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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bessarion Alexius (ranked 2101 p4p, 274 weight class) and Desmond Glass (ranked 1343 p4p, 193 weight class). Alexius kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is A Country Boy Can Survive. Glass has chosen Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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178 cm
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180 lbs
33 - 18 - 2 |
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191 cm
36
185 lbs
33 - 18 - 2 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
33 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bessarion Alexius! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
33 - 18 - 2, fighting out of London, Desmond Glass! The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Glass moves away from the strike by Alexius. Glass swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Glass scores with a hook to the body. Alexius takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Alexius ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Glass moves away. Alexius misses with a looping right. Alexius closes the distance and pushes Glass back into the cage. Alexius lands a takedown into guard.
Glass wants to stand up but Alexius is controlling him. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Alexius lands a couple of elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round. Glass keeping moving, preventing Alexius from controlling successfully. Alexius stops Glass from standing up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet. Alexius moves out of range of the body kick. Desmond Glass is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Alexius on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Glass. Glass obviously looking to wear him down.
Glass displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Sloppy strikes from Glass. Those never looked like landing. Alexius went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Glass fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alexius manages to avoid it. Glass takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A big right from Alexius misses. Alexius throws a combination. Glass tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Glass connects with a leg kick. Alexius looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Glass lands a nice shot to the body.
Glass connects with a solid leg kick. Glass's corner calls for a 1-2. Glass obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. A solid body kick from Glass.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Glass showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Alexius.
Alexius looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Glass fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Alexius. Alexius walks into a jab. Glass moves out of range as Alexius throws a body kick.
Desmond Glass seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A telegraphed right hand from Glass misses the target. Alexius appears to be looking for a counter takedown. Alexius cracks Glass with a right hand to the side of the head. Glass shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Alexius eats them both and turns towards Glass to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. Alexius misses with a series of wild punches.
Alexius throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alexius throws a leg kick but Glass moved away. Alexius tries a head kick but it misses.
Glass throws a jab when Alexius was well out of range. Glass misses with a body shot.
Glass missing with a left hand there. Alexius was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Glass throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Alexius throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Glass. Alexius looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Glass tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Alexius is able to avoid easily. Alexius throws a head kick that misses enabling Glass to counter with a crisp jab.
Alexius is rocked! Glass has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him. Oh Alexius is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Glass thumps Alexius with a low kick. Alexius seems to have got his legs back now. Glass feints and then cracks Alexius's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Alexius down. Alexius chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Glass uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Alexius.
Glass lands a big shot that drops Alexius! Can he finish him?
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! Glass has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Alexius is proving hard to escape from.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Alexius looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Glass trying to stand up but can't free himself from Alexius's guard. Alexius is adopting a defensive guard. The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace. Glass gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. A jab from Alexius misses. Glass now looks to counter with a shot at the body. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. A nice inside leg kick there by Alexius. That's going to slow Glass down. Glass throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Glass fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alexius looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Alexius throws a body kick that misses. A nice combination there by Alexius.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Desmond Glass dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Alexius slips a straight right by Glass. Alexius attempts a counter takedown but Glass avoids it well and moves away. Alexius shoots and misses and Glass counters with a lovely straight right hand! Glass misses with a looping right. Alexius misses with a jab to the body
and Alexius takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Alexius swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Glass! But no joy. Glass ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Alexius throws out a loose jab but Glass uses good head movement to avoid it. Glass has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Glass lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Alexius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Glass.
Glass lands with a good body shot. Alexius tries for a takedown but Glass sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. Glass lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Alexius sprawling to the canvas. Glass follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Alexius hang on? This has been an exciting period of action! Glass tries to stand and escape but Alexius is controlling the position. Glass escapes and gets back to his feet. Glass turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Glass wants to slow Alexius down by chopping away at his legs. As Glass looks to move away, Alexius throws a big counter combo but Glass just gets out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round. Alexius lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Alexius has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Alexius there as he acknowledges the shot. Glass lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Alexius falls backwards - clearly groggy! Glass dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Desmond Glass! After winning the bout, Desmond Glass thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. Bessarion Alexius was interviewed post fight and said 'Oh moth*****r, not again!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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