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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Orpheus Boagrius (ranked 100 p4p, 3 weight class) and HL Mencken (ranked 80 p4p, 5 weight class). Boagrius comes to the cage accompanied by Akkadian Empire . Mencken has chosen Circle Jerks - Question Authority as his entrance music. HL Mencken told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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272 lbs
23 - 4 - 0 |
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261 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Orpheus Boagrius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, HL Mencken!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot lands for Mencken.
Mencken swings for the body but Boagrius moves out of range.
Mencken feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Boagriuss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Boagrius has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Boagrius moves into the clinch.
Boagrius can't find room to land a body shot as Mencken controls the action.
Boagrius softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mencken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Mencken misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mencken misses with a punch to the body.
Mencken tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Boagrius's elbow.
Boagrius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boagrius lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mencken backwards.
Boagrius misses with a body punch.
Mencken lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mencken struggles to land a body shot inside as Boagrius controls his hands.
Boagrius tries to throw a body punch but Mencken avoids it by throwing Boagrius back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Boagrius.
We've been informed that Mencken has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
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!
Mencken lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Boagrius creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Boagrius makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mencken can't find room to land a body shot as Boagrius controls the action.
Boagrius lands with a short shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boagrius prevents a body shot from Mencken.
Boagrius scores with a shot to the side of Mencken's head.
It looks like HL Mencken has been cut.
Boagrius misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boagrius swings wildly with an uppercut but Mencken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boagrius blocks a body shot from Mencken.
Mencken tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mencken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mencken blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Boagrius.
A head punch on the inside from Mencken fails to land.
Boagrius swings wildly with an uppercut but Mencken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mencken gets through Boagrius's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Boagrius tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boagrius swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boagrius misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mencken tries to work over Boagrius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boagrius.
Boagrius swings wildly with an uppercut but Mencken uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Mencken scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mencken tries to work over Boagrius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boagrius tries to throw a body punch but Mencken avoids it by throwing Boagrius back against the cage.
Mencken can't find room to land a body shot as Boagrius controls the action.
Boagrius lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mencken doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Boagrius tries a body shot but Mencken blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Boagrius fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Boagrius.
Mencken blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Boagrius lands a nice shot to the body.
Boagrius softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mencken works on Boagrius's body with a couple of short punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Boagrius.
Boagrius tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Mencken.
Boagrius misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boagrius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boagrius throws a head punch that misses.
Mencken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boagrius misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mencken creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mencken.
Mencken misses with a punch to the body.
Boagrius doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mencken lands a right hand.
Boagrius blocks a body shot from Mencken.
A shot in the inside from Mencken.
Boagrius misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mencken swings wildly with an uppercut but Boagrius uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boagrius lands a shoulder strike.
Mencken lands a body punch in the clinch.
Mencken working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mencken lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Boagrius scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mencken tries to work over Boagrius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boagrius scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mencken misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mencken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mencken blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boagrius lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mencken backwards.
Boagrius tries a body shot but Mencken blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mencken swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Boagrius goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Mencken.
Boagrius misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Mencken.
Boagrius misses with some punches.
Mencken makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Boagrius goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boagrius blocks a body shot from Mencken.
Boagrius tries to throw a body punch but Mencken avoids it by throwing Boagrius back against the cage.
Boagrius prevents a body shot from Mencken.
Boagrius goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mencken struggles to land a body shot inside as Boagrius controls his hands.
Boagrius blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mencken misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mencken misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mencken misses with a body punch.
Mencken lands a hook that snaps the head of Boagrius backwards.
Boagrius misses with the head strike.
Boagrius has a couple of punches blocked by Mencken.
Boagrius tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mencken's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Orpheus Boagrius will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on HL Mencken's cut.
That's time! Boagrius's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Mencken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boagrius tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mencken was well out of range. Poor timing from Boagrius.
Boagrius scores with a leg kick.
Mencken darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Boagrius throws a hook to the side of Mencken's head but Mencken sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mencken doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A big right from Boagrius misses.
Mencken appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mencken lands a leg kick that knocks Boagrius off balance momentarily.
Boagrius throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mencken dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mencken slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Mencken on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mencken jabs Boagrius to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mencken throws a hook but Boagrius avoids it easily.
It looked like Boagrius wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boagrius throws a hook but Mencken blocks it.
Mencken scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Boagrius doesn't seem bothered though.
Mencken looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Boagrius takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Mencken throws a right hand that misses
letting Boagrius counter with a right hand.
Mencken throws a leg kick that misses.
Boagrius takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Boagrius throws a lazy body kick
and Mencken counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mencken throws a shot from downtown. Boagrius moves away and avoids it.
Mencken scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mencken digs a good body shot into Boagrius's ribs.
Mencken is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Boagrius rather than just go for the knockout.
Mencken lands a body shot.
HL Mencken seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boagrius on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boagrius takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good exchange - Boagrius coming out on top.
Boagrius throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Mencken scores with a nice head shot.
Boagrius takes a swing at Mencken's ribcage but misses.
Mencken comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
HL Mencken seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A decent looking cross lands there for Mencken.
Good leg kick by Mencken there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Boagrius takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mencken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Mencken lands an impressive looking overhand right. Boagrius doesn't seem phased though.
Mencken just misses with a punch to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mencken.
Mencken jabs at Boagrius's body.
Mencken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mencken swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Boagrius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mencken.
Mencken is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Boagrius.
Mencken keeps Boagrius at a distance using the push kick.
Mencken comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Mencken lands a really nice looking cross but Boagrius seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mencken throws a head kick that misses.
Boagrius thinks about countering with a body kick.
Mencken paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from Mencken. Those never looked like landing.
Mencken lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mencken scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Boagrius needs to keep his hands up - Mencken had a free shot at his head there.
Mencken will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mencken misses with a hook.
Boagrius takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Boagrius is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Mencken just misses with a punch to the body.
Boagrius appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Mencken misses with a body shot
enabling Boagrius to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
HL Mencken showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on HL Mencken's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Mencken scores with a nice strike.
Mencken lands with a right hand.
Boagrius is rocked!
and Mencken counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Boagrius! He's just covering up as Mencken starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). HL Mencken!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, HL Mencken made sure he mentioned IniTech Nutrition , along with how happy he was to win his fight.
Orpheus Boagrius spoke after the fight, saying 'No excuses, faced a dangerous opponent and somehow I lost even thou I prepared like crazy for this fight. Congratz to Roy. Don't sleep on it cause I'm going to come back for my belt.'.
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energy
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hype
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