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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Norbert Fortenberry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Youssef El Basmati (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Youssef El Basmati has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Norbert Fortenberry's chin.
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215 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Norbert Fortenberry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Youssef El Basmati!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, William Gold and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Basmati is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
It looks like Norbert Fortenberry has been cut.
El Basmati cracks Fortenberry with a right hand to the side of the head.
El Basmati turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
El Basmati tests Fortenberry's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice cross by El Basmati.
El Basmati keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fortenberry slips a jab and a cross from El Basmati.
El Basmati throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fortenberry drops down looking for a counter takedown but El Basmati sprawls and moves away.
Fortenberry fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with El Basmati, pushing him back against the cage.
El Basmati lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from El Basmati.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
El Basmati lands with a short shot to the head.
El Basmati leaning his opponent against the cage.
Fortenberry fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
El Basmati scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, El Basmati scores with a nice short uppercut.
El Basmati working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
El Basmati digs a right hand into Fortenberry's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Fortenberry's gas tank.
Fortenberry tries to work over El Basmati's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
El Basmati scores with a shot to the side of Fortenberry's head.
El Basmati slowing the pace effectively.
Fortenberry is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
El Basmati lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Fortenberry has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
El Basmati lands a body punch.
Fortenberry trying to land knees to the body.
Fortenberry wants to break free but El Basmati has control.
El Basmati lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fortenberry has El Basmati pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. El Basmati manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
El Basmati lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Fortenberry is trying to stall.
El Basmati lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Fortenberry is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
El Basmati manages to break the clinch.
El Basmati cracks Fortenberry with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Fortenberry looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can El Basmati finish him?
Oh Fortenberry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Norbert Fortenberry's cut is getting worse.
A kick lands to the mid section there for El Basmati.
Fortenberry is breathing heavily.
El Basmati connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Fortenberry out cold! This one is over in a flash!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Youssef El Basmati!
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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
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