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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Byrne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Socha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Byrne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl Socha!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, John Roberts and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Byrne's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Socha connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Byrne scrambles back to his feet.
Socha takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Socha pushes Byrne up against the cage in a clinch.
Byrne tries to circle away but Socha has him pinned against the cage.
Byrne is looking to break free of the clinch but Socha has double underhooks.
Socha tries to land knees in the clinch but Byrne avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Socha.
Socha with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Socha.
Socha tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Socha misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Byrne.
Byrne is looking to control Socha's arms but Socha gets an underhook and turns him. Now Byrne has his back to the cage.
Byrne wants to break free but Socha has control.
Socha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Byrne is defending well for now.
Socha tries to work over Byrne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne is trying to break the clinch but Socha has him pressed against the cage.
Socha missing with knees to the body.
Byrne is trying to break the clinch but Socha is controlling him.
Byrne takes a knee to the side of the body.
Byrne on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Byrne prevents a body shot from Socha.
Socha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Socha misses with a punch on the inside.
Socha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Socha throws a knee to the head but misses.
Socha with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Socha misses with a short punch on the inside.
Socha misses with a punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Socha with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Socha with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Socha throws a punch but it's blocked by Byrne.
Socha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Byrne is defending well for now.
Socha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Socha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Socha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Socha tries to work over Byrne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Byrne blocks an uppercut.
Socha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Socha throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Byrne blocks it with crossed arms.
Socha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Byrne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Socha throws a head punch that misses.
Socha tries to land knees in the clinch but Byrne avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Socha.
Byrne is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Socha is keeping busy.
Socha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Byrne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Socha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Socha throws a head punch that misses.
Socha misses with a body punch.
Socha misses with a knee to the head.
Socha throws a punch but it's blocked by Byrne.
Socha tries to work over Byrne's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Socha.
Byrne wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Socha has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Socha misses with some punches.
Socha working aggressively here.
Socha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Socha using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Byrne has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Socha can't find room to land a body shot as Byrne controls the action.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Socha throws a head punch that misses.
Socha misses with a short punch on the inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Socha creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Socha misses with a hook from the clinch.
Socha doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Byrne avoiding damage as Socha throws knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karl Socha dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Socha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Byrne manages to avoid it.
Socha tries to clinch up but Byrne circles away and keeps his distance.
Byrne lands a jab to Socha's midsection.
Socha on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Byrne tests Socha's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab from Byrne does it's job there.
Byrne lands a body shot.
Byrne scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Socha doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Byrne thumps Socha with a low kick.
Byrne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Byrne cracks a nice hook into Socha's ribs.
Byrne scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Socha on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Byrne. Byrne obviously looking to wear him down.
Byrne is looking to wear down Socha with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Socha is breathing heavily.
Byrne lands a leg kick that knocks Socha off balance momentarily.
Byrne throws out a powerful jab.
Socha takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Byrne dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Socha. That did some damage!
Some wild striking there from Byrne.
Byrne dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Byrne connects with a crisp jab.
David Byrne is winning the standup battle so far.
Socha gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Socha is rocked!
Byrne drops Socha with a huge uppercut! Socha drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Byrne is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Byrne!
A relieved looking David Byrne thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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