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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joey Horatius (ranked 993 p4p, 2202 weight class) and Dave Ashbourne Jr (ranked 65 p4p, 129 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Ashbourne Jr's choice of entrance music: Vertical Horizon - You're A God. Joey Horatius has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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11 - 2 - 0 |
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143
6 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joey Horatius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Ashbourne Jr!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horatius closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Horatius throws a combination that misses
and Ashbourne Jr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Horatius throws a body punch but Ashbourne Jr moves out of range.
Ashbourne Jr appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Ashbourne Jr throws a right and a left that Horatius avoids nicely.
Horatius looks to land a combination but Ashbourne Jr avoids it well.
Ashbourne Jr slips a jab and a cross from Horatius.
Horatius swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Ashbourne Jr counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Horatius just misses with a punch to the body.
Horatius blocks a jab.
Horatius misses with a wild body shot.
Ashbourne Jr let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Horatius misses with a body shot
and Ashbourne Jr counters with a stiff right hand.
Ashbourne Jr lunges at Horatius with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Horatius's hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ashbourne Jr misses with a straight left.
Ashbourne Jr throws a big shot that misses.
Ashbourne Jr showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Horatius.
Ashbourne Jr now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ashbourne Jr throws a big shot that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ashbourne Jr gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Horatius swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Horatius bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Horatius looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ashbourne Jr uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Horatius.
Ashbourne Jr dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Horatius misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ashbourne Jr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Horatius misses with a double jab
and Ashbourne Jr counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Horatius gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Ashbourne Jr gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Horatius is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Ashbourne Jr!
Dave Ashbourne Jr was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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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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