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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
The Island Season 8, 145 lbs, Round 1
Date: Aug 05, 2018 |
#R1#
Lenk moves away from the strike by Cortot.
Cortot lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A big left from Cortot misses.
Nice uppercut there from Lenk.
Cortot digs a good body shot into Lenk's ribs.
A big right from Lenk misses.
Lenk scores with a jab to the body.
Lenk looks to land a right hand but Cortot moved out of range.#KD2#
Lenk lands a big uppercut and Cortot crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Cortot looks OK. Lenk waves Cortot back to his feet!#ROC2#
Cortot is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cortot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Oh Cortot is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lenk swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Cortot.
Lenk has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.#CL2#
Lenk forces Cortot back against the cage and clinches.
Cortot scores with a shoulder strike.
Lenk blocking some punches.
Lenk lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cortot misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lenk lands with a right to the head.
Lenk pushes Cortot back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lenk lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Lenk.
#T1#
Cortot swings wildly with an uppercut but Lenk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cortot seems to have got his legs back now.
A right hook to the body lands for Lenk.
Lenk lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cortot backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lenk.
Lenk misses with a punch to the body.
Cortot struggles to land a body shot inside as Lenk controls his hands.
Cortot trying to stall but Lenk improves his position.
Lenk lands a nice shot to the body. #BC2#
Lenk escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lenk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cortot ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left and a right from Lenk both land. Nice combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lenk thows a left - swing and a miss!
The fighters circling - Cortot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lenk moves away from the strike by Cortot.
Cortot misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Lenk makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cortot takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cortot misses with a hook.
Cortot ducks under a wild hook from Lenk.
Lenk lands with a hook. Cortot tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. #T2#
Lenk steps in with a hook that catches Cortot right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Lenk follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Cortot looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Timur Lenk!
A victorious Timur Lenk thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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