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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roar Horse (ranked 43 p4p, 149 weight class) and Franck Kodjia (ranked 3 p4p, 7 weight class). Roar Horse has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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36 - 14 - 0 |
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21 - 13 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 36 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roar Horse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Franck Kodjia!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horse throws a body shot but no joy.
Horse throws a jab but it's blocked by Kodjia.
Kodjia swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kodjia misses with a body shot
letting Horse counter with a right hand.
Kodjia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Horse looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kodjia thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kodjia lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kodjia misses the body punch
and Horse counters with a head kick. That will keep Kodjia thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Kodjia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Kodjia throws a jab when Horse was well out of range.
Kodjia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kodjia connects with an inside leg kick.
Horse moves out of range as Kodjia throws a body kick.
A quick step to the side and Horse tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kodjia thuds a left hand into Horse's body.
Horse takes one on the chin but seems OK.
It looks like Roar Horse has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kodjia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Horse's elbow.
Kodjia prevents a body shot from Horse.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kodjia has a couple of punches blocked by Horse.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Horse.
Kodjia throws a head punch that misses.
Kodjia blocking some punches.
Kodjia using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kodjia lands a left hand.
Horse lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kodjia cracks Horse with a nice body shot.
Kodjia blocks a body shot from Horse.
Horse working hard to break the clinch.
Horse misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from Kodjia.
Horse is breathing heavily.
Kodjia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Horse backwards.
Kodjia misses with the head strike.
Horse tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Horse fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kodjia scores with a shot to the side of Horse's head.
Horse blocks a body shot from Kodjia.
Horse's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Horse misses with a body punch.
Kodjia working aggressively here.
Kodjia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kodjia tries to work over Horse's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kodjia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Horse lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kodjia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kodjia makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kodjia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kodjia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Horse lands a shoulder strike.
Kodjia unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kodjia lands a body shot in the clinch.
Kodjia lands with a right to the head.
Kodjia lands with a right to the head.
Kodjia scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kodjia lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Kodjia.
A short right from Kodjia on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kodjia.
Horse blocking some punches.
Kodjia lands with a left to the head.
Horse misses with a hook to the ribs.
Horse lands a body punch.
Kodjia lands a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Kodjia.
Kodjia lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Horse is rocked!
Kodjia unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Horse! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Kodjia is unloading with more strikes now! Horse drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Franck Kodjia!
After the fight, Franck Kodjia was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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