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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fela Kuti (ranked 3053 p4p, 1938 weight class) and Dominic Lloyd (ranked 383 p4p, 263 weight class). Kuti comes to the cage accompanied by Expensive Shit. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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12 - 13 - 0 |
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
Powerful |
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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 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fela Kuti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dominic Lloyd!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuti ducks under a wild hook from Lloyd.
Lloyd misses with a looping right.
Kuti tries to move into range but Lloyd moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kuti throws a looping overhand right but Lloyd ducks down to avoid it.
Kuti waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lloyd.
Lloyd throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lloyd takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice uppercut lands for Lloyd. That snapped Kuti's head back.
Kuti ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuti throws a lazy uppercut
and Lloyd counters with a stiff right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lloyd ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kuti swings for the body but Lloyd moves out of range.
Kuti misses with a straight left.
Lloyd slips a straight right by Kuti.
Lloyd misses with a hook.
Lloyd misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kuti.
Lloyd clobbers Kuti with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kuti avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A swing and a miss from Kuti.
Lloyd pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuti misses with an uppercut. Lloyd saw that one coming.
Lloyd's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Kuti connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lloyd scrambles back to his feet.
Lloyd throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kuti stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kuti misses with a straight right.
Lloyd fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kuti checks it well.
Kuti misses with a hook. Lloyd ducked under it nicely.
Kuti slips under a jab from Lloyd.
Lloyd throws a big shot that misses.
Kuti lands a lovely overhand right.
Kuti throws out a loose jab but Lloyd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kuti on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A decent looking cross lands there for Lloyd.
Lloyd displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kuti throws out the jab.
Kuti throws a jab but it's blocked by Lloyd.
No joy there for Kuti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lloyd throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Kuti is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lloyd connects with a solid leg kick.
Kuti lands with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd slips under a jab.
Kuti scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Kuti slips under a jab from Lloyd.
Kuti scores with a shot to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Kuti.
Kuti bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lloyd's head backwards.
Lloyd misses with a body shot.
Kuti misses the shot to the body.
Lloyd ducks under a wild hook from Kuti.
Kuti swings widly with a right hand
letting Lloyd counter with a right hand.
Lloyd lands with a hook. Kuti tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A big left from Kuti misses.
Lloyd blocks a jab.
Lloyd jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lloyd throws a right and a left that Kuti avoids nicely.
Lloyd blocks a jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Kuti checks a leg kick.
Kuti blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd ducks under a wild hook from Kuti.
A lazy left from Kuti finds it's target.
Lloyd dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lloyd misses with a hook.
Kuti uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lloyd.
Fela Kuti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lloyd slips under a jab.
It seemed like Lloyd was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Kuti ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Kuti staying out of range there.
Kuti misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lloyd.
A telegraphed right hand from Lloyd misses the target.
Lloyd ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuti moves away.
Kuti bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lloyd's head backwards.
Kuti throws a shot from downtown. Lloyd moves away and avoids it.
Lloyd lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kuti circles away quickly and effectively.
Kuti seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Kuti throws the left hand but Lloyd avoids the punch easily.
Kuti works Lloyd's body with a nice hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lloyd looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Lloyd bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lloyd.
Lloyd lands with a slapping head kick.
Kuti tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Kuti misses with a looping right.
Kuti throws a right hand that Lloyd ducks under and follows up with a left that Lloyd also avoids with ease.
Lloyd lands a nice looking body shot.
Lloyd waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuti.
Kuti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lloyd moves away.
Kuti connects with a crisp jab.
Lloyd tests Kuti's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Kuti avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lloyd takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Kuti thuds his right hand into Lloyd's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Kuti ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lloyd moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from Kuti does it's job there.
Lloyd uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kuti.
Kuti connects with a combination that backs up Lloyd into the cage. Kuti lands a flurry of punches that gets past Lloyd's guard. Lloyd is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Kuti bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fela Kuti!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Fela Kuti made sure he mentioned Brooklyn Apothecary, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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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
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