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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ture Torped (ranked 1837 p4p, 284 weight class) and Steven Kennedy (ranked 3498 p4p, 478 weight class). Torped comes to the cage accompanied by Das boot - Movie soundtrack. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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215 lbs
4 - 0 - 1 |
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183 cm
30
178 lbs
10 - 13 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
4 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ture Torped!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steven Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kennedy misses with a hook
letting Torped counter with a right hand.
Kennedy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Torped keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kennedy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
It looked like Torped was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kennedy.
Torped looks to land a left hand but Kennedy moved out of range nicely.
Kennedy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Torped cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kennedy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kennedy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Torped moves out of range of the strikes.
Good shot there by Kennedy.
Torped misses with a lunging right hand
and Kennedy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Torped thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torped lands a right hook to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Kennedy 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.
Ture Torped is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Torped showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kennedy.
Kennedy gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Torped counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Steven Kennedy has been cut.
Torped avoids the body shot from Kennedy.
Kennedy shoots for a takedown but Torped saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Torped blocks a head kick by Kennedy.
Torped is looking to counter punch.
Torped tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kennedy throws a leg kick
and Torped counters with a crisp right hand that drops Kennedy! Torped lets Kennedy back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Kennedy is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Kennedy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Torped knocks out Kennedy with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Torped before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Torped picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ture Torped!
A very excited looking Ture Torped made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
58% |
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