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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Oscar Bolleke (ranked 76 p4p, 327 weight class) and Bruce Kiwi (ranked 11 p4p, 40 weight class). Bolleke comes to the cage accompanied by RGP - DANG DIGGI BANG. Kiwi has chosen Reaper as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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195 cm 30 190 15 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm 29 186 16 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler World class MT Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Oscar Bolleke! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruce Kiwi! The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kiwi throws a leg kick which misses Bolleke's front leg but catches the back leg as Bolleke tries to avoid it. A big left from Bolleke misses. Kiwi shoots in but no luck this time. Bolleke moves away from the strike by Kiwi. Kiwi throws a lazy uppercut
and Bolleke decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Kiwi's guard. Kiwi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bolleke is one step ahead there. Bolleke pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kiwi is keeping the position for now. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kiwi holds on and takes a little breather. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Bolleke stands up over Kiwi, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. We've been hearing that Bolleke has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish. Bolleke in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Kiwi looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bolleke with a flurry of punches that miss. Bolleke preventing the sweep. Bolleke connects with a couple of short punches. Bolleke lands a couple of digs. Bolleke wants to control from the top but Kiwi keeps moving. Bolleke passes easily into side control. Nice work. Kiwi is looking to reverse the position. Kiwi can't do much from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bolleke advances to mount. Kiwi tries to hold on but Bolleke postures up. Kiwi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Kiwi is working to get back to half guard.
Bolleke dominating with strikes here.
Kiwi is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bolleke softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Kiwi is out cold! Bolleke jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oscar Bolleke! Oscar Bolleke retains his middleweight title! During a confident post fight interview, Oscar Bolleke thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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