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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mun So (ranked 6419 p4p, 24842 weight class) and John Rackham (ranked 704 p4p, 756 weight class). So's entrance music is DEVILOOF - 拷訊惨獄. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mun So!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Rackham!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Roberts and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from So. Those never looked like landing.
Rackham shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts So as he jumps to the side.
So throws a shot from downtown. Rackham moves away and avoids it.
Rackham closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Rackham throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rackham wants to control but So is keeping him busy.
Rackham sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. So defending well though.
Rackham landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
So looks like he's trying to stand up.
Rackham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
So wants to control but Rackham is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Rackham is looking to take a break and control but So is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rackham slows the pace down in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rackham thows a huge punch but So dodges it nicely.
Rackham scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rackham has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Rackham throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rackham not landing any meaningful shots this time.
So is breathing heavily.
Rackham thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed So's head.
So avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rackham.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rackham lands a nice short elbow.
Rackham looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks So with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Rackham is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Rackham controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rackham is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for So!
Rackham looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rackham lands a big elbow.
Rackham scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Rackham breaks from So's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rackham looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
So knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rackham on the ground.
Rackham lands a couple of good shots and So has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
So is taking damage to the body and head.
Rackham struggling to land strikes to the head as So covers up.
Rackham throwing damaging strikes from the back! So could be in trouble here!
Rackham is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at So. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rackham throwing sloppy strikes.
The referee is taking a good look at So as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Rackham!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rackham landing with strikes.
So is rocked!
Rackham cracks So with a big right hand from the back mount! So immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Rackham takes this one by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Rackham!
John Rackham decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
In defeat, Mun So stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm gutted, let my team down today. Sorry ACME crew we worked hard for me to get this W today and I came up short. Best wishes to Anders in his next fight.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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