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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jared Roughneck (ranked 1656 p4p, 208 weight class) and Patrick River (ranked 4173 p4p, 450 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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197 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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186 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jared Roughneck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Patrick River!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roughneck closes this distance looking for a takedown but River circles away.
Roughneck has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
A thudding body kick lands there by River!
Roughneck misses with the combination.
River throws out a counter right but Roughneck avoids it with no problem.
River lands a glancing blow to the side of Roughneck's head.
It looks like Jared Roughneck has been cut.
A cross from River lands.
Roughneck scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
River avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Roughneck.
Roughneck scoring with punches from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roughneck wants to control but River is keeping him busy.
River is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
River tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Roughneck wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River struggling a bit here.
Roughneck wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by River, who protects the arm well.
Roughneck wants to control but River is keeping him busy.
Roughneck working away.
Roughneck cracks River with a big elbow.
Roughneck is trying to get an arm triangle but River is defending well.
River wants to control but Roughneck postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
River tries to bench press Roughneck off him but Roughneck keeps the position.
Roughneck misses with the ground and pound.
An elbow from Roughneck crashes against the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Roughneck throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
River trying to control but Roughneck flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
River is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Roughneck off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Roughneck scores with punches to the body.
River tries to break free.
Roughneck is punishing River with some ground and pound.
Roughneck lands a shot to the head.
River breaks Roughneck's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
River trying to control the position from guard on top but Roughneck is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
River controls from within his opponent's guard.
River stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Roughneck swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Roughneck is trying to control the position but River postures up.
Roughneck is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Roughneck has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but River can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
River is stalling in the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
River tries to free his leg and advance position but Roughneck is retaining full guard.
Roughneck is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
River wants to control from the top but Roughneck keeps moving.
Roughneck had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. River defends it easily.
River looking to sit in guard and control but Roughneck gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Roughneck 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.
River controls Roughneck momentarily but Roughneck frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jared Roughneck dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jared Roughneck's cut.
That's time! Roughneck's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Roughneck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Roughneck changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
River has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Roughneck is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Crunch! River slams his shin into Roughneck's torso.
Roughneck throws a hook but River avoids it easily.
River lands a nice looking kick to the body. Roughneck takes a step back to recover.
That kick from River tenderised Roughneck's leg. Roughneck is trying to keep his angry face on.
River fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Roughneck has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Roughneck is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that River can do to turn this around?
River takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
River is looking to slow Roughneck down with leg kicks.
River moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from River, right into the meat.
A shot to the liver by River. Beautiful body shot.
Roughneck on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roughneck misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River misses the shot to the body.
River takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Roughneck with a poor takedown
and Roughneck takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
River takes a swing at Roughneck's ribcage but misses.
Roughneck misses with a right hand
and River counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Roughneck throws a lazy right hand but River sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Roughneck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by River.
Nice uppercut lands for River. That snapped Roughneck's head back.
Roughneck is rocked!
River flashes Roughneck a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Roughneck's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Roughneck crumples to the floor! He's out cold! River punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Patrick River!
A less than humble Patrick River misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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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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