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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noah Puckerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Optimus Rimes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rimes is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sweet Dreams by Marilyn Manson. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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220 lbs
34 - 14 - 0 |
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217 lbs
18 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
34 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Noah Puckerman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Optimus Rimes!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rimes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rimes misses with a wild body shot.
Rimes paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Optimus Rimes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rimes blocks a head kick by Puckerman.
Rimes throws a right and a left that Puckerman avoids nicely.
Puckerman misses with a body shot.
Puckerman misses with a body shot.
Rimes throws out a counter right but Puckerman avoids it with no problem.
Rimes scores with a sloppy right hand. Puckerman should have avoided that one.
Rimes looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Puckerman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Puckerman connects with a jab.
Puckerman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rimes misses with a body shot.
Rimes looks to throw the jab but Puckerman is out of range.
Puckerman misses with a looping left.
A little jabbing left from Rimes on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rimes throws a nice outside leg kick.
Rimes closes the distance but Puckerman moves to the side
and Puckerman counters with a nice uppercut.
Puckerman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puckerman moves out of range as Rimes throws a body kick.
Puckerman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rimes moves out of range of the strikes.
Puckerman throws a lazy uppercut
and Rimes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Puckerman thinking.
A swing and a miss from Rimes.
Rimes lands a high kick!
It looks like Noah Puckerman has been cut.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rimes.
Rimes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rimes tries to clinch up.
Rimes scores with a hook.
Rimes with a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Puckerman. Rimes does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big right from Puckerman misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rimes! But no joy.
Rimes throws a hook but Puckerman avoids it easily.
Puckerman throws an overhand right that lands on Rimes's shoulder, as Rimes tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rimes scores with a spinning back kick!
Puckerman tries to clinch up.
Rimes looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Nice shot lands for Rimes.
Puckerman scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rimes in his tracks.
Rimes tries to clinch but Puckerman moves out of range.
Rimes loads up on a big right hand but Puckerman slips the punch.
Puckerman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rimes throws out a counter right but Puckerman avoids it with no problem.
Rimes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Puckerman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rimes.
Rimes cracks Puckerman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rimes darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Puckerman tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Rimes is able to avoid easily.
Puckerman looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A jab from Rimes misses.
A right-left combo lands from Rimes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Puckerman.
Puckerman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rimes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Puckerman moves away.
Puckerman swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Puckerman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rimes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rimes throws a jab but it's blocked by Puckerman.
Puckerman throws a big shot that misses.
Puckerman throws a series of punches but Rimes avoids them all with ease.
The fighters circling - Puckerman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rimes swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rimes lands an overhand right.
Puckerman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rimes is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Rimes misses with a wild combination.
Rimes is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Puckerman had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Puckerman walks into a straight right hand from Rimes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rimes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rimes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rimes misses with a looping left.
Puckerman wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Puckerman misses with an uppercut. Rimes saw that one coming.
Rimes misses with a wild body shot.
Rimes fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rimes tries to clinch up.
Rimes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Puckerman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Puckerman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Puckerman misses with a looping right.
Rimes tries to clinch
and Puckerman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rimes throws a right and a left that Puckerman avoids nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Puckerman misses with a straight left.
Puckerman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rimes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Rimes doesn't manage to clinch there - Puckerman circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Optimus Rimes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Noah Puckerman's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rimes doesn't manage to clinch there - Puckerman circles away.
Puckerman's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rimes under the eye.
Rimes throws a lazy right hand but Puckerman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Optimus Rimes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rimes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Puckerman manages to avoid it.
Rimes lands a nice shot to the body.
Rimes moves into the clinch successfully.
Puckerman lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rimes backwards.
Rimes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rimes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Puckerman blocks it with crossed arms.
Rimes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rimes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rimes tries to land a knee to the head but Puckerman blocks with his arms.
Puckerman has a couple of punches blocked by Rimes.
Rimes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rimes takes a shot to the head.
Rimes is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puckerman throws a big uppercut that drops Rimes! More strikes from Puckerman and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Rimes lies dazed against the cage as Puckerman celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noah Puckerman!
Noah Puckerman took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Steel Penn's Laundry 80% LAUNDRY IS AVAILABLE for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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