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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Isaiah Sturridge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hunter Greene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sturridge comes to the cage accompanied by Know That - By: Mos Def ft. Talib Kweli. Greene has chosen Oakland as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Hunter Greene looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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220 lbs
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212 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good knees
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Isaiah Sturridge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hunter Greene!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sturridge connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Greene momentarily.
Sturridge lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sturridge lands with an uppercut that bounces Greene off the cage and back into range.
A punch combination from Sturridge misses.
Greene wants to counter with a clinch but Sturridge pushes him away.
Sturridge lands with a cross.
Sturridge lands with a straight right. Greene didn't see that one coming.
Sturridge stuffs the takedown attempt from Greene. Greene gets slowly back to his feet.
Sturridge cracks Greene with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Greene tries to keep at a distance but Sturridge has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sturridge's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Sturridge blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Greene controlling the action here for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sturridge utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Sturridge has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Greene looks winded!
Sturridge decides to pull guard.
Sturridge pulls Greene in close to his closed guard and prevents Greene from doing any damage or advancing position.
Greene got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sturridge has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Greene has managed to get both his arms back between Sturridge's legs - danger averted.
Greene trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sturridge pulls Greene in close to prevent any damage.
Sturridge bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Greene's guard.
Sturridge working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sturridge in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sturridge postures up in Greene's guard and throws a big left but Greene blocks it.
Sturridge trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sturridge 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.
Sturridge scoring with punches to the head and body.
Sturridge forces his way into half guard.
Sturridge is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sturridge is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Greene has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sturridge working Greene over with strikes.
Sturridge looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sturridge working Greene over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Greene is trying to stand back up but Sturridge is controlling him
Nice strikes from Sturridge there.
Greene is looking to escape.
Sturridge is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Sturridge looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Sturridge lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Greene taking some punishment here, with Sturridge in his half guard.
Sturridge working the head and body with strikes.
Sturridge looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Greene with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sturridge with the ground and pound but Greene uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Sturridge connects with a couple of short punches.
Sturridge keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Greene's head.
Sturridge works over Greene with some ground and pound from guard.
Sturridge is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sturridge scoring with some ground and pound.
Sturridge scoring with some ground and pound.
Greene is rocked!
Sturridge loads up on a big left hand. Greene felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Sturridge looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Greene can't hide his disappointment, as Sturridge celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Isaiah Sturridge!
Isaiah Sturridge was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Hunter Greene spoke after the fight, saying 'i'll be back, God has a plan and tonight his plan was for my ass to get kicked. I'm going to pray and train like a Tibetan monk...'.
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