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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Fury (ranked 1843 p4p, 1297 weight class) and Joe Junior (ranked 245 p4p, 177 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Junior!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Ben Hemmingworth and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fury misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Junior.
Fury slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fury misses with a left hand
and Fury takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fury works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fury closes the distance and pushes Junior back into the cage.
Fury swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fury lands with a right to the head.
Fury swings wildly with an uppercut but Junior uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Fury.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Junior has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Fury misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Fury.
Fury definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fury lands a hook that snaps the head of Junior backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fury throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury scores with a nice hook to the head.
Junior blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fury misses with some punches.
Fury swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Junior.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fury.
Fury lands a hook that snaps the head of Junior backwards.
Fury misses with the head strike.
Junior blocking some punches.
Junior tries to work over Fury's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fury lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fury swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fury tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fury working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fury misses with a punch to the body.
Junior stalling against the cage.
Fury tries a body shot but Junior blocks it.
A short right from Fury on the inside.
Fury throws a head punch that misses.
Fury scores with a shot to the side of Junior's head.
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!
Fury manages to break the clinch.
Fury throws a jab but it's blocked by Junior.
Junior throws a counter combo.
Fury's jab looks to have found its range, popping Junior under the eye.
Junior ducks right into an uppercut from Fury.
Fury dips to his left and cracks Junior with an uppercut!
Junior is rocked!
Junior swings for the body but Fury moves out of range.
Fury lands a left and a right that send Junior crashing to the mat, dazed. Fury thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Junior is still on wobbly legs! Can Fury finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Junior throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fury.
Fury with a hook.
Fury clinches with his opponent.
Fury misses with a punch on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fury lands a body punch.
Fury lands a shot to the body.
Junior seems to have recovered his senses.
Junior looks winded!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Junior.
Junior blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fury.
Fury drops Junior onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Junior is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fury gets through Junior's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fury creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Junior with a big uppercut! Junior tries to clinch up but Fury pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Junior to the mat! Junior covers up and Fury unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Fury!
In his post fight interview, John Fury started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Joe Junior stepped up to the mic, saying 'Thank you John Fury for the fight, it sucks but I'll be back better'.
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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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