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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Israel Adesanya (ranked 925 p4p, 3176 weight class) and Antoine Milfort (ranked 145 p4p, 470 weight class). Adesanya comes to the cage accompanied by Israel Adesanya Entrance Music. Milfort has chosen Whiskey Myers - Bar, Guitar and a Honky Tonk Crowd. as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Antoine Milfort acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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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 14 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Israel Adesanya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Antoine Milfort!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Milfort misses the target.
A big right from Milfort misses.
Adesanya is looking to chop away at Milfort's legs.
Milfort swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Adesanya lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Milfort fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Adesanya has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Milfort pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jab, jab by Milfort - just one landing.
Adesanya throws a right and a left that both miss.
Adesanya moves into the clinch.
Milfort misses with a hook from the clinch.
Adesanya is trying to push Milfort away but Milfort has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Adesanya has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Milfort trying to stall but Adesanya improves his position.
Adesanya can't break the clinch.
Adesanya wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Milfort has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Adesanya escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Adesanya lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Milfort circles away quickly and effectively.
Adesanya fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Milfort is out of range.
Milfort misses with an uppercut.
Adesanya throws a big counter combination but Milfort scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Some bone on bone action there as Adesanya checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Milfort throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Adesanya counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Adesanya checks a leg kick nicely.
Milfort connects with a leg kick.
A punch combination from Milfort misses.
Milfort throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Adesanya to counter with a crisp jab.
Adesanya slips a straight right by Milfort.
Some wild striking there from Adesanya.
Milfort is looking to slow Adesanya down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milfort misses with a right hand
letting Adesanya counter with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A combination from Adesanya does no damage.
Milfort takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Milfort ducks under a wild hook from Adesanya.
Milfort bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Adesanya's head.
It looks like Israel Adesanya has been cut.
Milfort misses with a wild body shot.
Adesanya connects with a nice looking jab.
Adesanya connects with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Milfort. Adesanya does a little dance to reset his feet.
Adesanya moves into the clinch successfully.
A frustrated look appears on Adesanya's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Milfort as the two fighters clinch.
Milfort working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Adesanya breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adesanya shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Adesanya ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Milfort moves away.
Nice body kick from Milfort.
Nice jab there from Adesanya.
Adesanya moves out of range of the body kick from Milfort.
Milfort scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Adesanya doesn't seem bothered though.
We've been told by Adesanya's head coaches at 020 Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Milfort scores with a nice strike.
Milfort lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Milfort thuds a left hand into Adesanya's body.
Adesanya lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Adesanya on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Israel Adesanya's cut is getting worse.
Adesanya tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Milfort misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Milfort throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As Milfort looks to move away, Adesanya throws a big counter combo but Milfort just gets out of the way.
Adesanya just misses with a punch to the body.
Milfort lands a leg kick that knocks Adesanya off balance momentarily.
Adesanya misses with a head kick.
Nice shot by Milfort.
Adesanya throws a series of punches but Milfort moves out of range.
Milfort lands a big uppercut and Adesanya crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Adesanya looks OK. Milfort waves Adesanya back to his feet!
Adesanya is rocked!
Adesanya is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Milfort doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Adesanya crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Adesanya's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Antoine Milfort!
Antoine Milfort thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Israel Adesanya spoke after the fight, saying 'Ya me conoces mantengo la misma energía. Estoy agradecido y orgulloso, pero sabes que la mierda pasa. Es una gran historia para él, pero no ha terminado, esto sigue siendo una guerra. Felicidades a él y a su equipo. Gracias a todos por venir, nos vemos la próxima vez, adiós.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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