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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Zepp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Poulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zepp comes to the cage accompanied by Boom! Shake The Room . I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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183 lbs
52 - 26 - 0 |
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171 lbs
46 - 36 - 2 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
52 - 26 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Zepp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
46 - 36 - 2, fighting out of London, Paul Poulter!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zepp throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Poulter is looking to clinch.
Zepp 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.
Zepp walks into a left hand.
Paul Poulter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poulter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right from Zepp on the inside.
Zepp blocking some punches.
Zepp goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zepp working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Poulter lands an uppercut.
Poulter working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Zepp swings wildly with an uppercut but Poulter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poulter prevents a body shot from Zepp.
Zepp lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zepp misses with a body punch.
Poulter is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Poulter lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Zepp.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zepp tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Poulter digs a right hand into Zepp's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Zepp's gas tank.
Poulter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Poulter throws a predictable looking body shot
and Zepp counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zepp throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Poulter scores with a nice head shot.
It looks like Bobby Zepp has been cut.
Poulter cracks Zepp with a good jab.
Poulter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zepp.
Poulter scores with a jab. Zepp acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Poulter throws a series of punches but Zepp moves out of range.
Poulter tests Zepp's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Zepp throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zepp takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zepp throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Poulter getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Poulter moves out of range of the body kick from Zepp.
Poulter moves out of range of the body kick.
Poulter feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Zepps jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Poulter shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Zepp eats them both and turns towards Poulter to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Poulter keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zepp.
Zepp cracks Poulter with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A head kick misses from Zepp.
Zepp will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Poulter raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Poulter takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Poulter scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Zepp swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Poulter is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Zepp with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zepp drops his hands momentarily and Poulter takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Poulter thuds a left hand into Zepp's body.
Poulter has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zepp misses with an uppercut.
Poulter throws a series of punches but Zepp avoids them all with ease.
Poulter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Poulter scores with the left hand. Zepp knows he should have avoided that one.
Poulter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zepp is looking to slow Poulter down with leg kicks.
Zepp lands a high kick!
Poulter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poulter displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Bobby Zepp's cut is getting worse.
Zepp waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Poulter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zepp looks to throw the jab but Poulter is out of range.
Poulter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Poulter scores with a leg kick.
Zepp fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Zepp looks to land a right hand but Poulter moved out of range.
A big left from Zepp misses.
Poulter swinging wildly here.
Zepp walks into a left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head kick misses from Zepp.
Zepp walks into a straight right hand from Poulter.
Some wild striking there from Zepp.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Poulter dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Zepp's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Zepp on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Poulter on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Poulter moves away from the strike by Zepp.
Poulter swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Zepp throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poulter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zepp thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Poulter if he has to take too many more of those.
Poulter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Poulter lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Paul Poulter seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zepp on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Poulter clinches.
Poulter softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poulter prevents a body shot from Zepp.
A head punch on the inside from Zepp fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Poulter.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Poulter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poulter lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Poulter lands a nice shot to the body.
Paul Poulter seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Zepp misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zepp manages to break the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Poulter. That snapped Zepp's head back.
Poulter has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zepp's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Poulter connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zepp scrambles back to his feet.
Poulter works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Bobby Zepp's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Poulter connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Poulter misses with a looping right.
Zepp lands with a kick to the ribs.
Poulter takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jab from Zepp.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poulter lands a slapping body shot.
Zepp throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poulter throws a jab but it's blocked by Zepp.
Zepp throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Poulter counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Poulter is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A nice combination there by Poulter.
Poulter misses with a body shot.
Zepp quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Poulter throws a combination that misses
and Zepp cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Poulter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poulter. Zepp does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poulter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Zepp.
Poulter is looking to slow Zepp down with leg kicks.
Poulter pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Poulter moves out of range of the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zepp lands with an overhand left.
Poulter lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Zepp dips to his left and cracks Poulter with an uppercut!
Zepp takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poulter closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Jeez, Bobby Zepp's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Zepp misses with a kick to the body.
Poulter changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Zepp looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Zepp throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zepp takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Bobby Zepp's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Paul Poulter!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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