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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frog Ribbit (ranked 1460 p4p, 1166 weight class) and Rayful Edmond (ranked 225 p4p, 172 weight class). Rayful Edmond has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Frog Ribbit's chin.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 19 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Frog Ribbit!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rayful Edmond!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edmond lands a nice hook to Ribbit's body. Ribbit takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Ribbit connects with a solid leg kick.
Ribbit misses with a body shot.
Edmond misses with a hook. Ribbit ducked under it nicely.
Ribbit throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Edmond sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ribbit fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Edmond.
Edmond ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ribbit moves away.
Edmond tries to clinch up but Ribbit circles away and keeps his distance.
Edmond with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Edmond looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A low kick from Edmond misses
and Ribbit counters with a nice body shot.
Edmond has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ribbit throws a low kick but Edmond avoids it.
Ribbit throws a lazy right hand but Edmond sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little jabbing left from Edmond on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Edmond tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ribbit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And Ribbit counters with a quick kick to the body but Edmond blocks it.
Edmond misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Edmond ducks under a wild hook from Ribbit.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ribbit misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edmond misses with an uppercut. Ribbit saw that one coming.
Ribbit changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Edmond walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Ribbit scoring well with a low kick there.
Edmond with the inside leg kick.
Ribbit on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Edmond. Edmond obviously looking to wear him down.
Edmond throws a combination that misses
enabling Ribbit to counter with a crisp jab.
Some wild striking there from Edmond.
Ribbit is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Ribbit showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Edmond.
A jab from Ribbit finds it's way through Edmond's defenses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edmond takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribbit checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ribbit throws a wild body kick that Edmond sees coming a mile off.
Edmond fails to land with a series of punches.
Ribbit misses with a straight left.
Ribbit throws a front kick aimed at Edmond's knee but Edmond avoids it well.
Edmond tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ribbit manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ribbit tests Edmond's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ribbit fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Edmond is out of range.
Edmond lands with a nice body punch.
Edmond lands a jab to the head.
Edmond misses with a few strikes there.
An attempted straight right counter from Ribbit misses the target.
Rayful Edmond seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edmond forces Ribbit back against the cage and clinches.
Edmond breaks the clinch.
Ribbit moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Edmond lands with a nice combination. Ribbit backs away looking to recover.
It looks like Frog Ribbit has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edmond keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ribbit.
Ribbit misses with a wild body shot.
Ribbit drops Edmond with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Edmond looks back up at him and smiles so Ribbit waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Edmond is rocked!
Ribbit shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Edmond takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Ribbit sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Edmond 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 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Frog Ribbit!
During a confident post fight interview, Frog Ribbit thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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