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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael Fochi (ranked 2925 p4p, 4464 weight class) and Chasen West (ranked 389 p4p, 521 weight class). Chasen West will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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168 cm 20 182 3 - 2 - 0 |
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186 cm 19 176 1 - 2 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns Solid boxing Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt Excellent MT Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Fochi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chasen West! The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! West misses with a hook. Fochi throwing a counter right hand but West manages to avoid it. Fochi avoids the head kick by West.
Fochi throws the left hand but West avoids the punch easily. West misses with a looping right. Fochi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. West takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Fochi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by West. West throws a head kick that misses. An attempted straight right counter from Fochi misses the target. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. West shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. West throws a sloppy head kick and Fochi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Chasen West has been cut. West misses with a left hand and Fochi counters with a nice right hand that sends West toppling to the canvas! West scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Fochi finish him?!
West is rocked! West has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round. West takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. West is still on wobbly legs! Can Fochi finish him? Fochi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Fochi went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Fochi lunges in with a left hook that violently twists West head around and knocks him out cold! Fochi hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Michael Fochi! In defeat, Chasen West stepped up to the mic, saying 'I gotta work on my wrestling obviously, but I will be back.'.
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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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72% |
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