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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lance Cozad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herminio Herculano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herminio Herculano struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Herminio Herculano is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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155 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lance Cozad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Herminio Herculano!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herculano blocks a jab.
Herculano is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Herculano clinches up with Cozad and pushes him back against the cage.
Herculano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Herculano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cozad backwards.
Herculano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cozad backwards.
Herculano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cozad swings wildly with an uppercut but Herculano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Herculano tries to work over Cozad's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Herculano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cozad backwards.
A short right from Herculano on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Herculano lands a hook to the side of the head.
Herculano lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cozad swings wildly with an uppercut but Herculano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cozad misses with a punch on the inside.
Herculano struggles to land a body shot inside as Cozad controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Cozad fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cozad is looking to control Herculano's arms but Herculano gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cozad has his back to the cage.
Cozad stalling in the clinch but Herculano improves position.
Herculano digs a right hand underneath Cozad's ribcage. Cozad let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Herculano is struggling to control the position.
Herculano stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Herculano lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Herculano.
Herculano works on Cozad's body with a couple of short punches.
Herculano scores with a hook to the body.
Herculano lands a body punch.
Herculano lands a nice uppercut.
Cozad taking a breather.
Cozad is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Herculano lands a hook that snaps the head of Cozad backwards.
Herculano lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cozad is trying to stall.
Herculano stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cozad is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Herculano pushes Cozad back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cozad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Herculano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Herculano presses Cozad against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Herculano digs a right hand into Cozad's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cozad's gas tank.
A nice left hand lands by Herculano.
Herculano looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A left hand lands to the body for Herculano.
Herculano lands a nice shot to the body.
Cozad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A nice right hand lands inside from Herculano.
Cozad is rocked!
Herculano lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cozad backwards.
Oh Cozad is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Herculano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Herculano scores with a shot to the side of Cozad's head.
A short body shot lands from Herculano as the two fighters clinch.
Herculano unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Cozad! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Herculano is unloading with more strikes now! Cozad drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Herminio Herculano!
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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
RATING
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