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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad (ranked 391 p4p, 781 weight class) and Paulo Roberto (ranked 30 p4p, 65 weight class). Ferkingstad comes to the cage accompanied by Try That In A Small Town. Roberto has chosen Samba de Roda as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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19 - 12 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paulo Roberto!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Roberto cracks Ferkingstad with a nice body shot.
Ferkingstad working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Roberto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Roberto blocking some punches.
I was talking to Ferkingstad's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ferkingstad struggles to land a body shot inside as Roberto controls his hands.
Roberto scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice left hand lands by Roberto.
Ferkingstad has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Roberto trying to land knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Ferkingstad - that landed with a thud.
Roberto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ferkingstad lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Ferkingstad.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Roberto misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ferkingstad.
Roberto is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ferkingstad is defending well for now.
Roberto throws a knee to the head but misses.
A short right from Roberto.
Ferkingstad stalling in the clinch but Roberto improves position.
Ferkingstad can't find room to land a body shot as Roberto controls the action.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferkingstad throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
Ferkingstad misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Roberto lands an uppercut.
Ferkingstad avoiding damage as Roberto throws knees to the body.
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
Roberto blocks the elbow strike.
Ferkingstad lands with a short shot to the head.
Ferkingstad gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Roberto swings wildly with an uppercut but Ferkingstad uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ferkingstad lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ferkingstad fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ferkingstad lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Knees to the body from Roberto.
Roberto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ferkingstad misses with the head strike.
Ferkingstad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferkingstad has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Ferkingstad avoiding damage as Roberto throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferkingstad misses with a body punch.
Ferkingstad tries a body shot but Roberto blocks it.
Roberto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A hook to the body from Ferkingstad.
Roberto trying to land knees to the body.
Roberto misses with a punch on the inside.
Roberto tries to land knees in the clinch but Ferkingstad avoids the damage to the body.
Ferkingstad throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
Ferkingstad misses with some punches.
Ferkingstad blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ferkingstad swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ferkingstad blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ferkingstad misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ferkingstad lands a body punch in the clinch.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Ferkingstad blocks an uppercut.
Roberto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ferkingstad can't find room to land a body shot as Roberto controls the action.
Roberto tries to land a knee to the head but Ferkingstad blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Ferkingstad throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto scores with a shot to the side of Ferkingstad's head.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Roberto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Roberto.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roberto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ferkingstad's brow.
Roberto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Ferkingstad working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Ferkingstad swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Ferkingstads head.
Ferkingstad misses with a punch on the inside.
Ferkingstad goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ferkingstad blocks an elbow strike.
Roberto lands with a right to the head.
Roberto lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ferkingstad is working Roberto over against the cage.
Roberto misses with some punches.
Roberto misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferkingstad blocking some punches.
Ferkingstad scores with a hook to the body.
Roberto makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ferkingstad scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Ferkingstad on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Ferkingstad throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Roberto looks winded!
Ferkingstad blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Ferkingstad fails to land.
Roberto looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Ferkingstad lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ferkingstad.
Ferkingstad lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ferkingstad blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roberto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roberto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A short right from Ferkingstad.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Ferkingstad.
Roberto takes a shot to the head.
Roberto is rocked!
Roberto takes a shot to the head.
Roberto is still on wobbly legs! Can Ferkingstad finish him?
Ferkingstad unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Roberto! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Ferkingstad is unloading with more strikes now! Roberto drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad!
Our winner, Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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
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