payne checks the leg kick nicely there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Payne looks to land a left hand but Pope moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Payne misses with a body kick.
Payne misses with a body shot.
Payne misses with a takedown attempt
and Pope cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A good leg kick by Pope.
Pope throws a front kick aimed at Payne's knee but Payne avoids it well.
Payne chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Payne closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Pope quickly recovers to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pope blocking the ground and pound attempt from Payne.
Payne missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Payne throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pope wants to control but Payne is keeping busy.
Payne scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payne is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Pope blocking the ground and pound attempt from Payne.
Pope wants to control but Payne is keeping busy.
Payne 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.
Pope looks like he's trying to stand up.
Payne throwing shots but Pope is blocking nicely.
Pope is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Payne scores with a couple of nice shots.
Payne stops Pope from getting back to his feet.
Payne lands with a punch from half guard.
Pope pushes Payne off and gets back to his feet.
Pope throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Payne counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Pope keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Payne.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payne has a takedown stuffed.
Pope takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Payne misses the shot to the body.
Payne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pope.
Payne fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Pope moves into the clinch.
Pope breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Payne steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Pope. That one must have hurt.
Payne is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Payne gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Pope.
Pope tries to bum rush Payne with a series of wild strikes but Payne uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Pope looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Payne thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pope lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Payne on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Pope punishes Payne's body with a nice straight punch.
Payne throws a body punch but Pope moves out of range.
Payne chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pope can pounce on him.
Pope throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pope lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Pope looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Payne has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pope finds it's way round the side to connect with Payne's head.
Pope misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pope throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pope fails to land with a series of punches.
Sloppy strikes from Pope. Those never looked like landing.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pope fails to land with a series of punches.
Payne keeps Pope at a distance using the push kick.
Pope lets loose with a powerful body kick. Payne will feel that in the morning.
Pope throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pope fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Payne on the side of the head.
Payne stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pope.
Payne takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Payne doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pope bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Pope connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Trent Pope is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Payne is looking to score with low kicks.
Some wild striking there from Pope.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Pope displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pope ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Payne 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pope lands a nice looking kick to the body. Payne takes a step back to recover.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pope, right into the meat.
Pope misses with a wild combination.
Pope throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Pope throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Payne.
Pope drops Payne with a beautiful combination! Payne stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Pope is looking for the KO!
Payne is rocked!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pope lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Payne up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Pope from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Payne's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Trent Pope!
A victorious Trent Pope thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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