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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dre Battle (ranked 170 p4p, 326 weight class) and Sabotage Rex (ranked 23 p4p, 47 weight class). Battle's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, HEART ON ICE. Rex has chosen Motley Crue - Girlsx3 as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dre Battle!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sabotage Rex!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Anthony Taglia and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rex throws a right hand that misses
and Battle counters with a good low kick that Rex was not able to check.
Rex looks to land a body kick but Battle moved away.
Rex misses with a straight right.
Battle was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Rex misses with a left hand
and Battle counters with a stiff right hand.
Battle throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Rex on the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Rex.
An attempted straight right counter from Battle misses the target.
Battle slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rex ducks under a wild hook from Battle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Battle misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Rex counter with a right hand.
It looks like Dre Battle has been cut.
Rex is looking to land body kicks.
Rex bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Battle's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rex tests Battle's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rex tries to land a body kick
and Battle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rex throws a body kick that misses.
Battle swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rex looks to land a right hand but Battle moved out of range.
Rex rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Battle counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Battle can't find room to land a body shot as Rex controls the action.
Rex blocks an uppercut.
Battle dodges an elbow strike from Rex.
Battle misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Battle.
Rex blocks a body shot from Battle.
Rex is working Battle over against the cage.
I was talking to Battle's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rex tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rex misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Battle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rex misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rex tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rex doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rex lands a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Rex fails to land.
Rex blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rex tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Battle's elbow.
Battle tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rex prevents a body shot from Battle.
Rex misses with the head strike.
Rex throws a punch but it's blocked by Battle.
Battle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rex is leaning against Battle and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Battle tries a body shot but Rex blocks it.
Rex fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Battle tries to throw a body punch but Rex avoids it by throwing Battle back against the cage.
Rex blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rex goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Battle lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rex fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battle doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rex working aggressively here.
Battle lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rex backwards.
Battle lands a body punch in the clinch.
Battle blocking some punches.
Rex makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rex tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Rex - that landed with a thud.
Rex scores with a shoulder strike.
Rex working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Battle blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Battle cracks Rex with a nice body shot.
Battle swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rex lands a body shot.
Rex lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Battle dodges an elbow strike from Rex.
Battle misses with some punches.
Battle can't find room to land a body shot as Rex controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Battle as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rex lands a nice uppercut.
Battle lands a body shot.
Battle misses with the head strike.
Rex goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rex lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rex tries to throw a body punch but Battle avoids it by throwing Rex back against the cage.
Rex blocks a body shot from Battle.
A nice left hand lands by Rex.
Battle blocks an uppercut.
Battle lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Rex.
Battle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rex misses with some punches.
Battle has a couple of punches blocked by Rex.
Rex lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Battle.
Rex tries to work over Battle's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Battle lands with a short shot to the head.
Battle tries to work over Rex's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sabotage Rex will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dre Battle's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rex misses with the body kick
and Battle counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dre Battle is winning the standup battle so far.
Rex misses with a hook. Battle ducked under it nicely.
Rex tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Rex swings widly with a right hand
and Battle counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Battle looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rex swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rex misses with a straight right.
A counter left hand to the body from Battle misses its target.
Battle darts in trying to clinch
and Rex connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rex swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Battle seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rex throws a half hearted mid kick.
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Rex throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Battle is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Sabotage Rex!
Sabotage Rex is the new middleweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Sabotage Rex started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
Dre Battle was interviewed post fight and said 'Black Fighters Matter.'.
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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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