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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Divock Origi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Novaks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Origi comes to the cage accompanied by Vamos a la playa. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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216 lbs
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219 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Divock Origi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Alex Novaks!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Franklyn Lucas and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Origi throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Novaks cracks Origi with a right hand to the side of the head.
Novaks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Origi swings for the body but Novaks moves out of range.
Novaks misses the jab.
Origi missing with a left hand there. Novaks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A little jabbing left from Novaks on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Origi tries to clinch
and Novaks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Novaks slips a jab from Origi.
Novaks needs to keep his hands up - Origi had a free shot at his head there.
Origi moves into range and clinches up with Novaks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Origi has Novaks pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Origi.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Novaks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Origi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Origi manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Origi throws a punch but it's blocked by Novaks.
Origi swings wildly with an uppercut but Novaks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Origi stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Novaks wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Origi misses with a punch on the inside.
Origi dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Origi.
Novaks blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Origi.
Origi tries to work over Novaks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Origi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Origi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Novaks blocking some punches.
Origi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Origi is stalling here.
Novaks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Origi slowing the pace effectively.
Origi prevents a body shot from Novaks.
Origi stalling in the clinch.
Novaks is looking to break free of the clinch but Origi has double underhooks.
We've been informed that Novaks has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Origi tries to throw a body punch but Novaks avoids it by throwing Origi back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Origi misses with a hook from the clinch.
Novaks prevents a body shot from Origi.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Novaks blocks a body shot from Origi.
Novaks digs a right hand underneath Origi's ribcage. Origi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Novaks wants to get back to striking at distance but Origi won't allow it.
Origi is stalling here.
Novaks tries to circle away but Origi has him pinned against the cage.
Origi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Novaks's elbow.
Come on Origi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Origi tries to throw a body punch but Novaks avoids it by throwing Origi back against the cage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A bit of stalling here from Origi.
A head punch on the inside from Origi fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Divock Origi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Origi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Origi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Novaks manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Novaks. Those never looked like landing.
Origi moves into the clinch.
Divock Origi has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Origi stalling in the clinch.
Origi misses with a punch to the body.
Origi is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Novaks can do to turn this around?
Origi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Novaks tries to work over Origi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Origi has a couple of punches blocked by Novaks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Origi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Origi lands a nice uppercut.
Novaks wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A short left from Origi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Origi tries to work over Novaks's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Origi struggles to land a body shot inside as Novaks controls his hands.
Origi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Origi.
Origi lands with a left to the head.
Origi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Origi just leaning against Novaks, taking a breather.
Origi throws a head punch that misses.
Novaks wants to break the clinch but can't.
Origi has a couple of punches blocked by Novaks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Origi lands with a right to the head.
Origi lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Novaks is rocked!
Origi throws a big uppercut that drops Novaks! More strikes from Origi and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Novaks lies dazed against the cage as Origi celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Divock Origi!
After the fight, Divock Origi 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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FIGHT
RATING
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