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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Bennett (ranked 2127 p4p, 1892 weight class) and John Okafor (ranked 268 p4p, 245 weight class). John Okafor will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good wrestling
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thomas Bennett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Okafor!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Roosa Järviläinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okafor throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Okafor with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bennett is looking to clinch but Okafor is avoiding it.
Okafor is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bennett with a body shot.
Okafor misses with a body shot.
Okafor lands a leg kick that knocks Bennett off balance momentarily.
Okafor scores with a hook to the body. Bennett takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Bennett fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bennett looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Okafor scores with a head kick. Bennett tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Okafor lands with a nice body punch.
Okafor feints a jab promting Bennett to slip. Okafor then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Bennett slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Okafor scores with a jab. Bennett acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Okafor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Okafor sizes up Bennett with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Okafor fakes the leg kick and cracks Bennett in the body.
Bennett takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Bennett on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Okafor dips to his left and cracks Bennett with an uppercut!
Bennett tries to clinch up but Okafor circles away and keeps his distance.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Okafor, as that shot connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okafor lands with a slapping head kick.
Bennett is rocked!
Okafor circles away from the clinch attempt.
Okafor raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Okafor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bennett looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Okafor avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Okafor bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bennett's head.
Oh Bennett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bennett has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Okafor.
Bennett is breathing heavily.
Okafor drops Bennett with a big left hand! Bennett is injured, injured bad! Okafor jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Okafor!
After winning the bout, John Okafor 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
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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