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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Pemberton (ranked 2963 p4p, 3474 weight class) and Jack Serra (ranked 368 p4p, 422 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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189 cm 20 220 3 - 2 - 0 |
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165 cm 21 218 4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt Excellent boxer Big right hand |
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BJJ Brown Belt Excellent MT Determined |
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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anthony Pemberton! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Serra! The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Serra keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pemberton. Serra looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Pemberton throwing a counter right hand but Serra manages to avoid it. Pemberton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Pemberton slips a jab from Serra. Pemberton walks into a left hand. Pemberton throws a jab but it's blocked by Serra. Pemberton throws a lazy uppercut
and Serra counters by clinching up. Serra misses with a short punch on the inside. Serra breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Serra moves into range and connects with a jab. Pemberton misses with a hook. Pemberton has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Forged In Fire in the buildup to the fight. Pemberton looks to land a left hand but Serra moved out of range nicely. Serra looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Serra moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Nice defenses there by Serra. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Serra slips a jab from Pemberton. Serra connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Serra connects with a right hand. Pemberton shakes it off. A big left from Pemberton misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Serra scores with a jab to the head.
Pemberton misses with a left hand and Serra counters by clinching up. Serra lands on the inside with an uppercut. Pemberton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Serra lands a right hand. Serra lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Serra makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Serra lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Pemberton. Serra pushes Pemberton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Serra lands a body punch. Pemberton gets control of Serra's arms and successfully pulls guard. Pemberton will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Serra content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Pemberton keeping moving, preventing Serra from controlling successfully. Serra is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Pemberton keeping moving, preventing Serra from controlling successfully. Serra might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Pemberton haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time. Serra content to stall in guard here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Pemberton throws out a loose jab but Serra uses good head movement to avoid it. Pemberton loads up on a big right hand but Serra slips the punch. Serra takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Serra ducks under a wild hook from Pemberton. Pemberton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pemberton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. A swing and a miss from Serra. Serra scores with a jab. Pemberton acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Serra dips to his left and cracks Pemberton with an uppercut! Serra scores with a jab to the head.
Pemberton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Serra. Pemberton misses with an uppercut. Pemberton scores with a hook. Serra lands with a straight right. Pemberton didn't see that one coming. Pemberton is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Pemberton throws a big shot that misses. Pemberton avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Pemberton was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. A big left from Pemberton misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Pemberton throws the left hand but Serra avoids the punch easily. Pemberton throws the left hand but Serra avoids the punch easily. Anthony Pemberton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Serra moves out of range as Pemberton strikes. Serra scores with a hook. Pemberton throws a body punch but Serra moves out of range. Serra moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Pemberton misses with a wild body shot. Serra has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off. Pemberton lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Serra has managed to clinch.
Serra tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Pemberton smiles and moves away.
Pemberton drops his hands momentarily and Serra takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Pemberton throws a jab but it's blocked by Serra. Pemberton swings away with a body shot that misses
and Serra cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Pemberton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Pemberton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Serra dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Serra throws a good cross that connects.
Pemberton misses with a looping left. Serra jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Pemberton is rocked! Pemberton digs a good hook to Serra's body.
Oh Pemberton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Pemberton throws a hook to the side of Serra's head but Serra sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Serra swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Pemberton seems to have got his legs back now. Serra connects with a looping right hand.
Serra moves out of range of the strikes. Serra scores with a jab to the body. Pemberton pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Pemberton gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Serra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pemberton sees it coming and avoids it easily. Pemberton scores with a body shot.
Pemberton slips under a jab. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Pemberton is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Serra ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Serra staying out of range there. Serra slips a jab from Pemberton.
That's one minute gone in the round. Serra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pemberton sees it coming and avoids it easily. Serra ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. A nice side step and Serra releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. Pemberton waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Serra. Pemberton ducks under a wild hook from Serra. Serra bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Pemberton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Serra. Nice uppercut there from Pemberton. Pemberton thows a left - swing and a miss! Serra wants to counter the offense by Pemberton and move into the clinch position. Pemberton misses with a hook. Serra ducked under it nicely. Pemberton throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Serra throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pemberton on the side of the head. Serra ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Serra throws a good cross that connects.
Pemberton rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Serra counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Serra lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pemberton backwards. Serra is working Pemberton over against the cage. Serra gets through Pemberton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Serra lands a left hand that snaps the head of Pemberton backwards. A short uppercut from Serra. Serra throws a big uppercut that drops Pemberton! More strikes from Serra and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Pemberton lies dazed against the cage as Serra celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Serra!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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