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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jeremy King (ranked 1232 p4p, 2329 weight class) and Andre Driver (ranked 89 p4p, 162 weight class). King comes to the cage accompanied by Hail to the King - Avenged Sevenfold. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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178 cm
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jeremy King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Andre Driver!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, David Schapiro and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Driver scores with a jab to the head.
King throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Driver swinging wildly here.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
Driver is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Driver ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Driver.
Driver loads up on a big right hand but King slips the punch.
An attempted straight right counter from King misses the target.
Driver uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
King connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Driver uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
Jeremy King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
King moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
King misses with a hook to the body
and Driver counters with a straight right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
King throws a shot to the body.
Driver throws a series of punches but King moves out of range.
King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Driver manages to avoid it.
Driver lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Driver.
Driver looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Driver walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
King paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
King bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Driver misses with a lunging right hand
and King cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A punch combination from Driver misses.
Driver misses with an uppercut. King saw that one coming.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Driver moves away.
King lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
King wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Driver avoids the body shot from King.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Driver throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King moves away from the strike by Driver.
King was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Driver uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by King.
King misses with a straight right.
Driver misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Driver scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A slow jab from Driver misses its intended target.
King is looking to counter punch.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Driver is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Driver keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from King.
Driver has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
King looks to throw the jab but Driver is out of range.
Driver is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
King changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
King dodges the punch combination from Driver.
Driver takes one to the chin there.
King ducks under a wild hook from Driver.
King dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Driver bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Driver throws a counter combo.
Driver jabbing away but nothing is landing.
King is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
King slips under a jab from Driver.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King cracks a nice hook into Driver's ribs.
King throws a body punch but Driver moves out of range.
King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
King misses with a wild body shot.
Driver looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
King throws a big shot that misses.
Driver pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
King fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
King darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Driver moves away.
King displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Driver throws out the jab.
Driver blocks a jab.
King works the jab nicely.
King wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King with a nice cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Driver throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.
A big left from Driver misses.
King rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Driver counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Driver misses with a body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from King misses the target.
The fighters circling - King throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
King bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Driver's head backwards.
King scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Driver scores with a nice strike.
King scores with a jab. Driver acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Driver is rocked!
King drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Driver's head, knocking him out cold! King is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jeremy King!
An out of breath Jeremy King thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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