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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Clerk Maxwell (ranked 2396 p4p, 2391 weight class) and Lester Green (ranked 133 p4p, 132 weight class). Green has chosen This Is Beetle as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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165 cm 20 136 6 - 3 - 0 |
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175 cm 21 138 5 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler Excellent boxer Very quick |
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Good wrestler Excellent MT Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, James Clerk Maxwell! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Lester Green! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Clerk Maxwell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Green blocks a jab. Clerk Maxwell uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Green.
Green throws a hook but Clerk Maxwell blocks it. Clerk Maxwell moves into range and connects with a jab. Green avoids the body shot from Clerk Maxwell.
Clerk Maxwell looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Green misses with a hook. Clerk Maxwell appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body. Clerk Maxwell throws a hook to the side of Green's head but Green sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Clerk Maxwell lands a really nice looking cross but Green seems unphased.
Clerk Maxwell misses with a right hand and Green counters with a straight right hand. Clerk Maxwell moves into range and connects with a jab. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Green thows a left - swing and a miss! Clerk Maxwell lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's one minute gone in the round. Clerk Maxwell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Green is looking to clinch. Clerk Maxwell is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Green doesn't manage to clinch there - Clerk Maxwell circles away.
Clerk Maxwell dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Clerk Maxwell swings for the body but Green moves out of range.
Clerk Maxwell looks to land a combination but Green avoids it well. Green looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Clerk Maxwell with a hook. Green throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clerk Maxwell throws a lazy uppercut
and Green counters with a lovely straight right hand! Clerk Maxwell ducks under a wild hook from Green. Green is looking to clinch but Clerk Maxwell is avoiding it.
Clerk Maxwell swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Clerk Maxwell just misses with a punch to the body.
Green looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Clerk Maxwell scores with a jab to the body. Green lands with a good body shot. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Green walks into a jab. Green throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Clerk Maxwell cracks Green with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Clerk Maxwell stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Clerk Maxwell missing with a left hand there. Green was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Green takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Green with a nice cross. Clerk Maxwell throws a combination that misses letting Green counter with a right hand. Clerk Maxwell connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Clerk Maxwell misses with a double jab
and Green counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Clerk Maxwell misses with an uppercut
and Green counters with a nice uppercut. Green misses the shot to the body. Green tries to move into range but Clerk Maxwell moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Clerk Maxwell takes a swing at Green's ribcage but misses. Clerk Maxwell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Green's hands. Clerk Maxwell moves out of range as Green strikes. Clerk Maxwell is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Green takes a jab right on the kisser.
Clerk Maxwell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Green manages to avoid it. Clerk Maxwell misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Clerk Maxwell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Green at a distance.
Clerk Maxwell misses with a lunging right hand
and Green cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Clerk Maxwell misses with a straight right. Clerk Maxwell misses with an uppercut
and Green counters with a straight right hand. Clerk Maxwell throws a lazy uppercut
and Green connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Green misses with a lunging right hand
and Green takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Green steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clerk Maxwell. Clerk Maxwell connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Green momentarily.
Clerk Maxwell misses with a few strikes there.
Clerk Maxwell throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Green counters with a lovely straight right hand! The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Clerk Maxwell throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Clerk Maxwell dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action! Clerk Maxwell fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Green in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off. Clerk Maxwell throws an overhand right that lands on Green's shoulder, as Green tries to avoid the shot. Green misses with an uppercut
and Clerk Maxwell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Nice uppercut lands for Clerk Maxwell. That snapped Green's head back.
Green has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Clerk Maxwell misses with a jab to the body
and Green counters with a nice uppercut. Clerk Maxwell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Green's corner calls for a 1-2. Green obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Clerk Maxwell is rocked! Green lunges at Clerk Maxwell with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Clerk Maxwell's hand. Oh Clerk Maxwell is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Green might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Clerk Maxwell has got the better of the exchanges. Clerk Maxwell misses the body punch and Green counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lester Green! Lester Green decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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