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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Orkan Dogu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cole River (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). River has chosen Creedence Clearwater Revival - Born On The Bayou as his entrance music. Cole River acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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180 lbs
28 - 16 - 0 |
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188 cm
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175 lbs
36 - 10 - 1 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Orkan Dogu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cole River!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dogu throws a body shot but no joy.
Dogu lands with a right hand.
River cracks the inside of Dogu's front leg.
River lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dogu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Dogu swings for the body but River moves out of range.
A jab from Dogu does it's job there.
Dogu scores with a hook to the body. River takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Dogu misses with a wild body shot.
Dogu sets himself, and River steps forward looking for the clinch! Dogu avoids it this time.
River uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dogu.
River tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
River throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dogu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dogu fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but River avoids it really well and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dogu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. River sees it coming and avoids it easily.
River throws a leg kick
and Dogu counters with a nice double leg into guard.
River manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
River crunches a lovely knee into Dogu's ribcage.
I was talking to Dogu's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
River softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dogu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
River prevents Dogu from breaking the clinch.
River lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dogu lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by River.
A short uppercut from Dogu.
A head punch on the inside from Dogu fails to land.
River taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from River.
River stalling the fight.
River lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dogu backwards.
Dogu blocks an uppercut.
River breaks from the clinch.
River does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
River misses with an uppercut. Dogu saw that one coming.
River just misses with a punch to the body.
Dogu avoids a kick to the body.
Dogu shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
River will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
River swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cole River is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice jab there from Dogu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dogu defending well as River loads up on a big left hand.
River scores with a body shot.
River looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dogu will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Orkan Dogu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
River takes a body punch but keeps moving.
River misses with a few strikes there.
Dogu drops down looking for a counter takedown but River sprawls and moves away.
A decent looking body kick lands there for River.
Dogu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. River looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dogu ducks under a wild hook from River.
Dogu misses with an uppercut
enabling River to counter with a crisp jab.
A big left from Dogu misses.
It seemed like River was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by River. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of River.
Dogu circles away from the clinch attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
River throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
River throws a lazy right hand but Dogu sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dogu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
River lands a nice shot that snaps Dogu's head back.
Dogu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by River.
Dogu lands a right hook to the body.
Dogu lands a body shot.
Dogu walks into a left hand.
Dogu looks to land a left hand but River moved out of range nicely.
River displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dogu throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cole River dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dogu throws a body shot but no joy.
River tries to score with a low kick but Dogu moves his leg out of the way.
Dogu is looking to wear down River with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Dogu scores with a decent looking hook.
River throws a nice inside leg kick.
River chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dogu walks into a straight right hand from River.
River misses with a head kick.
Dogu moves out of range as River throws a body kick.
Dogu feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dogu ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice shot by River.
Dogu on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
River has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Donk. River catches Dogu right on the button with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River lands an overhand right.
River tests Dogu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dogu misses with an uppercut
and River counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Dogu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from River.
Dogu checks a low kick from River.
Dogu misses with an uppercut
and River counters with an inside leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Dogu checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
River has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
River misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dogu.
River staying out of range there.
River slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
River takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
River looks to score with a jab to the body but Dogu is just out of range.
River goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
River fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Dogu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
River fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dogu manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
River throws a nice inside leg kick.
Dogu checks the leg kick.
River lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
River steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dogu.
River throws a leg kick
and Dogu counters with a takedown into side control.
Dogu working away.
River defending against the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
River struggling a bit here.
Dogu throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Dogu sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but River is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Dogu working the ground and pound.
River tries to bench press Dogu off him but Dogu keeps the position.
River is still trying to improve position.
River is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Dogu off and has taken his back!
River trying to control.
River controlling the position well here. Dogu rolled but River kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dogu can't escape the position.
River wants to control but Dogu manages to buck him off and is now in River's guard! Nice work there by Dogu!
Dogu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dogu wants to control from the top but River keeps moving.
Dogu postures up.
Dogu is working River over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
River is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dogu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cole River showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Dogu moves out of range of the body kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Dogu as he connects with a hook.
Dogu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
River tests Dogu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dogu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
River lands a jab to the head.
River throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
River keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dogu.
River wants to counter the offense by Dogu and move into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dogu lands an overhand right.
River misses with a looping right.
River moves into range and connects with a jab.
River throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River throws a body punch but Dogu moves out of range.
Dogu moves out of range as River throws a body kick.
River slips a straight right by Dogu.
River bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Dogu shoots in but River avoids the takedown attempt easily.
River explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
River fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dogu is out of range.
Cole River seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dogu loads up on a big right hand but River slips the punch.
Orkan Dogu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
River lands a nice shot that snaps Dogu's head back.
River takes one to the side of the head.
River throws a shot from downtown. Dogu moves away and avoids it.
Dogu avoids the body shot from River.
Dogu half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
River avoids the body shot from Dogu.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dogu.
River lands a nice shot to the body.
Dogu throws out a loose jab but River uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dogu throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. River was covering up waiting for the punch and Dogu finishes the takedown easily into guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dogu with a flurry of punches that miss.
River keeping moving, preventing Dogu from controlling successfully.
Dogu postures up and lands a big shot to River's brow.
Cole River is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
River is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
River wants to stand up but Dogu is controlling him.
Dogu keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of River's head.
Dogu has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dogu working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
River is trying to keep Dogu in close.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now River is on top in guard.
Dogu keeping moving, preventing River from controlling successfully.
Dogu is looking for a triangle but River pushes his legs off easily.
Dogu working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. River doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. River manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dogu is looking for a triangle but River pushes his legs off easily.
Dogu keeping moving, preventing River from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Cole River.
I've got River winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cole River!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Cole River made sure he mentioned KAISER, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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