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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dai Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Mercurious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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158 lbs
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157 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dai Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Rocky Mercurious!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Dai Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Evans avoids the head kick by Mercurious.
Mercurious lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Evans throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Mercurious swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Evans throws a combination that misses
and Mercurious counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Evans thinking.
Mercurious throws a hook but Evans avoids it easily.
Evans thumps Mercurious with a low kick.
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Evans throws a series of punches but Mercurious moves out of range.
Jab by Evans.
Evans slips under a jab.
A leg kick checked by Mercurious.
Mercurious swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Evans throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mercurious connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans throws a nice looking combination but Mercurious bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mercurious avoids the body shot from Evans.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans scores with a jab to the jaw.
Evans throws a right and a left that Mercurious avoids nicely.
Evans throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mercurious pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Evans swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Evans fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Mercurious has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Evans wants to slow Mercurious down by chopping away at his legs.
Evans swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Mercurious connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mercurious ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evans moves away.
Evans ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mercurious moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evans. Mercurious does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mercurious looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Mercurious throws a looping overhand right but Evans ducks down to avoid it.
Evans misses with a leg kick.
Despite the aggression on Mercurious's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Mercurious tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercurious throws a sloppy head kick
and Evans makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Evans throws a nice inside leg kick.
Evans scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Mercurious is able to avoid easily.
We've been told by Evans's head coaches at The Beast that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Evans lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mercurious circles away quickly and effectively.
Evans tries a low kick but Mercurious avoids it.
Mercurious now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Evans lands a jab to Mercurious's midsection.
Evans with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Evans connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mercurious's hands.
A looping hook to the body misses from Evans. Mercurious does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mercurious checks the leg kick nicely there.
Evans avoids the head kick by Mercurious.
Evans appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a body shot but no joy.
Evans cracks Mercurious with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mercurious throws a right hand that Evans ducks under and follows up with a left that Evans also avoids with ease.
Nice uppercut there from Evans.
Mercurious chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Evans can pounce on him.
Evans connects with a crisp jab.
Evans is looking to wear down Mercurious with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Evans's jab looks to have found its range, popping Mercurious under the eye.
Evans is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Evans lands a nice shot to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Evans as he connects with a hook.
Mercurious keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans thows a leg kick but Mercurious checks it
and Mercurious counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A big left from Mercurious misses.
Mercurious staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercurious pivots, looking for a leg kick but Evans is out of range and Mercurious settles back down.
It looked like Evans was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Evans throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mercurious steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Evans works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mercurious misses with a left hand
and Evans makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Evans catches Mercurious with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Evans feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mercurious's calf.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mercurious. Evans does a little dance to reset his feet.
Evans scores with a jab. Mercurious acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mercurious misses with a hook
and Evans counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Evans connects with a right hand. Mercurious shakes it off.
Sloppy strikes from Evans. Those never looked like landing.
Evans pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Mercurious back to the cage. Evans follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dai Evans dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mercurious looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mercurious ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evans moves away.
Dai Evans is winning the standup battle so far.
Evans lands a head kick. Mercurious smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Evans swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mercurious cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mercurious lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Dai Evans has been cut.
Evans scores with a nice strike.
Mercurious takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Evans is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Evans scores with a nice strike.
Evans lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Evans misses with a wild body shot.
Mercurious misses with an uppercut. Evans saw that one coming.
Evans catches Mercurious with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A low kick from Evans misses
and Mercurious counters with a nice body shot.
Mercurious pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mercurious ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Evans moves away.
Evans moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Evans lands with a straight right. Mercurious didn't see that one coming.
Mercurious's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Evans throws an overhand right that lands on Mercurious's shoulder, as Mercurious tries to avoid the shot.
Evans swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Mercurious swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Evans is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mercurious can do to turn this around?
Evans takes a swing at Mercurious's ribcage but misses.
Mercurious looks to land a right hand but Evans moved out of range.
Mercurious takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Evans swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercurious on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Evans lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evans moves out of range as Mercurious strikes.
Evans cracks Mercurious with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Evans takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Evans scores with a hook.
Evans rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mercurious moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Evans looks to land a left hand but Mercurious moved out of range nicely.
Evans lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Evans connects with a body shot that sends Mercurious's belly button to the back.
Evans cracks Mercurious with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Mercurious slips under a jab from Evans.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Evans scores with a jab to the head.
A punch lands to the side of Evans 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mercurious slips under a jab.
Mercurious throws a sloppy head kick and Evans moves out of range easily.
Mercurious has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Evans drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Evans scores with a leg kick.
Evans throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Mercurious counters with a big head kick but Evans shrugs it off.
Evans is rocked!
Mercurious feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Evans collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rocky Mercurious!
An out of breath Rocky Mercurious thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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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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