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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt King could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mike Black's chin.
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190 cm
23
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
19
215 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt King! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Black! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Black lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Black throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck King on the side of the head. A slow jab from King misses its intended target. Black slips a straight right by King. King takes one to the chin there. Nice straight punches there by Black. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Black. Black keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King has managed to clinch.
King missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King. Black tries for a takedown. No joy.
Black blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Black lands a body punch in the clinch. Black digs a right hand into King's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on King's gas tank. Black throws an elbow but it misses.
King effectively controlling the action here. A looping hook to the body misses from Black. King does a little dance to reset his feet. King pushing out the jab but it's not landing. King throws a low kick, looking for Black's leg but Black calmly moves out of range. Black lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round. King tries to clinch there but Black circles away.
King blocks a head kick by Black.
King moves in looking to clinch but Black pushes him off. King throws a low kick, looking for Black's leg but Black calmly moves out of range. King takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
King looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Matt King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. King doesn't manage to clinch there - Black circles away.
Black thuds a left hand into King's body. Black keeps the fight on the outside. Black stuns King with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Black misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Black lands with a nice body punch. King is breathing heavily. King throws a combination that misses and Black connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Black dips to his left and cracks King with an uppercut! King blocks a head kick by Black.
King moves out of range of the body kick. King walks into a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Black lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. A nice combination there by Black.
Black uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before King has time to react.
King is rocked! Black cracks King with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the ropes! King falls to his knees and Black doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Black!
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C
A |
G |
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B |
G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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