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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stryder Yuri (ranked 726 p4p, 1064 weight class) and Adam East (ranked 114 p4p, 168 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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189 cm 23 199 5 - 2 - 0 |
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178 cm 23 185 9 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class MT Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Stryder Yuri! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adam East! The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Yuri uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from East. The fight stays on the outside here - Yuri looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Yuri fails in his attempt to clinch. East looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Yuri closes the distance and pushes East back into the cage. Yuri works on East's body with a couple of short punches. A head punch on the inside from East fails to land. East lands with a light punch inside. Yuri lands a body punch in the clinch. East blocks a punch to the side of the head.
East has a couple of punches blocked by Yuri.
East working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. East is trying to break free. Yuri goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
East is trying to break the clinch but Yuri has him pressed against the cage. Yuri blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Yuri.
East looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Yuri lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Yuri swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yuri misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Yuri fails to land. East lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Yuri backwards. Stalling in the clinch from Yuri.
Yuri blocking some punches.
Yuri lands with a light punch inside. Yuri misses with a hook to the ribs.
East tries to circle away but Yuri has him pinned against the cage. East misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, Yuri scores with a nice short uppercut. Yuri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Yuri tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Yuri creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Yuri misses with some punches.
East lands a hook to the side of the head. East blocks a punch to the side of the head.
East wants to break free but Yuri has control.
Yuri lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of East backwards. East wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Yuri keeps control of East as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. East lands a left hand that snaps the head of Yuri backwards. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. East prevents a body shot from Yuri. East blocks a body shot from Yuri. Yuri misses with a short punch on the inside. Yuri throws a punch but it's blocked by East. East misses with a punch on the inside.
East blocking some punches.
East misses with a punch on the inside.
East lands with a short shot to the head. Nice body punch from Yuri - that landed with a thud.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yuri. East digs a right hand into Yuri's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yuri's gas tank. East throws a head punch that misses. Yuri manages to break the clinch.
East keeps the fight on the outside. Yuri instigates a clinch. East is leaning against Yuri and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Yuri lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Yuri blocks an uppercut.
East scores with an uppercut up the middle. Yuri can't find room to land a body shot as East controls the action.
Yuri misses with a punch to the body.
East lands a shot to the body. East working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. East breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yuri moves into the clinch successfully.
East lands with a short shot to the head. East blocks an uppercut.
East misses with a hook from the clinch. East tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Yuri's elbow. Yuri breaks the clinch.
East ducks under a wild hook from Yuri. East looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Yuri cracks East with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. East punishes Yuri's body with a nice straight punch. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Yuri moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A short right from Yuri. East blocking some punches.
Yuri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
East throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Yuris head. East throws a head punch that misses. East throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Yuri keeps the fight in the clinch, despite East's efforts to push away. Yuri misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yuri. Yuri blocks an uppercut.
Yuri tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. East digs a right hand underneath Yuri's ribcage. Yuri let out a lung full of air as it connected. East working aggressively here.
A short right from Yuri on the inside. Yuri misses with a punch to the body.
East breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. The fight stays on the outside here - Yuri looks like he's thinking about clinching though. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Stryder Yuri will probably get the nod. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Yuri darts in trying to clinch and East connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Stryder Yuri has been cut. Yuri is looking to take this fight into the clinch. East avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Yuri tries to clinch but East moves out of range. East looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. East slips under a jab. East throws out a counter right but Yuri avoids it with no problem. Yuri tries to clinch but East moves away and East counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Yuri tries to clinch but East is having none of it. Yuri closes the distance looking to clinch and East counters with a straight right hand. Yuri moves to clinch but East breaks away and East counters with a crisp right that sends Yuri to the canvas! East follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adam East! After winning the bout, Adam East 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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