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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kent Fredricks (ranked 2389 p4p, 2307 weight class) and Kova Luu (ranked 122 p4p, 89 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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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 15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kent Fredricks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Kova Luu!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fredricks misses with a wild combination.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fredricks.
Luu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fredricks.
Fredricks scores with a shoulder strike.
Luu takes a shot to the head.
Luu unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fredricks lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Luu trying to land knees to the body.
Fredricks can't find room to land a body shot as Luu controls the action.
Fredricks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
I was talking to Fredricks's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Fredricks lands a hook that snaps the head of Luu backwards.
Luu blocks a body shot from Fredricks.
Luu pushes off an throws an elbow but Fredricks leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Luu misses with a knee to the head.
Luu tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fredricks misses with a knee strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Luu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fredricks has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fredricks breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fredricks throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Luu counters with a leg kick.
Luu throws a head kick but Fredricks moves out of range.
A big right from Luu misses.
Luu tries to clinch up but Fredricks circles away and keeps his distance.
Fredricks throwing a counter right hand but Luu manages to avoid it.
Fredricks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luu throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Luu fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luu misses with a body kick.
Fredricks will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fredricks tries a head kick but it misses.
Fredricks lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Fredricks throws a head kick that misses.
Fredricks blocks a head kick by Luu.
Luu explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fredricks checks the leg kick.
Luu is looking to clinch but Fredricks is avoiding it.
Fredricks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fredricks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Luu throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Fredricks moves out of range of the body kick.
Luu lands a head kick. Fredricks smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Luu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fredricks throws a right hand that Luu ducks under and follows up with a left that Luu also avoids with ease.
Luu fakes the leg kick and cracks Fredricks in the body.
Luu throws a nice head kick!
Luu lands a nice looking body kick.
Fredricks is breathing heavily.
Luu misses with a head kick.
Luu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Fredricks fails to land with a series of punches.
Luu turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Fredricks throws a jab when Luu was well out of range.
Fredricks tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fredricks goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Luu takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luu throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fredricks misses with a leg kick
and Luu counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Luu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fredricks misses with a body shot.
Kent Fredricks seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luu lands with a slapping head kick.
Luu looks to land a body kick but Fredricks moved away.
Luu takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Fredricks lands with an uppercut that bounces Luu off the cage and back into range.
Fredricks is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Luu connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fredricks delivers a nice body kick.
Luu bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Luu.
Fredricks will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Luu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice shot by Fredricks.
Luu avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fredricks throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Luu wants to clinch up but Fredricks keeps it at a distance.
Fredricks appears to be looking for a big counter.
Luu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Fredricks takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Fredricks is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Fredricks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Luu just misses with a punch to the body.
Luu throws a sloppy head kick and Fredricks moves out of range easily.
Fredricks throws out a powerful jab.
Fredricks scores with a jab to the head.
Fredricks misses with a body shot.
Fredricks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luu steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Fredricks.
Luu avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fredricks moves out of range of the body kick.
Fredricks dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fredricks throws a sloppy head kick and Luu moves out of range easily.
Luu throws a head kick but Fredricks moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Kova Luu will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Luu slips a jab and a cross from Fredricks.
Luu missing with a left hand there. Fredricks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fredricks swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Luu scores with a nice body kick.
A head kick misses from Luu.
Fredricks is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Fredricks throws a hook but Luu blocks it.
Luu tries to counter with a clinch but Fredricks shakes him off and moves away.
Fredricks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luu clinches.
Luu has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Fredricks seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Luu can turn it around.
Luu trying to land knees to the body.
Luu blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fredricks lands a nice shot to the body.
Fredricks throws a head punch that misses.
Luu throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fredricks stalling against the cage.
Luu tries to land a knee to the head but Fredricks blocks with his arms.
Kent Fredricks has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fredricks throws a knee to the head but misses.
Luu throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Fredricks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luu has a couple of punches blocked by Fredricks.
Luu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fredricks.
A short right from Fredricks on the inside.
Fredricks lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Luu is breathing heavily.
A short right from Fredricks on the inside.
Luu is rocked!
Fredricks dips a shoulder and cracks Luu with a mighty uppercut! Luu falls back against the cage and Fredricks unloads with a barrage of strikes! Luu is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Fredricks screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kent Fredricks!
Kent Fredricks took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Brooklyn Apothecary for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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