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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Savage Opress (ranked 666 p4p, 883 weight class) and Matthew Quigley (ranked 98 p4p, 129 weight class). Matthew Quigley acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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199 cm 24 210 6 - 1 - 0 |
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194 cm 26 215 7 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler Excellent MT Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer 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 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Savage Opress! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Matthew Quigley! The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Quigley looks to land a left hand but Opress moved out of range nicely. A swing and a miss from Opress. Quigley has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Quigley rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Opress counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Opress scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Quigley doesn't seem bothered though. Opress throws a sloppy head kick and Quigley moves out of range easily. Opress takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Opress scores with a shot to the body.
Quigley misses with a left hand and Opress counters with a nice body kick. Quigley misses with an uppercut. Quigley misses with a body shot
and Opress counters with a one-two to the body. Quigley looks winded! Opress scores with the left hand. Quigley knows he should have avoided that one. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Quigley slips a jab from Opress. Opress slips under a jab from Quigley. Quigley misses with a hook
and Opress connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Quigley throws a hook but Opress avoids it easily. Opress appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body. Quigley loads up on a big right hand but Opress slips the punch. It looked like Opress wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Opress ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Quigley moves away from the strike by Opress. Opress pushes Quigley away with a front kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Opress slips under a jab from Quigley. A quick step to the side and Opress tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect. Quigley misses with a hook. Opress ducked under it nicely. Quigley throws a body shot but no joy. Opress scores with the left hand. Quigley knows he should have avoided that one. Quigley tries to move into range but Opress moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. We've been told by Opress's head coaches at Acme Island Savages that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Opress connects with an inside leg kick. Quigley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Matthew Quigley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Opress scores with a jab to the body. Opress avoids the body shot from Quigley.
Opress looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Opress jabs Quigley right on the nose. Quigley blinks but takes it well. A good leg kick by Opress. Opress jabs at Quigley's body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Opress's corner calls for a 1-2. Opress obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Quigley looks to throw the jab but Opress is out of range. Opress uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quigley.
Quigley lands with a straight right. Opress didn't see that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Opress uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Quigley. Nice jab there from Opress. Quigley misses with a left hand and Opress counters with a left to the body. Opress scores with a leg kick.
Opress with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Opress connects with a body shot. Quigley might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable. Quigley misses with a hook. Opress ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quigley moves away. A nice inside leg kick there by Opress. That's going to slow Quigley down. Quigley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Opress is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Quigley on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Quigley is rocked! Quigley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Opress manages to avoid it. An attempted straight right counter from Opress misses the target. Opress connects with a right hand. Quigley shakes it off. Quigley is still on wobbly legs! Can Opress finish him? A nice inside leg kick there by Opress. That's going to slow Quigley down. Opress tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quigley was well out of range. Poor timing from Opress.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Quigley throws a poor cross that misses
and Opress makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Quigley seems to have recovered his senses. Opress lands a big right hand that sends Quigley crashing to the mat! Opress stays standing though and waves Quigley back to his feet! Opress is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Opress swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quigley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Are you kidding me?! Opress ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Quigley clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Savage Opress! A very excited looking Savage Opress made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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