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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ser Gregor Clegane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Congo Ashantie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ashantie has chosen Congo Ashanti as his entrance music. Congo Ashantie is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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226 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ser Gregor Clegane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Congo Ashantie!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clegane throws a chopping leg kick but Ashantie manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Clegane pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ashantie throws a wild body kick that Clegane sees coming a mile off.
Ser Gregor Clegane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clegane lands a leg kick that knocks Ashantie off balance momentarily.
A bone on bone clash there as Ashantie blocks the leg kick.
Clegane takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Clegane is looking to score with low kicks.
Clegane tries a head kick but it misses.
Ashantie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Clegane.
Clegane takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Clegane lands a leg kick that knocks Ashantie off balance momentarily.
Ashantie throws a sloppy head kick and Clegane moves out of range easily.
Clegane takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Clegane clinches up with Ashantie and pushes him back against the cage.
Ashantie lands a left hand.
I was talking to Clegane's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ashantie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clegane misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clegane is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ashantie avoiding damage as Clegane throws knees to the body.
Ashantie swings wildly with an uppercut but Clegane uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clegane avoiding damage as Ashantie throws knees to the body.
Clegane lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Clegane.
It looks like Congo Ashantie has been cut.
Clegane missing with knees to the body.
Clegane dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Ashantie with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Ser Gregor Clegane has been cut.
Clegane stalling in the clinch.
Ashantie managing to block the knees to the body from Clegane.
Clegane blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ashantie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Clegane is trying to stall.
Clegane blocks a body shot from Ashantie.
Ashantie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clegane.
Ashantie lands a good knee to the midsection. Clegane won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ashantie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short uppercut from Ashantie.
Ashantie lands a shot to the body.
Clegane is breathing heavily.
Ashantie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ashantie missing with knees to the body.
We've been informed that Ashantie has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ashantie missing with knees to the body.
Clegane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ashantie cracks Clegane with a nice body shot.
Clegane tries to land knees in the clinch but Ashantie avoids the damage to the body.
Ashantie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Ashantie.
Clegane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ashantie is defending well for now.
Clegane taking a breather.
Ashantie lands a left hand that snaps the head of Clegane backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Clegane.
Ashantie drops Clegane with a big knee straight up the middle! Clegane is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Ashantie lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Clegane is rocked!
Clegane throws a lazy head kick
and Ashantie counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Congo Ashantie!
During a confident post fight interview, Congo Ashantie thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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