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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Gunnarsson (ranked 856 p4p, 1220 weight class) and Peter Piper (ranked 128 p4p, 177 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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193 cm 26 205 9 - 7 - 0 |
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189 cm 25 220 7 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt World class MT Powerful |
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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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Gunnarsson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Piper! The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, John Kavanagh and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Piper looks to throw the jab but Gunnarsson is out of range. Gunnarsson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Gunnarsson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Piper takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. A jab from Piper finds it's way through Gunnarsson's defenses. Piper moves into the clinch. Piper's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Piper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gunnarsson blocking some punches.
Piper misses with a punch on the inside.
Piper misses with a short punch on the inside. A head punch on the inside from Gunnarsson fails to land. Piper is working Gunnarsson over against the cage. Gunnarsson misses with the head strike.
Gunnarsson lands with a short head shot on the inside. Piper taking a breather. Gunnarsson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Piper misses with a short punch on the inside. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Gunnarsson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Piper's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! A head punch blocked on the inside by Gunnarsson. Gunnarsson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Piper looks winded! A head punch blocked on the inside by Gunnarsson. Gunnarsson lands a body punch in the clinch. Piper has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gunnarsson seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Piper can turn it around. Gunnarsson lands with a right to the head. Gunnarsson gets through Piper's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Piper prevents a body shot from Gunnarsson. Gunnarsson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Piper sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. Gunnarsson works the jab nicely. Gunnarsson lands with a nice body punch. Gunnarsson cracks Piper with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Piper tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Gunnarsson pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Piper is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gunnar Gunnarsson! Our winner, Gunnar Gunnarsson, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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
63% |
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