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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yorgi Cohen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dastan Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cohen's entrance music is Prison Sex. A fine choice. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Counter fighter
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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
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yorgi Cohen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dastan Drake!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cohen misses with an uppercut. Drake saw that one coming.
Drake shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cohen as he avoids it easily.
Cohen moves in looking to clinch but Drake pushes him off.
Cohen clinches up with Drake and pushes him back against the cage.
Cohen working Drake over with knees to the body.
Drake looking for a takedown.
Drake pulls guard successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Drake manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Cohen pushes Drake up against the cage in a clinch.
Cohen presses Drake against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cohen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drake blocks a body shot from Cohen.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cohen pushes Drake back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cohen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cohen throws an elbow that misses.
Cohen tightens his grip and picks Drake up, before dumping him to the ground. Drake manages to land in guard.
Cohen is fighting to break Drake's control of his arms but Drake is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cohen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Dastan Drake has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Cohen fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cohen tries to clinch but Drake is having none of it.
Drake looking to score a takedown here. Cohen is defending well but Drake drives through and ends up in Cohen's guard.
Drake is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drake with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Drake accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Drake trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Drake throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cohen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Drake works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Drake is looking for a kimura but Cohen is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Drake to get the leverage.
Drake is working for a submission of some sort.
Drake wants to work for an arm triangle but Cohen is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Cohen!
Drake landing strikes from the mount.
Drake lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
A nice elbow there by Drake.
Cohen is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cohen defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Drake.
Oh Cohen is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cohen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Drake on the ground.
Drake is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Cohen goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Drake!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dastan Drake!
Dastan Drake decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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
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