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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Zorich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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261 lbs
25 - 10 - 0 |
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268 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruce Roberts!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Zorich!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zorich avoids a punch combination nicely.
A clash of legs there as Zorich blocks the low kick.
Roberts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Roberts scores with a jab to the head.
It looks like Chris Zorich has been cut.
Roberts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Roberts finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Roberts throws a leg kick
and Zorich counters with a two punch combo.
Roberts throws a half hearted mid kick.
Roberts lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zorich has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Roberts ducks right into an uppercut from Zorich.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts throws a front kick aimed at Zorich's knee but Zorich avoids it well.
Roberts throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zorich blocks a head kick by Roberts.
Roberts misses with a jab, cross combination.
Roberts tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zorich moves out of range as Roberts throws a body kick.
Zorich showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Roberts.
Roberts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zorich avoids the head kick by Roberts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberts throws a leg kick but Zorich checks it.
Roberts scores with a nice body kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Zorich checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Roberts tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Roberts misses with a leg kick
and Zorich counters with a good, hard body kick but Roberts shrugs it off.
Zorich sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberts throws a leg kick that is checked
and Zorich counters with a nice body shot.
Zorich shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bruce Roberts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zorich uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roberts.
Roberts throws a sloppy head kick and Zorich moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts connects with a leg kick. Zorich looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Roberts throws a leg kick
and Zorich counters with a nice double leg into side control. Roberts won't be happy with that.
Roberts taking a bit of punishment here - Zorich scoring with strikes.
Zorich lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Roberts down.
Zorich working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zorich is looking to take a break and control but Roberts is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Zorich working the ground and pound from side control.
Zorich connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Roberts some visible discomfort.
Zorich working the ground and pound from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zorich trying to control the position but Roberts is working away.
Zorich tries to advance to mount but can't.
Zorich wants to lay and pray for a moment but Roberts keeps working.
Zorich wants to control for a moment but Roberts uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Roberts tries to roll over but Zorich keeps him under control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zorich thows a huge punch but Roberts dodges it nicely.
Roberts is trying to maintain the position but Zorich is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Chris Zorich will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Chris Zorich's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Roberts scores with a jab.
Zorich checks a leg kick nicely.
Roberts throws a leg kick but Zorich sees it coming and moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Roberts misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Roberts.
Roberts cracks the inside of Zorich's front leg.
Roberts misses with a few strikes there.
An inside leg kick lands from Roberts.
A head kick misses from Roberts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts tries a low kick but Zorich avoids it.
Roberts throws a right and a left that both miss.
Roberts is looking to score with low kicks.
Crunch! Roberts slams his shin into Zorich's torso.
Roberts fakes the leg kick and cracks Zorich in the body.
Good leg kick by Roberts there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Roberts misses with a body kick.
Zorich swings for the body but Roberts moves out of range.
Roberts throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zorich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Roberts does no damage.
Roberts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zorich.
Roberts throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zorich.
Zorich on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Roberts. Roberts obviously looking to wear him down.
Roberts throws a sloppy head kick and Zorich moves out of range easily.
Zorich has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Roberts.
Roberts lands a front kick.
Roberts misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zorich bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Zorich lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Zorich throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Roberts works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zorich lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Roberts taking some punishment here, with Zorich in his half guard.
Roberts on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Zorich has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zorich drops an elbow to the side of Roberts's head.
Chris Zorich has got the better of the ground game so far.
Zorich throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zorich content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Roberts wants to improve his position but Zorich is controlling well.
Zorich lands strikes from half guard.
Zorich looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Roberts with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Zorich working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Roberts taking some punishment here, with Zorich in his half guard.
Roberts is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zorich lands a big elbow - Roberts is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Zorich!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Zorich! Chris Zorich retains his heavyweight title!
Chris Zorich really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that 1337 ANZAC logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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RATING
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