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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wayne Conner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jesse Blake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Conner comes to the cage accompanied by The Man Who Sold The World. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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221 lbs
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209 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Conner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jesse Blake!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Conner.
Blake takes a jab right on the kisser.
Conner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A big right from Blake misses.
Conner gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Blake to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Blake is looking to work some ground and pound but Conner has wrist control.
Conner pulls Blake in close to prevent any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blake wants to control from the top but Conner keeps moving.
Conner is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blake stays in close to Conner's body and controls the position.
Blake is looking to work some ground and pound but Conner has wrist control.
Conner pulls Blake in close to his closed guard and prevents Blake from doing any damage or advancing position.
Blake missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blake. Conner does a little dance to reset his feet.
Conner connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Conner walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Conner cracks a nice hook into Blake's ribs.
Conner lands with a cross.
It looks like Jesse Blake has been cut.
Conner 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.
Conner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Conner throws a hook to the side of Blake's head but Blake sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blake moves out of range as Conner strikes.
Blake scores with a nice strike.
Nice shot by Conner.
Conner lands a nice hook to Blake's body. Blake takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Blake pushes Conner away with a front kick.
Conner throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Blake misses with a leg kick.
Conner misses with a hook.
Blake is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Conner on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Conner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blake scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Conner takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Conner uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blake.
Blake scores with a kick to the body.
Conner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Conner misses with a looping right.
Blake turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Blake slips under a jab from Conner.
It seemed like Blake was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Conner works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Blake defending well as Conner loads up on a big left hand.
Conner looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Blake is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Conner rather than just go for the knockout.
Conner scores with a hook to the body. Blake takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Blake ducks under a wild hook from Conner.
A looping hook to the body misses from Conner. Blake does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blake takes one to the side of the head.
Blake lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blake scores with a jab to the jaw.
Conner misses with a body punch
and Blake counters with a slapping leg kick.
Blake throws a shot from downtown. Conner moves away and avoids it.
Conner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Conner. That snapped Blake's head back.
Blake moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Blake shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Conner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wayne Conner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blake throws a right and a left that Conner avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jesse Blake will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jesse Blake's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Blake fails with a takedown attempt.
Blake takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Conner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blake was well out of range. Poor timing from Conner.
Wayne Conner is winning the standup battle so far.
Blake scores with a sloppy right hand. Conner should have avoided that one.
Blake ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blake keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Conner.
Blake misses with a body punch
and Conner counters with a nice uppercut.
Conner slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Conner.
Wayne Conner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blake ducks under a wild hook from Conner.
Blake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blake chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Conner just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Blake pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Conner showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Blake.
Blake throws a jab when Conner was well out of range.
Conner lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Conner cracks Blake with an open hand slap.
Blake walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Blake misses with a leg kick
and Conner counters with a nice right hand that sends Blake toppling to the canvas! Blake scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Conner finish him?!
Blake is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice inside leg kick there by Blake. That's going to slow Conner down.
Blake is still on wobbly legs! Can Conner finish him?
Blake defending well as Conner loads up on a big left hand.
Blake swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blake seems to have recovered his senses.
Blake scores with a nice strike.
Conner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Blake counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Conner misses with a left hand
and Blake counters with a nice uppercut.
Conner scores with a hook to the body. Blake takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Conner scores with a leg kick.
Conner looks to throw the jab but Blake is out of range.
Blake throws a body kick that misses.
Conner punishes Blake's body with a nice straight punch.
Conner works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Blake scores with a punch to the head.
Conner lands with an uppercut that bounces Blake off the cage and back into range.
Conner takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Conner moves out of range of the strikes.
Conner scores with a punch to the head.
Conner avoids the body shot from Blake.
Conner is looking to counter with a body kick.
Conner just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blake throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Conner lands a slapping body shot.
Conner digs a good hook to Blake's body.
Blake is breathing heavily.
Conner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Conner finds it's way through Blake's defenses.
Conner connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Blake's hands.
Conner fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Blake to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Blake looks to clinch but Conner throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Blake taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Wayne Conner!
Wayne Conner thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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hype
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RATING
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