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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Foreman (ranked 4478 p4p, 4560 weight class) and Ren Lily (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Foreman comes to the cage accompanied by Proud to Be an American. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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191 cm 23 260 0 - 0 - 0 |
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196 cm 25 280 0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Great elbows Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt Solid Muay Thai Solid chin |
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, George Foreman! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ren Lily! The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lily has taken the fight to the clinch.
Foreman is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Lily is defending well. Lily makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Foreman jumps guard but Lily stands there with Foreman around his waist. Foreman gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lily lands an elbow inside. Foreman effectively controlling the action here. Lily lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Lily scores with a shot to the side of Foreman's head.
It looks like George Foreman has been cut. Lily lands with a left to the head. Foreman looking for a takedown. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Foreman. That's going to take a lot out of him. Lily jumps into guard, dragging Foreman to the mat.
Lily manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Lily lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Lily lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Lily lands on the inside with an uppercut. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lily creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lily lands a shoulder strike. A short uppercut from Lily. The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Lily pushes Foreman back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Lily working some nice short punches in the clinch. Lily holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lily lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Foreman backwards. Lily just leaning against Foreman, taking a breather. Lily gets a trip takedown into half guard. Still in half guard, Lily seems content to control. Lily winds up and cracks Foreman with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Foreman taking some punishment here, with Lily in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lily perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. Lily looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
George Foreman's cut is getting worse. Foreman is breathing heavily. Lily not doing much here.
Lily takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
George Foreman's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Lily drops an elbow to the side of Foreman's head.
Jeez, George Foreman's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at George Foreman's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ren Lily! The defeated George Foreman had this to say: 'Heroes always have their scars. Some you can see, some you read about later on'.
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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
36% |
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