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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cleon Wright (ranked 886 p4p, 1930 weight class) and Batang Kock (ranked 111 p4p, 215 weight class). Wright 's entrance music is Come out to play . A fine choice. Cleon Wright could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Batang Kock's chin.
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cleon Wright !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Batang Kock!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wright with a jab.
Wright wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wright misses with a straight left.
Kock is looking to clinch.
Wright tries a head kick but it misses.
Wright has been working on his boxing with his coaches at - TRØID in the buildup to the fight.
Wright throws an overhand right that lands on Kock's shoulder, as Kock tries to avoid the shot.
Kock misses with a straight right.
Kock tests Wright 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kock drops his hands momentarily and Wright takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kock blocks a head kick by Wright .
Kock misses with a straight right.
Wright scores with a body shot.
Kock checks a leg kick.
Kock is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Wright thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kock takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Kock misses with an uppercut
and Wright counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kock thinking.
Wright goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wright with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Kock to score with a decent uppercut.
Kock moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kock throws a lazy uppercut
and Kock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wright digs a good body shot into Kock's ribs.
A jab from Kock misses.
Kock takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kock throws a series of punches but Wright moves out of range.
Wright looks to land a left hand but Kock moved out of range nicely.
Wright keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kock.
Wright misses with a jab to the body
and Wright takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wright takes one to the chin there.
Kock moves out of range of the strikes.
Wright lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kock's sensitive parts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kock misses with a few strikes there.
Wright drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wright swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wright with a nice cross.
Wright lands with a cross.
Wright ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kock moves away.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kock.
Kock walks into a straight right hand from Wright .
Kock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wright throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kock avoids the body shot from Wright .
Kock wants to counter the offense by Wright and move into the clinch position.
Wright throws a head kick that Kock semi-blocks.
Wright just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright misses with a wild body shot.
Kock doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kock slips under a jab from Wright .
Kock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kock might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Kock moves out of range of the body kick from Wright .
Kock looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kock was well out of range. Poor timing from Wright .
Wright cracks a nice hook into Kock's ribs.
Kock throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Wright to counter with a crisp jab.
Kock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wright to score with a decent uppercut.
Wright is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wright .
Wright is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Wright slips under a jab.
Kock scores with a decent looking hook.
Wright is looking to land body kicks.
Kock takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wright uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kock.
Kock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wright .
Despite the aggression on Kock's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kock misses with a wild body shot.
Wright jabs Kock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kock connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Kock misses with a hook.
Kock moves out of range of the strikes.
Wright just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Wright does it's job there.
Kock comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wright gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Wright misses with a head kick.
Kock swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kock fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A punch lands to the side of Kock 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kock throws a jab when Wright was well out of range.
Wright walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cleon Wright dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kock takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Kock might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Wright has got the better of the exchanges.
Kock does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kock.
Nice shot by Wright .
Wright tries a head kick but it misses.
Kock doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Wright lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Wright throws a body punch but Kock moves out of range.
Wright keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Kock backs away, Wright returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Wright is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kock can do to turn this around?
Kock throws a sloppy head kick
and Wright counters with a left to the body.
Kock lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wright scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kock. Wright does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wright half committed to a counter leg kick.
A slow jab from Kock misses its intended target.
Wright throws a poor cross that misses
and Kock counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wright throws a leg kick but Kock sees it coming and moves out of range.
As Wright backs off Kock throws a huge counter combo but Wright manages to avoid it all.
Kock misses with a series of wild punches.
Wright misses with a wild body shot.
A little jabbing left from Kock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice defenses there by Kock.
Kock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wright appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Kock closes the distance and clinches.
Wright taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Wright tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kock's elbow.
Wright pressing his opponent against the cage.
Wright misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wright lands with a light punch inside.
Wright lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kock backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wright .
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kock.
Kock lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wright .
Wright tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kock's elbow.
Kock stalling the fight.
Kock can't find room to land a body shot as Wright controls the action.
Kock is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Wright stalling.
Kock misses with a body punch.
Wright lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wright tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kock tries to throw a body punch but Wright avoids it by throwing Kock back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wright as Kock tries to tie him up.
Wright lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright just leaning against Kock, taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wright .
Wright misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kock lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Wright .
Kock stalling in the clinch but Wright improves position.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wright tries to work over Kock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kock pushes Wright back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cleon Wright has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wright blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wright lands a shoulder strike.
Wright lands a nice uppercut.
Wright misses with some punches.
Kock is trying to stall.
A nice left hand lands by Kock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright throws a head punch that misses.
Wright misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Kock on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wright .
Wright misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wright doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wright is working Kock over against the cage.
Wright misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Wright tries to work over Kock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kock being controlled against the cage.
Wright controlling the action here for a moment.
Wright throws a punch but it's blocked by Kock.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cleon Wright dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Kock moves away from the strike by Wright .
Wright misses with a left hand
and Kock counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wright pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Kock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wright .
Wright misses with a body kick.
Wright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kock was well out of range. Poor timing from Wright .
Kock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Wright to score with a decent uppercut.
Kock moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wright looks to score with a jab to the body but Kock is just out of range.
Kock looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kock jabs Wright right on the nose. Wright blinks but takes it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright throws a sloppy head kick and Kock moves out of range easily.
Kock misses with a double jab.
A little feinted left hand from Wright on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wright attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Wright dodges the punch combination from Kock.
Wright lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kock on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cleon Wright is winning the standup battle so far.
Kock looks for the body kick but Wright saw that one coming.
Kock moves out of range of the strikes.
Kock on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wright cracks Kock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kock ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wright takes one on the button.
The fighters circling - Kock throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Wright sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wright missing with a left hand there. Kock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kock scores with a body shot.
Wright misses with a hook. Kock ducked under it nicely.
Wright moves out of range as Kock strikes.
Wright scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kock misses with a lunging right hand
and Wright counters with a nice uppercut.
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!
Wright misses with a head kick.
Wright uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kock.
Wright cracks Kock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Wright pivots, looking for a leg kick but Kock is out of range and Wright settles back down.
Kock let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Wright takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Kock throws a chopping leg kick but Wright manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kock throws a low kick, looking for Wright 's leg but Wright calmly moves out of range.
Wright throws out a loose jab but Kock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wright pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kock misses with a body punch
and Wright counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Wright throws a looping overhand right but Kock ducks down to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Kock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wright uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kock.
Kock fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wright checks it well.
Cleon Wright is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kock walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Wright checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wright keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Wright was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Kock.
Kock throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Wright throws a half hearted mid kick.
Wright misses with an uppercut. Kock saw that one coming.
Wright scores with a body shot.
Wright thumps Kock with a low kick.
Wright misses the shot to the body.
Wright throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Kock is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Wright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kock was well out of range. Poor timing from Wright .
Wright jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Wright misses the target.
Wright scores with a body shot.
Kock slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kock throws a body shot but no joy.
Wright fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kock ducks under a wild hook from Wright .
A little jabbing left from Kock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kock misses with a straight right.
Jab, jab by Wright - just one landing.
Batang Kock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kock misses with a jab to the body
and Wright finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wright loads up on a big right hand but Kock slips the punch.
Kock fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wright looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kock missing with a left hand there. Wright was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kock slips under a jab from Wright .
Wright scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kock lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wright circles away quickly and effectively.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cleon Wright showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wright has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cleon Wright !
Cleon Wright retains his featherweight title!
In his post fight interview, Cleon Wright started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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