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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Hoztiem (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lucas has chosen American Gangster as his entrance music. 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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196 lbs
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185 cm
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192 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Self confident |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Oliver Hoztiem!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Lucas!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hoztiem blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hoztiem tries to land knees in the clinch but Lucas avoids the damage to the body.
Lucas gets underhooks to prevent Hoztiem's takedown attempt.
Hoztiem misses with a knee to the head.
Hoztiem tries to land a knee to the head but Lucas blocks with his arms.
Hoztiem tries to land knees in the clinch but Lucas avoids the damage to the body.
Hoztiem trying to land knees to the body.
Lucas will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hoztiem up against the cage.
Lucas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hoztiem misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lucas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lucas attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hoztiem tries to keep at a distance but Lucas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lucas tries a body shot but Hoztiem blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoztiem stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Hoztiem tries for a takedown. No joy.
Lucas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lucas drives through and clinches with Hoztiem against the cage.
Lucas presses Hoztiem against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hoztiem tries to land knees in the clinch but Lucas avoids the damage to the body.
Lucas misses with a punch to the body.
Lucas misses with some punches.
Hoztiem misses with a knee to the head.
Hoztiem trying to stall but Lucas improves his position.
Lucas wants to stall.
Lucas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoztiem is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Lucas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hoztiem is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lucas is defending well for now.
Hoztiem tries a knee to the head but Lucas blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lucas displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hoztiem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Oliver Hoztiem. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Decent striking displayed by Lucas there.
Hoztiem closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sloppy strikes from Lucas. Those never looked like landing.
Lucas rushes Hoztiem and presses him up against the cage.
Hoztiem tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lucas avoids it.
Hoztiem landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Lucas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Hoztiem scores with a knee to the head.
Lucas breaks the clinch.
Lucas walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Hoztiem checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Hoztiem shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Lucas as he avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoztiem misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lucas throws a front kick that sends Hoztiem stumbling back into the cage.
Frank Lucas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hoztiem is breathing heavily.
Lucas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lucas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Lucas lands a leg kick that knocks Hoztiem off balance momentarily.
Hoztiem takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lucas lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Lucas finds it's way through Hoztiem's defenses.
Hoztiem is rocked!
Lucas cracks Hoztiem with a left hook right on the temple and Hoztiem goes down! He's out! Referee! Stop the fight! Lucas lands a few more punches before the dopey ref steps in - hopefully Hoztiem is OK!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Frank Lucas!
After the fight, Frank Lucas was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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