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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Rick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Orton Norman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orton Norman acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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230 lbs
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230 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Inexperienced |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh Rick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Orton Norman!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norman shoots in looking for a takedown. Rick tries to sprawl out of it but Norman keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rick manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Norman has closed the distance and engaged Rick in a clinch.
Rick throws a punch but it's blocked by Norman.
Rick fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rick lands a left hand that snaps the head of Norman backwards.
Rick swings wildly with an uppercut but Norman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rick lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rick misses with some punches.
Norman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Norman manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Rick gets to his feet - Norman follows without any prompting.
Rick rushes Norman and presses him up against the cage.
Rick lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rick scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Norman blocks an uppercut.
Norman tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rick smiles and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rick tries to clinch up
and Norman counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Norman throwing strikes but missing.
Norman has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Rick is proving hard to escape from.
Rick looking for a sweep. Not yet Rick, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norman wants to control from the top but Rick keeps moving.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Orton Norman hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Norman circles away from the clinch attempt
and Norman counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Norman is trying to pull guard but Rick turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Josh Rick has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Orton Norman.
Rick misses with some punches.
Norman has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rick is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Norman looking to stall.
Rick misses with a hook from the clinch.
Norman is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rick gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Norman looks gassed!
Rick gets through Norman's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rick lands a left hand.
Rick lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Norman wants a takedown but no success here.
Rick scores with a shoulder strike.
Rick lands a hook to the side of the head.
Norman is rocked!
Rick lands an uppercut.
Norman is still on wobbly legs! Can Rick finish him?
Rick softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rick pushes Norman against the cage. Rick is working some dirty boxing. Rick pushes off with a quick right hook! Norman goes down! Norman tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Rick moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Josh Rick!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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