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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mousa Sissoko (ranked 1257 p4p, 2708 weight class) and Shane Raffington (ranked 175 p4p, 380 weight class). Raffington has chosen Logan Lucky as his entrance music. Shane Raffington struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.9lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mousa Sissoko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Raffington!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raffington takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A low kick from Sissoko is predictable there
and Raffington connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Mousa Sissoko has been cut.
Sissoko looks to score with a jab to the body but Raffington is just out of range.
We've been informed that Raffington has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sissoko misses with an uppercut
and Raffington cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sissoko defending well as Raffington loads up on a big left hand.
Raffington moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Sissoko takes a swing at Raffington's ribcage but misses.
Sissoko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sissoko tries to score with a low kick but Raffington moves his leg out of the way.
Raffington lands with a nice body punch.
Raffington sends Sissoko crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Raffington is motioning to the referee to let Sissoko up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Sissoko is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sissoko throws a lazy uppercut
and Raffington counters with a huge right that knocks Sissoko out cold! Raffington is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Shane Raffington!
Shane Raffington was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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