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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ross Warring (ranked 5852 p4p, 586 weight class) and Brian Maples (ranked 8608 p4p, 685 weight class). Maples has chosen Cowboy From Hell as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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177 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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175 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ross Warring!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Maples!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Kavanagh and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maples takes one on the button.
It looks like Brian Maples has been cut.
Maples throws an overhand right that lands on Warring's shoulder, as Warring tries to avoid the shot.
Warring uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maples.
Maples takes a swing at Warring's ribcage but misses.
Maples getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Maples swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Warring has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fit-Out in the buildup to the fight.
Warring throws a hook to the side of Maples's head but Maples sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Warring avoids the body shot from Maples.
Warring looks to land a left hand but Maples moved out of range nicely.
Maples now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Maples moves away from the strike by Warring.
Maples misses with a jab, cross combination.
Maples takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Warring throws a lazy uppercut
and Maples cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maples rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Warring counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maples lands the left hand.
Warring throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Maples on the side of the head.
Maples is rocked!
Warring throws a hook but Maples avoids it easily.
Maples looks to land a combination but Warring avoids it well.
Maples throws a combination that misses
and Warring counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Maples is still on wobbly legs! Can Warring finish him?
Warring tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maples was well out of range. Poor timing from Warring.
Maples scores with a nice head shot.
Left hook, right uppercut from Maples.
Maples seems to have recovered his senses.
It looks like Ross Warring has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maples fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Maples scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Warring uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Maples has time to react.
Maples scores with a crisp jab that stopped Warring in his tracks.
Maples gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Warring gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Maples is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ross Warring!
In his post fight interview, Ross Warring started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Brian Maples stepped up to the mic, saying 'That could have gone better...'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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