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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trevina Gunter (ranked 2994 p4p, 3897 weight class) and Larry Lungfish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Larry Lungfish will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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198 cm 32 210 3 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm 28 205 4 - 8 - 0 |
Great wrestler Solid boxing Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt Excellent boxer Solid chin |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trevina Gunter! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Larry Lungfish! The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, John Roberts and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gunter avoids the body shot from Lungfish.
Gunter connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Lungfish gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Gunter sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lungfish's guard. Gunter works his foot free and advances to mount. Gunter fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
We've been hearing good reports from Gunter's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today. Gunter looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet. Lungfish wants to try and get back to his feet. Gunter content just to control the position here. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Gunter landing strikes, looking to finish! Lungfish is in a horrible position here. Gunter smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lungfish looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Gunter scores with a couple of good head shots there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gunter looking to control and managing it successfully. Gunter raining down hammerfists from mount. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Gunter in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Lungfish is in a horrible position here. Gunter smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Gunter controlling from the full mount. Lungfish trying desperately to get to his feet.
Gunter dominating with strikes here. Gunter cracks Lungfish with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lungfish is in a horrible position here. Gunter smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Lungfish is rocked! Gunter has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lungfish's face.
Lungfish is still in real trouble! Can Gunter finish him? This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Gunter controlling from the full mount. Gunter postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Lungfish in real trouble here! The ref calls for Lungfish to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trevina Gunter! In his post fight interview, Trevina Gunter started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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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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RATING
80% |
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