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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Origen Alexandria (ranked 1932 p4p, 3993 weight class) and Jacob Pokorney (ranked 269 p4p, 487 weight class). Pokorney is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Never Gonna Give You Up. Jacob Pokorney will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Origen Alexandria!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacob Pokorney!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pokorney.
Alexandria moves into the clinch.
Alexandria looking to throw knees to the head but Pokorney is blocking nicely.
Alexandria escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alexandria clinches up with Pokorney and pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pokorney.
Pokorney is trying to pull guard but Alexandria turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Alexandria lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pokorney takes a shot to the head.
Alexandria breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alexandria 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pokorney is looking to clinch.
Origen Alexandria seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Alexandria lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Pokorney has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pokorney and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pokorney uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Alexandria.
Alexandria leaves Pokorney with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Origen Alexandria has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jacob Pokorney.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pokorney looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alexandria leaves Pokorney with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Alexandria is looking to counter the offense by Pokorney and move into the clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Pokorney.
Alexandria seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Pokorney shoots in looking for a takedown but Alexandria manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Pokorney's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Pokorney is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Alexandria connects with a combination that backs up Pokorney into the cage. Alexandria lands a flurry of punches that gets past Pokorney's guard. Pokorney is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Alexandria bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Origen Alexandria!
A victorious Origen Alexandria thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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
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