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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henri Jospin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Baloni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class).
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of , fighting out of , Henri Jospin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of , fighting out of , Phil Baloni!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jospin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Jospin fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Baloni misses with a wild body shot.
Baloni throws a jab but it's blocked by Jospin.
Baloni throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jospin counters with an outside leg kick.
Jospin connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Baloni momentarily.
Jospin tries a head kick but it misses.
Baloni misses with a body shot.
Baloni clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jospin breaks the clinch.
Baloni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Baloni misses with a looping left.
Baloni throws an off balance right hand
and Jospin counters with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baloni rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Jospin counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Phil Baloni seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jospin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jospin throws a head kick that half lands.
Jospin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baloni.
Baloni lands a nice shot to the body.
Jospin turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Baloni jabs Jospin to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Baloni is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jospin rather than just go for the knockout.
Baloni thuds a left hand into Jospin's body.
A shot to the liver by Baloni. Beautiful body shot.
The fighters circling - Baloni throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Baloni gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jospin lands a left hand.
Jospin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Baloni taking a breather.
Jospin blocking some punches.
Baloni swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Baloni can't break the clinch.
Jospin manages to break the clinch.
Jospin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Baloni.
Jospin throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Baloni's head.
Baloni cracks Jospin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
It looks like Henri Jospin has been cut.
Baloni throws a jab but it's blocked by Jospin.
Jospin looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Baloni throws a lazy uppercut
and Jospin counters with a leg kick.
Baloni jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Baloni misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jospin throws a chopping leg kick but Baloni manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Baloni misses with a hook. Jospin ducked under it nicely.
Jospin cracks the inside of Baloni's front leg.
Jospin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Baloni.
Baloni misses with a lunging right hand
and Jospin counters with a straight right hand.
Baloni dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Baloni clinches up with Jospin and pushes him back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Jospin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Baloni.
Baloni tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jospin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jospin slips a jab from Baloni.
A looping hook to the body misses from Baloni. Jospin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Baloni swings widly with a right hand
and Jospin counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jospin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Baloni misses with an uppercut.
Baloni's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
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!
Jospin fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Baloni checks it well.
Baloni swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jospin throws a counter high kick but Baloni was just alert enough to avoid it.
Jospin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Baloni tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Jospin defends well and Baloni ends up having to push Jospin into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Baloni misses with a looping right.
Baloni misses the shot to the body.
Jospin slaps away a takedown attempt from Baloni, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Henri Jospin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Henri Jospin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A telegraphed right hand from Baloni misses the target.
Jospin throws a head kick but Baloni moves out of range.
Baloni swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Jospin counters with a head kick that drops Baloni to the mat! Baloni scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Baloni is rocked!
Baloni throws a poor cross that misses
and Jospin counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Henri Jospin!
During a confident post fight interview, Henri Jospin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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