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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henri Jospin (ranked 2110 p4p, 5054 weight class) and Jolly Roger (ranked 275 p4p, 549 weight class). Jospin comes to the cage accompanied by In The Air Tonight. Roger is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Under Jolly Roger. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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192 cm 35 218 21 - 18 - 1 |
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183 cm 36 212 13 - 18 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler Decent boxing Good gas tank |
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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 21 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Henri Jospin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 13 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jolly Roger! The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Roger swings widly with a right hand
and Jospin counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Roger thinking. Jolly Roger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Roger takes a kick to the side of the head. Jospin sizes up Roger with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Jospin scores with a kick to the body.
Jospin lands a right hook to the body.
Jospin ducks under a wild hook from Roger. Jospin throws a body punch but Roger moves out of range. Jospin tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Roger is able to avoid easily. Donk. Jospin catches Roger right on the button with a cross. Jospin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roger.
Jospin has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Champion Gym in the buildup to the fight. Jospin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roger moves away. Roger misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jospin.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Jospin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Roger. Roger works Jospin's body with a nice hook. Jospin tries to land a leg kick but Roger saw it coming and moves away.
Roger feints the counter takedown. Roger takes one to the chin there. Roger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jospin tried to counter with a leg kick but Roger avoided it. Roger scores with a jab. Jospin goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jospin moves out of range as Roger strikes. Roger just misses with a punch to the body.
Roger misses with a hook to the body
and Jospin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Roger avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Roger moves into range and connects with a jab. Jospin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Roger.
Roger thuds a left hand into Jospin's body. Jospin slips a jab from Roger. Jospin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Roger. Roger misses the shot to the body. Roger throws a body shot but no joy. Roger throws a jab when Jospin was well out of range. Roger swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jospin counters with a nice body shot. Jospin throws a big shot that misses. Roger drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Jospin defends it well. Roger throws a hook but Jospin blocks it. It looked like Jospin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Roger. Roger closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Roger is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Jospin rather than just go for the knockout. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Roger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A swing and a miss from Roger. It looked like Jospin was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Roger.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jospin catches Roger with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Jospin scores with a hook.
Roger is rocked! Roger throws a body shot but no joy. Roger is still on wobbly legs! Can Jospin finish him? Roger bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Jospin comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Roger falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Roger was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Henri Jospin! After winning the bout, Henri Jospin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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