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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roman Francis (ranked 3611 p4p, 2557 weight class) and Esteban Mondragon (ranked 189 p4p, 121 weight class). Esteban Mondragon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Roman Francis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Esteban Mondragon!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mondragon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Mondragon fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Francis throwing a counter right hand but Mondragon manages to avoid it.
Francis misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mondragon is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Francis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mondragon.
Mondragon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Francis looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Francis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mondragon wants to counter with a clinch but Francis pushes him away.
Nice uppercut lands for Francis. That snapped Mondragon's head back.
Francis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Francis uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mondragon.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Francis throws a body kick that misses.
Mondragon checks the leg kick.
Francis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mondragon blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Mondragon misses the target.
Mondragon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Francis takes one to the side of the head.
Mondragon avoids the body shot from Francis.
Francis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mondragon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Francis looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Francis lands a nice looking body kick.
Francis throws a sloppy head kick and Mondragon moves out of range easily.
Francis forces Mondragon back against the cage and clinches.
Mondragon wants a takedown.
Mondragon tries to land knees in the clinch but Francis avoids the damage to the body.
Mondragon stalling the fight.
Francis misses with a punch to the body.
Esteban Mondragon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mondragon tries to stall but Francis uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Francis on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Francis has a couple of punches blocked by Mondragon.
Mondragon blocking some punches.
Mondragon wants to stall.
Francis gets through Mondragon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Francis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mondragon blocking some punches.
Mondragon slowing the pace effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Francis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Francis working aggressively here.
Francis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Francis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mondragon's elbow.
Mondragon lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Francis.
Mondragon pressing his opponent against the cage.
Francis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Roman Francis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Francis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight for Roman Francis!
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight for Roman Francis!
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight for Roman Francis!
Roman Francis wins by unanimous decision!
During a confident post fight interview, Roman Francis 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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FIGHT
RATING
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