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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tony Edawards (ranked 4104 p4p, 4179 weight class) and John Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 512 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 cm 18 175 2 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm 25 180 0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Basic striking Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler Basic striking Intelligent |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tony Edawards! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Robinson! The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Edawards fails with a takedown attempt. Robinson ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Edawards throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Robinson's waist but Robinson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Edawards off to one side. Edawards slips under a jab from Robinson. Robinson misses with an uppercut. Edawards saw that one coming. Robinson closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Edawards's guard. Edawards keeping full guard, as Robinson tries to pass. Robinson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Edawards's head. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Robinson controlling from the top position. Robinson wants to control from the top but Edawards keeps moving. Robinson wants to pass the guard but Edawards is keeping the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Robinson with a nice head shot there. Robinson lands a couple of decent looking shots. Robinson with a nice head shot there. Robinson seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up. Robinson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Edawards looking for a guillotine here but Robinson defends easily.
Edawards is breathing heavily. Robinson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Edawards's head. Robinson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Robinson works over Edawards with some ground and pound from guard. Robinson engaging in some classic timewasting tactics. Robinson landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Robinson showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Robinson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Robinson's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Robinson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Edawards can't keep his opponent in guard - Robinson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount. Robinson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. Robinson scores with a couple of good hammerfists. Robinson controlling the action here. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Robinson connects with a nice short shot to Edawards's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Robinson connects with a nice short shot to Edawards's temple. Robinson trying to control the action but Edawards is working from the bottom. Robinson trying to control the pace. Robinson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Robinson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Robinson dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Robinson throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Edawards on the side of the head. No luck for Edawards with that takedown attempt. Robinson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Edawards is looking to reverse the position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. A lull in the action here as Robinson stalls from top position. John Robinson has got the better of the ground game so far. Robinson landing a few strikes. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Robinson staying calm. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Robinson working the body and head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Robinson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Edawards to see if he's OK. Robinson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Edawards to see if he's OK. Robinson lands some shots froms side control. Robinson lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. The referee asks Robinson politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Robinson prefers to stall for the moment though. Robinson looks up at the clock and then as Edawards takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Robinson smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Edawards is rocked! The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Robinson lands some shots froms side control. Oh Edawards is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet. Robinson cracks Edawards with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Robinson immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Edawards is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Robinson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Robinson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
31% |
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