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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jordan Haffie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kid Cudi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cudi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. King Wizard kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Kid Cudi is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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157 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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150 lbs
9 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jordan Haffie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kid Cudi!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haffie throws a half hearted mid kick.
Haffie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cudi shoots in and drives through. Haffie sprawls well.
Cudi shoots for a takedown but Haffie saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cudi crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Haffie - the referee stops the clock and Cudi gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Haffie. Cudi manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cudi tries to keep at a distance but Haffie has taken the fight into the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Haffie.
Haffie lands a takedown into guard.
Cudi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Haffie tries to get to full guard but Cudi has control of the leg.
Haffie moves into full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cudi won't allow Haffie to sweep him here.
Cudi missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Haffie lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haffie tries to free his leg and advance position but Cudi is retaining full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cudi is on top in guard.
Cudi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cudi must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cudi scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Haffie controlling the position.
Haffie is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cudi defends well.
Haffie keeping moving, preventing Cudi from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haffie had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cudi defends it easily.
Haffie keeping moving, preventing Cudi from controlling successfully.
Cudi cracks Haffie with a solid left hand.
Haffie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Haffie throwing shots but Cudi is blocking nicely.
Haffie is pressing down on Cudi's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cudi is holding on for now.
Cudi wants to improve his position but Haffie is controlling well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haffie throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cudi is looking to improve his position.
Haffie trying to pass the guard but Cudi defending well.
Cudi is looking for a sweep. Haffie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cudi slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Haffie trying to control the position from guard on top but Cudi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Haffie scoring with some ground and pound.
Cudi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Haffie is stalling in the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haffie trying to control the position from guard on top but Cudi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cudi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cudi keeping moving, preventing Haffie from controlling successfully.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Cudi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Haffie takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fighters circling - Haffie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Haffie throws a series of punches but Cudi moves out of range.
Cudi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cudi avoids the head kick by Haffie.
Cudi steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Haffie. That one must have hurt.
Haffie avoids the head kick by Cudi.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Haffie dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Haffie throws a right hand that Cudi ducks under and follows up with a left that Cudi also avoids with ease.
Jordan Haffie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haffie throws a head kick that Cudi semi-blocks.
Cudi throws a head kick but Haffie moves out of range.
Haffie looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Haffie misses with a series of wild punches.
Cudi tries a head kick but it misses.
Cudi moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Haffie is looking to clinch.
Haffie misses with a two punch combination.
Haffie throws a sloppy head kick and Cudi moves out of range easily.
Cudi looks to score with a jab to the body but Haffie is just out of range.
Haffie misses with a few strikes there.
Cudi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Haffie.
Cudi scores with a push kick.
Cudi tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Haffie defends well and Cudi ends up having to push Haffie into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Cudi connects with a solid leg kick.
Haffie looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haffie tries to clinch there but Cudi circles away.
Haffie is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cudi can do to turn this around?
Cudi throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cudi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cudi throws a head kick but Haffie moves out of range.
As Cudi looks to move away, Haffie throws a big counter combo but Cudi just gets out of the way.
Cudi pushes Haffie away with a front kick.
Haffie tries to clinch up.
Haffie displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Haffie moves into the clinch successfully.
Haffie misses with an elbow strike.
Cudi is fighting off a takedown attempt but Haffie is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Cudi to the mat. Cudi regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Haffie loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Haffie connects with a couple of short punches.
Cudi is rocked!
Haffie gets to his feet and stands over Cudi, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Cudi felt that one! Haffie unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Cudi from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jordan Haffie!
Kid Cudi spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck everybody up in this arena. Ain't nobody thinking bout yo fat asses anyway.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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