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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Merriweather (ranked 4988 p4p, 4281 weight class) and Otis Yates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Merriweather comes to the cage accompanied by KSI vs Joe Weller- Boxing Entrance Song. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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194 cm 18 218 1 - 0 - 0 |
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192 cm 25 205 1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Prefers standup |
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Good wrestler Basic striking 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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Curtis Merriweather! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Otis Yates! The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Sandra Marshall and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Yates fails with an attempt to clinch.
Merriweather tries to keep at a distance but Yates has taken the fight into the clinch. Yates cracks Merriweather with a nice body shot. Yates lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Merriweather definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Good body shot from Yates.
Yates lands a nice uppercut. Merriweather wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Yates.
A short left from Yates. A left hand lands to the body for Yates.
Yates looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Merriweather is breathing heavily. Yates lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Yates digs a right hand into Merriweather's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Merriweather's gas tank. Yates lands with a left to the head. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Yates throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Merriweathers head. A shot in the inside from Yates.
Merriweather is rocked! Yates throws a big uppercut that drops Merriweather! More strikes from Yates and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Merriweather lies dazed against the cage as Yates celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Otis Yates!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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