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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mel Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wood Pecker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gordon kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats. Pecker has chosen The Woody Woodpecker Song (Short Intro) as his entrance music. Wood Pecker acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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200 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mel Gordon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Wood Pecker!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pecker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pecker slips under a jab.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pecker!
Pecker scores with a body shot.
Gordon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gordon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pecker.
Pecker now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Pecker shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mel Gordon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pecker tries to keep at a distance but Gordon has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pecker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from Gordon.
Pecker scores with a nice hook to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gordon.
Gordon lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pecker.
Gordon has Pecker pressed against the cage, preventing Pecker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pecker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've been informed that Pecker 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.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Gordon as Pecker tries to tie him up.
Gordon misses with an elbow strike.
Pecker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Gordon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon lands an uppercut.
Pecker working hard to break the clinch.
Gordon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gordon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pecker's efforts to push away.
Gordon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pecker's defenses.
Gordon throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gordon lands a nice elbow.
Pecker tries to break free but Gordon pushes him back against the cage.
Gordon lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pecker tries to work over Gordon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Gordon.
Gordon works on Pecker's body with a couple of short punches.
Gordon struggles to land a body shot inside as Pecker controls his hands.
Gordon gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Gordon lands a hook that snaps the head of Pecker backwards.
A short right from Gordon on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gordon lands a nice elbow.
Gordon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pecker or not.
Gordon lands an elbow just above Pecker 's eye.
Gordon lands a body punch.
Pecker looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pecker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gordon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gordon keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pecker's efforts to push away.
Gordon lands a left hand.
Gordon works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gordon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gordon pushes Pecker back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gordon lands an elbow just above Pecker 's eye.
Gordon lands a shot to the body.
Gordon lands with a light punch inside.
Gordon scores with a shoulder strike.
Gordon lands an elbow inside that Pecker shrugs off.
A right hook to the body lands for Gordon.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gordon.
It looks like Wood Pecker has been cut.
Gordon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Gordon.
Gordon works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gordon lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Gordon.
Gordon lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gordon lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A body shot lands from Gordon.
Gordon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pecker's defenses.
Gordon lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gordon lands with a left to the head.
Gordon lands a nice elbow.
Pecker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Gordon scores with a hook to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Gordon.
Nice body punch from Gordon.
Gordon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gordon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pecker takes an elbow to the temple.
Gordon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gordon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gordon lands a nice elbow.
Pecker takes an elbow to the temple.
Gordon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pecker is rocked!
Gordon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pecker is still on wobbly legs! Can Gordon finish him?
Gordon lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordon scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pecker takes an elbow to the temple.
Gordon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nice body punch from Gordon.
Pecker takes a shot to the head.
Pecker misses with some punches.
Gordon creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pecker's defenses.
Pecker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Still in the clinch, Gordon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pecker is pressed against the cage. Gordon pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Pecker! Two more big strikes from Gordon and Pecker crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mel Gordon!
Mel Gordon retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Mel Gordon thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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pop
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