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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Irish Power (ranked 2986 p4p, 328 weight class) and Cedric Zhang (ranked 3905 p4p, 398 weight class). Cedric Zhang will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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185 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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189 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Irish Power!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Cedric Zhang!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Dean Styles and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhang fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Zhang has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Power is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Zhang looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Good standup being displayed there by Power as he connects with a hook.
Power connects with a body shot.
Zhang has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Power finds it's way round the side to connect with Zhang's head.
Zhang takes one to the side of the head.
Cedric Zhang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Power wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Power looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zhang fails with an attempt to clinch.
A lazy left from Power finds it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zhang scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Zhang missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Zhang looks to land a strike but Power avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Zhang wants to control from the top but Power keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhang is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Zhang tries to clinch up but Power circles away and keeps his distance.
Zhang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Power.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Power just misses with a punch to the body.
And Zhang tries to counter it with a takedown but Power pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Power dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Power moves into the clinch successfully.
Zhang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Power scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zhang jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Power walks away with a smile on his face. Zhang gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Power lunges at Zhang with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zhang's hand.
Zhang is rocked!
Power lands a brutal uppercut that launches Zhang off his feet! Zhang tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Irish Power!
Irish Power is the new middleweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
47% |
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