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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fela Kuti (ranked 2273 p4p, 3621 weight class) and Sometimes Late (ranked 308 p4p, 447 weight class). Kuti comes into the arena with Expensive Shit blaring out of the sound system. Sometimes Late has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fela Kuti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sometimes Late!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuti uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Late.
Kuti lands with a hook. Late tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Late lands a jab to Kuti's midsection.
Late walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Late's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kuti under the eye.
Kuti misses with a left hand
and Late counters with a nice uppercut.
Late throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Kuti wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Late throws the left hand but Kuti avoids the punch easily.
Kuti has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Brooklyn Mixed Martial Arts in the buildup to the fight.
Late misses with a straight right.
Kuti lands a body shot.
Kuti scores with a nice head shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuti clobbers Late with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Late avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Late! But no joy.
Kuti punishes Late's body with a nice straight punch.
Late takes a swing at Kuti's ribcage but misses.
Late throws a nice looking combination but Kuti bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuti misses with a left hand
and Kuti takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kuti is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Late lands with a good body shot.
Late slips under a jab from Kuti.
Kuti lands a jab.
Late will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kuti throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Late counters with a nice uppercut.
Kuti works Late's body with a nice hook.
Late fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuti manages to avoid it.
Kuti throws out a loose jab but Late uses good head movement to avoid it.
Late shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Late has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kuti finds it's way round the side to connect with Late's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Late connects with a body shot.
Kuti scores with a shot to the body.
Late swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Late keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kuti.
Kuti lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Kuti takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Kuti scores with a body shot.
Late on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kuti slips a straight right by Late.
Kuti slips under a jab.
Kuti tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Late was well out of range. Poor timing from Kuti.
A left lands for Kuti.
Kuti uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Late.
Kuti takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Late is rocked!
Kuti scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Kuti drops Late with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Late looks back up at him and smiles so Kuti waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Late is still on wobbly legs! Can Kuti finish him?
Kuti shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Late takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Kuti sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Late bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Fela Kuti!
Fela Kuti really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Brooklyn Apothecary logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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hype
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