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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Chaelsson (ranked 696 p4p, 31 weight class) and Roy Finnegan (ranked 434 p4p, 15 weight class). Finnegan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Rogues - Gravel Walk kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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185 cm
31
270 lbs
24 - 9 - 0 |
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175 cm
35
180 lbs
23 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
24 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Patrick Chaelsson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Roy Finnegan! The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Finnegan looks to score with a jab to the body but Chaelsson is just out of range. Chaelsson changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit. Finnegan throws a poor cross that misses
and Chaelsson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Finnegan won't be happy with that. Finnegan tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck. Chaelsson wants to control the pace but Finnegan is squirming around nicely. Chaelsson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Finnegan wants to hold on but Chaelsson pushes him away. Finnegan tries to reverse the position but Chaelsson maintains control. Chaelsson looking to ground and pound but Finnegan is blocking nicely. Chaelsson landing punches. We've been hearing that Chaelsson has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Finnegan tries to hold on but Chaelsson postures up. Chaelsson lands a nice shot to the head. Chaelsson throws some wild stikes that Finnegan manages to avoid easily.
Chaelsson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Finnegan is bucking up trying to escape but Chaelsson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Finnegan wants to control but Chaelsson is having none of it. Chaelsson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Finnegan because Chaelsson loaded up on that one. Chaelsson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Finnegan?
Chaelsson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Finnegan hang on?
Finnegan is rocked! Chaelsson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Finnegan looks a forlorn figure.
Finnegan is still in real trouble! Can Chaelsson finish him? Finnegan is squirming around, avoiding Chaelsson's attempts to control the action. Chaelsson is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Finnegan goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Chaelsson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Patrick Chaelsson! A victorious Patrick Chaelsson thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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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RATING
76% |
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