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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arniquez Montgomery (ranked 597 p4p, 300 weight class) and Leonzar Kennedy (ranked 93 p4p, 48 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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190 cm 28 214 9 - 5 - 0 |
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188 cm 28 215 19 - 10 - 0 |
Decent wrestler Excellent boxer Cardio machine |
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Olympic wrestler World class boxer Good gas tank |
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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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Arniquez Montgomery! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonzar Kennedy! The judges for this bout are Ben Hemmingworth, Summer Carpenter and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kennedy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kennedy throws a leg kick which misses Montgomery's front leg but catches the back leg as Montgomery tries to avoid it. The crowd cheers as Montgomery lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kennedy doesn't seem phased though.
It looks like Leonzar Kennedy has been cut. Montgomery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kennedy was well out of range. Poor timing from Montgomery. Montgomery scores with a punch to the head. Kennedy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Montgomery.
Montgomery misses with a right hand and Kennedy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Montgomery throws a hook to the side of Kennedy's head but Kennedy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Montgomery backing away here, and Kennedy unleashes a leg kick that just misses. Montgomery looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Montgomery throws a lazy uppercut
and Kennedy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Montgomery rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kennedy counters with a lovely shot to the body. Montgomery misses with a lunging right hand
and Kennedy counters by clinching up. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Kennedy tries to work over Montgomery's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Kennedy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Montgomery is breathing heavily. A hook to the body from Kennedy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kennedy obliges.
That's one minute gone in the round. Kennedy scores with an uppercut up the middle. Kennedy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. A left hand lands to the body for Kennedy.
Kennedy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Kennedy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Kennedy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Kennedy lands a nice shot to the body. Kennedy drops Montgomery with a big knee straight up the middle! Montgomery is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Montgomery is rocked!
It looks like Arniquez Montgomery has been cut. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A solid leg kick lands there for Kennedy.
Oh Montgomery is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Both fighters circling a little - Kennedy finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. Kennedy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Montgomery stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Kennedy. Kennedy lands a nice hook to Montgomery's body. Montgomery takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Kennedy is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Montgomery hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Leonzar Kennedy!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
88% |
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