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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Jepsen (ranked 5577 p4p, 3594 weight class) and Jian Zhao (ranked 534 p4p, 404 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Zhao's choice of entrance music: GZA - Shadowboxin'. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, David Jepsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jian Zhao!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zhao has Jepsen up against the cage in a clinch.
Jepsen misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jepsen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zhao's brow.
Jepsen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jepsen.
Zhao blocks the elbow strike.
Jepsen lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Jian Zhao has been cut.
Zhao lands a right hand.
Zhao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Jepsen lands an elbow inside that Zhao shrugs off.
Jepsen blocking some punches.
Jepsen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Jepsen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Jepsen looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Jepsen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jepsen.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jepsen.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jepsen throws an elbow but misses.
Zhao pushes Jepsen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jepsen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zhao's brow.
Zhao swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zhao tries to work over Jepsen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jepsen throws an elbow but misses.
Zhao blocks the elbow strike.
Jepsen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhao tries to work over Jepsen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zhao throws a punch but it's blocked by Jepsen.
Jepsen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Zhao fails to land.
Jepsen lands a damaging elbow.
That has opened up Jian Zhao's cut even more.
Jepsen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jepsen throws an elbow but it misses.
Jepsen throws an elbow that misses.
Zhao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Zhao avoids a wild elbow strike from Jepsen.
Zhao lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Jepsen.
Jepsen throws an elbow but it misses.
Zhao lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jepsen backwards.
Zhao misses with the head strike.
Jepsen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jepsen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Jepsen misses with an elbow over the top.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jepsen throws an elbow but misses.
Jepsen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zhao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zhao lands with a light punch inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jepsen just misses with a elbow thrown towards Zhao's brow.
Jepsen lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zhao softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jepsen misses with an elbow over the top.
Zhao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Jepsen tries to throw a body punch but Zhao avoids it by throwing Jepsen back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Jepsen.
Zhao can't find room to land a body shot as Jepsen controls the action.
Zhao working aggressively here.
Zhao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jepsen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The cut above Jian Zhao's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jepsen throws an elbow but misses.
Jepsen tries to throw a body punch but Zhao avoids it by throwing Jepsen back against the cage.
Jepsen misses with an elbow strike.
Zhao can't find room to land a body shot as Jepsen controls the action.
Jepsen lands an elbow inside that Zhao shrugs off.
Jepsen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Zhao backwards.
Zhao misses with a punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Jepsen throws an elbow but misses.
Zhao dodges an elbow strike from Jepsen.
Good body shot from Jepsen.
Zhao misses with a body punch.
Zhao blocks the elbow strike.
Zhao throws a punch but it's blocked by Jepsen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jepsen.
Jian Zhao's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Jepsen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice body punch from Jepsen - that landed with a thud.
Jepsen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jepsen blocks a body shot from Zhao.
Zhao lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jepsen or not.
Jepsen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Jepsen lands a nice elbow.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jian Zhao's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). David Jepsen!
A victorious David Jepsen 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
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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