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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khabib Ferguson (ranked 1536 p4p, 1168 weight class) and Paul Gasgoine (ranked 96 p4p, 49 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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21 - 15 - 1 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khabib Ferguson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Gasgoine!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, James Glass and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gasgoine does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ferguson slips under a jab from Gasgoine.
Gasgoine fails to land with a series of punches.
Ferguson gets tackled into the cage by Gasgoine. Gasgoine maintains the clinch.
We've been informed that Gasgoine has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Ferguson misses with a punch to the body.
Gasgoine fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ferguson.
Ferguson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ferguson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Gasgoine - that landed with a thud.
Gasgoine blocks an uppercut.
Ferguson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Gasgoine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ferguson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Ferguson misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferguson scores with a shot to the side of Gasgoine's head.
Gasgoine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, Ferguson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ferguson lands with a light punch inside.
Ferguson misses with a punch to the body.
Ferguson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ferguson lands a hook that snaps the head of Gasgoine backwards.
I was talking to Ferguson's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gasgoine's elbow.
Gasgoine throws a punch but it's blocked by Ferguson.
Ferguson tries to work over Gasgoine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ferguson misses with the head strike.
Gasgoine misses with the head strike.
Ferguson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Gasgoine there.
Gasgoine with a hook.
Gasgoine keeps Ferguson at a distance using the push kick.
Gasgoine connects with a solid leg kick.
Ferguson moves out of range as Gasgoine throws a body kick.
Ferguson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Paul Gasgoine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gasgoine throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gasgoine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ferguson counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Khabib Ferguson!
After the fight, Khabib Ferguson was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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