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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sol Fitzsimmons (ranked 2110 p4p, 2944 weight class) and Beaudell Beckham Jr (ranked 332 p4p, 430 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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187 cm 37 215 26 - 21 - 1 |
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180 cm 37 200 11 - 7 - 1 |
Good wrestling Excellent boxer Very quick |
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Excellent grappler World class MT 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 26 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sol Fitzsimmons! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Beaudell Beckham Jr! The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Fitzsimmons lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Beckham Jr throws a right hand that Fitzsimmons ducks under and follows up with a left that Fitzsimmons also avoids with ease. Fitzsimmons half committed to a counter leg kick. Fitzsimmons jabs Beckham Jr to the body, keeping him at a distance. Fitzsimmons misses with a jab to the body
and Fitzsimmons takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Fitzsimmons avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Beckham Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fitzsimmons circles away quickly and effectively. A quick step to the side and Fitzsimmons tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect. Fitzsimmons connects with a body shot. Beckham Jr misses with a hook
and Fitzsimmons counters with a right hand to the body. Fitzsimmons keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fitzsimmons dips down and scores with a jab to the body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Fitzsimmons tests Beckham Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot. Fitzsimmons punishes Beckham Jr's body with a nice straight punch. Beckham Jr defending well as Fitzsimmons loads up on a big left hand. Beckham Jr chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fitzsimmons can pounce on him.
Fitzsimmons slips a straight right by Beckham Jr. Fitzsimmons moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. A combination from Beckham Jr does no damage. Beckham Jr misses with a few strikes there.
Fitzsimmons lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Good shot there by Fitzsimmons. Beckham Jr tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Beckham Jr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fitzsimmons wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Fitzsimmons digs a good hook to Beckham Jr's body.
Fitzsimmons fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Fitzsimmons slips under a jab from Beckham Jr. Fitzsimmons throws a body shot but no joy. Fitzsimmons misses with a wild body shot. Fitzsimmons ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beckham Jr moves away. Fitzsimmons just misses with a punch to the body.
Fitzsimmons ducks under a wild hook from Beckham Jr. Fitzsimmons just misses with a punch to the body.
Beckham Jr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Fitzsimmons ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beckham Jr moves away. Beckham Jr throws a big counter head kick but Fitzsimmons avoids it with no problem. Fitzsimmons looks to land a left hand but Beckham Jr moved out of range nicely. Beckham Jr walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fitzsimmons ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beckham Jr moves away. Beckham Jr avoids the head kick by Fitzsimmons.
Beckham Jr moves into range and connects with a jab. Fitzsimmons throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Beckham Jr throws an overhand right that lands on Fitzsimmons's shoulder, as Fitzsimmons tries to avoid the shot. An attempted straight right counter from Fitzsimmons misses the target. Fitzsimmons throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Fitzsimmons lands a nice looking body kick. Fitzsimmons throws a shot to the body.
Beckham Jr misses with a looping right. Beckham Jr throws a jab but it's blocked by Fitzsimmons. Beckham Jr slips under a jab. Fitzsimmons throws a looping overhand right but Beckham Jr ducks down to avoid it. Beckham Jr throws a nice looking combination but Fitzsimmons bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Fitzsimmons tests Beckham Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot. Beckham Jr looks to land a left hand but Fitzsimmons moved out of range nicely. Fitzsimmons ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beckham Jr moves away. Beckham Jr tries to bum rush Fitzsimmons with a series of wild strikes but Fitzsimmons uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Beckham Jr throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fitzsimmons darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Fitzsimmons ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beckham Jr moves away. Fitzsimmons takes one to the side of the head.
Fitzsimmons stuns Beckham Jr with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Nice defenses there by Beckham Jr. A looping hook to the body misses from Fitzsimmons. Beckham Jr does a little dance to reset his feet. Fitzsimmons slips a jab and a cross from Beckham Jr.
Fitzsimmons throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fitzsimmons on the wrong end of a nice jab. Fitzsimmons throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beckham Jr lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fitzsimmons circles away quickly and effectively. Fitzsimmons looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Beckham Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fitzsimmons's hands. Beckham Jr throws the left hand but Fitzsimmons avoids the punch easily. Fitzsimmons connects with a crisp jab. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Fitzsimmons waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beckham Jr. Beckham Jr doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Fitzsimmons displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beckham Jr throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Fitzsimmons throws a shot from downtown. Beckham Jr moves away and avoids it. Beckham Jr tries to counter by closing the distance. Fitzsimmons throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beckham Jr looks to land a left hand but Fitzsimmons moved out of range nicely. Fitzsimmons showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beckham Jr.
Beckham Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Beckham Jr's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fitzsimmons connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Beckham Jr scrambles back to his feet. A swing and a miss from Beckham Jr. Beckham Jr throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Fitzsimmons throws a hook but Beckham Jr blocks it. Beckham Jr gets tackled into the cage by Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons maintains the clinch. Beckham Jr breaks from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Beckham Jr connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fitzsimmons's hands. Fitzsimmons gets a clinch. Both fighters working to control the clinch. Fitzsimmons works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Beckham Jr dodges an elbow strike from Fitzsimmons.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sol Fitzsimmons dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Beckham Jr ducks under a wild hook from Fitzsimmons. Beckham Jr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Fitzsimmons is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Beckham Jr can do to turn this around? Fitzsimmons's corner calls for a 1-2. Fitzsimmons obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Nice uppercut lands for Fitzsimmons. That snapped Beckham Jr's head back.
It looks like Beaudell Beckham Jr has been cut. Fitzsimmons slips under a jab from Beckham Jr. Fitzsimmons pivots, looking for a leg kick but Beckham Jr is out of range and Fitzsimmons settles back down. Beckham Jr throws a right and a left that Fitzsimmons avoids nicely. A big left from Beckham Jr misses. Fitzsimmons stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Fitzsimmons tries to clinch there but Beckham Jr circles away.
Beckham Jr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Fitzsimmons jabbing away but nothing is landing. As Fitzsimmons backs off Beckham Jr throws a huge counter combo but Fitzsimmons manages to avoid it all. Fitzsimmons throws a body punch but Beckham Jr moves out of range. Fitzsimmons throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beckham Jr sees it coming and avoids it easily. Beckham Jr avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Beckham Jr thuds a left hand into Fitzsimmons's body. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Fitzsimmons throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round. Beckham Jr blocks a jab. Fitzsimmons jabs Beckham Jr right on the nose. Beckham Jr blinks but takes it well. Beckham Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fitzsimmons moves away. Beckham Jr blocks a head kick by Fitzsimmons.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Beckham Jr, as that shot connected.
Beaudell Beckham Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Fitzsimmons ducks under a wild hook from Beckham Jr. Beckham Jr connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fitzsimmons momentarily.
Fitzsimmons throws a poor cross that misses
and Beckham Jr counters with a left right combination that sends Fitzsimmons crashing to the mat - Beckham Jr wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Fitzsimmons out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Beaudell Beckham Jr!
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