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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Rader (ranked 645 p4p, 1138 weight class) and Jim Fox (ranked 93 p4p, 143 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Fox's choice of entrance music: Ice Ice Baby, Vanilla Ice. Dennis Rader has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dennis Rader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Jim Fox!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Fox tenderised Rader's leg. Rader is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fox throws a hook but Rader avoids it easily.
It looked like Rader wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fox slips under a jab from Rader.
Fox misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like Rader was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Fox.
Fox takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Rader on the inside.
Fox blocking some punches.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Fox has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Fox throws an elbow but it misses.
Rader tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rader lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fox backwards.
Fox lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Dennis Rader has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Fox fails to land.
Rader really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Fox.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fox is trying to maintain a safe position but Rader gets an underhook and turns Fox into the cage.
Rader struggles to land a body shot inside as Fox controls his hands.
Rader has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rader pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rader lands a really nice looking cross but Fox seems unphased.
Fox throws a head kick that misses
and Rader counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big left from Rader misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Fox misses.
Fox swings for the body but Rader moves out of range.
Rader throws a lazy right hand but Fox sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fox looks to throw a body kick
and Rader counters with a stiff right hand.
Fox lands a jab.
Fox tries to clinch there but Rader circles away.
It looked like Rader wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rader throws an overhand right that drops Fox like a sack of potatoes! Rader dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dennis Rader!
Our winner, Dennis Rader, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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