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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karl Winston (ranked 3241 p4p, 4400 weight class) and Tim Fredricks (ranked 404 p4p, 512 weight class). Winston kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is ACDC - TNT. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Good chin |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Very confident |
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl Winston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Fredricks!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fredricks!
A lazy left from Fredricks finds it's target.
Winston darts in looking for a takedown but Fredricks gets double underhooks and turns Winston into the cage.
Fredricks prevents a takedown attempt there.
Fredricks gets through Winston's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fredricks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Winston takes one on the button.
Fredricks misses with a wild combination.
Fredricks misses with a head kick.
Winston feinted with a counter takedown.
Winston shoots and misses
and Fredricks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Karl Winston. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Winston throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A right-left combo lands from Fredricks.
Winston takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Winston looks to score with a jab to the body but Fredricks is just out of range.
Karl Winston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Winston is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Winston shoots in and gets a takedown into Fredricks's guard.
Winston advances to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winston thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fredricks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Winston.
Winston thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Winston looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Winston missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Winston thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Fredricks's head.
Winston missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Winston throwing shots but Fredricks is blocking nicely.
Winston looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Winston prevents Fredricks from improving his position.
Fredricks taking some punishment here, with Winston in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winston drops an elbow to the side of Fredricks's head.
Nice strikes from Winston there.
Winston thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Fredricks avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Winston.
Winston missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Winston lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Winston is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fredricks is doing well to control the position and prevent Winston from advancing to side control.
Winston not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Winston tries to pass to full mount but Fredricks defends it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Winston scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Fredricks is rocked!
Winston lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Fredricks! More strikes land and this one is all over! Winston jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Winston!
After the fight, Karl Winston was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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