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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Kocur (ranked 1003 p4p, 147 weight class) and Attila Skif (ranked 2171 p4p, 302 weight class). Skif has chosen Can't be touched as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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220 lbs
31 - 15 - 1 |
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190 cm
32
220 lbs
19 - 11 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
31 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Kocur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Attila Skif!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Skif misses with a two punch combination.
Kocur has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Guerrilla MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Kocur connects with the punch.
A head kick by Skif misses
and Kocur counters with a nice low kick that buckles Skif's knee momentarily.
Kocur works Skif's body with a nice hook.
Kocur chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Skif moves into the clinch.
Skif is trying to push Kocur away but Kocur has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Kocur fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kocur lands a body punch in the clinch.
Skif tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kocur's elbow.
Kocur working aggressively here.
Skif swings wildly with an uppercut but Kocur uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kocur missing with knees to the body.
Kocur misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kocur has Skif pressed against the cage, preventing Skif from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Skif can't break the clinch.
Skif's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Skif has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Skif blocks an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kocur scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kocur blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kocur.
Kocur lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Kocur lands with a short shot to the head.
Kocur tries to land knees in the clinch but Skif avoids the damage to the body.
Kocur blocking some punches.
Skif misses with a punch on the inside.
Kocur misses with a knee strike.
Skif swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kocur tries a body shot but Skif blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Kocur creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Skif pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Skif stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kocur.
Good exchange - Kocur coming out on top.
Kocur cracks Skif on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Skif falls backwards against the cage. Kocur follows up with more strikes that drop Skif to his knees. Kocur keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Skif! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Kocur!
During a confident post fight interview, Joey Kocur thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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FIGHT
RATING
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