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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Garfunkel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Meyer Lansky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garfunkel comes to the cage accompanied by Haifisch. Lansky has chosen Rag’n’Bone Man - Wolves as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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272 lbs
27 - 20 - 0 |
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190 cm
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245 lbs
19 - 14 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frank Garfunkel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Meyer Lansky!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garfunkel thuds his right hand into Lansky's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
It looks like Meyer Lansky has been cut.
Garfunkel scores with a nice strike.
Garfunkel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Garfunkel is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Garfunkel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lansky darts in trying to clinch
and Lansky takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lansky clinches up against the cage.
Garfunkel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garfunkel has a couple of punches blocked by Lansky.
Lansky misses with the head strike.
Lansky has a couple of punches blocked by Garfunkel.
Garfunkel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lansky misses with the head strike.
Garfunkel gets through Lansky's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lansky working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Garfunkel.
Lansky has a couple of punches blocked by Garfunkel.
Garfunkel is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Lansky can't fight it off and eventually Garfunkel manages to take the fight to the floor. Lansky looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Garfunkel makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garfunkel trying to control the position from guard on top but Lansky is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Garfunkel connects with a couple of short punches.
Lansky wants to get back to his feet but Garfunkel is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Garfunkel throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Garfunkel postures up in Lansky's guard and throws a big left but Lansky blocks it.
Garfunkel throwing strikes from guard but Lansky blocks nicely.
Garfunkel will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Garfunkel landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lansky is looking to stand up but Garfunkel isn't so interested in that idea.
Garfunkel controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Garfunkel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Garfunkel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Garfunkel scoring with punches to the head and body.
Garfunkel throws a strike but Lansky rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Garfunkel controls Lansky momentarily but Lansky frees himself.
Lansky preventing the sweep.
Garfunkel working for submissions but it's allowed Lansky to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garfunkel wants to improve his position but Lansky is controlling well.
Garfunkel moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Garfunkel has a closed guard, preventing Lansky from standing up.
Garfunkel controls Lansky momentarily but Lansky frees himself.
Garfunkel wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Lansky is now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Garfunkel actively working from the bottom here.
Garfunkel is looking to get back to full guard here but Lansky has managed to pass to side control instead.
Lansky gets to mount! Garfunkel was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Garfunkel is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Garfunkel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Meyer Lansky's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Garfunkel clinches.
Garfunkel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garfunkel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lansky can do to turn this around?
Lansky swings wildly with an uppercut but Garfunkel uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
Garfunkel avoiding damage.
Lansky softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Garfunkel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lansky misses with a punch on the inside.
Lansky gets underhooks to prevent Garfunkel's takedown attempt.
Lansky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lansky throws a punch but it's blocked by Garfunkel.
Lansky lands a left hand.
Lansky blocks an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lansky misses with a punch on the inside.
Lansky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garfunkel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
Lansky lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garfunkel backwards.
Garfunkel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garfunkel throws a punch but it's blocked by Lansky.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garfunkel working aggressively here.
Lansky misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lansky working aggressively here.
Lansky throws a punch but it's blocked by Garfunkel.
Lansky misses with a punch on the inside.
Lansky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garfunkel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garfunkel throws a punch but it's blocked by Lansky.
Garfunkel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Garfunkel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Garfunkel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lansky has a couple of punches blocked by Garfunkel.
Lansky lands a shoulder strike.
Lansky lands with a left to the head.
It looks like Frank Garfunkel has been cut.
Lansky blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lansky working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Garfunkel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lansky misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lansky throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Garfunkel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Lansky has a couple of punches blocked by Garfunkel.
A short left from Lansky.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garfunkel wants to stall.
Garfunkel turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Garfunkel lands some shots froms side control.
Garfunkel trying to control the position but Lansky is working away.
Garfunkel 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.
Garfunkel tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Lansky wants to get back to his feet but Garfunkel drags him back down.
Frank Garfunkel overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lansky bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Lansky moves out of range of the strikes.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Garfunkel, right into the meat.
Lansky displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garfunkel throws out the jab.
Lansky instigates a clinch.
Garfunkel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lansky working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garfunkel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lansky.
A shot in the inside from Garfunkel.
Garfunkel struggles to land a body shot inside as Lansky controls his hands.
Lansky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garfunkel takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Garfunkel.
Garfunkel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Garfunkel fails to land.
Garfunkel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Garfunkel is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lansky misses with the head strike.
Garfunkel working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Lansky fails to land.
Lansky fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lansky tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lansky misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lansky lands with a light punch inside.
Lansky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lansky swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Garfunkel misses with a punch on the inside.
Garfunkel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lansky is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garfunkel lands a big right hand that drops Lansky! The killer instinct kicks in and Garfunkel finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Garfunkel!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Garfunkel!
An out of breath Frank Garfunkel 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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