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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin McTaggert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodrigo De Jesus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodrigo De Jesus struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 267.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Rodrigo De Jesus acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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245 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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198 cm
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290 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kevin McTaggert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rodrigo De Jesus!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McTaggert moves out of range as De Jesus strikes.
McTaggert uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from De Jesus.
The fighters circling - De Jesus throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McTaggert moves out of range of the strikes.
McTaggert shoots for a double leg takedown but De Jesus sprawls well. He's pushed McTaggert's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
De Jesus digs a good body shot into McTaggert's ribs.
De Jesus throws a lazy right hand but McTaggert sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McTaggert uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Jesus.
The fight stays on the outside here - De Jesus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McTaggert fails with a takedown attempt.
McTaggert throws an off balance right hand
and De Jesus makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
De Jesus takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Jesus misses with a hook. McTaggert ducked under it nicely.
De Jesus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
De Jesus lands a hook that snaps the head of McTaggert backwards.
It looks like Kevin McTaggert has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McTaggert is trying to break free.
A short right from De Jesus on the inside.
McTaggert working hard to break the clinch.
De Jesus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Jesus lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McTaggert or not.
McTaggert is breathing heavily.
De Jesus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rodrigo De Jesus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McTaggert gets tackled into the cage by De Jesus. De Jesus maintains the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right from De Jesus.
De Jesus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De Jesus tests McTaggert's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good standup being displayed there by De Jesus as he connects with a hook.
McTaggert takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Jesus connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTaggert gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! De Jesus gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rodrigo De Jesus!
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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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