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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Deer Hunter (ranked 1187 p4p, 1893 weight class) and Jake Paulson (ranked 118 p4p, 183 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Deer Hunter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Paulson!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunter lunges at Paulson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Paulson's hand.
Paulson throws a head kick that misses
and Hunter counters with a nice kick to the body.
Paulson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunter connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Hunter misses with a right hand
and Paulson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hunter slips under a jab from Paulson.
Paulson misses with a double jab.
It looked like Hunter wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Paulson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Paulson steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Hunter.
A big left from Hunter misses.
Hunter blocks a jab.
We've been told by Hunter's head coaches at 3Band MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Paulson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hunter.
Paulson throws a right hand that Hunter ducks under and follows up with a left that Hunter also avoids with ease.
Hunter looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Paulson moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter lands an elbow inside that Paulson shrugs off.
Hunter can't break the clinch.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hunter throws an elbow but it misses.
Hunter looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Hunter fails to land.
Hunter misses with some punches.
Hunter has a couple of punches blocked by Paulson.
Hunter misses with a punch on the inside.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hunter working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but Hunter blocks with his arms.
Paulson blocks an uppercut.
Paulson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hunter missing with knees to the body.
Hunter misses with a body punch.
Hunter misses with some punches.
Hunter utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hunter tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hunter lands a hook that snaps the head of Paulson backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paulson connects with a knee to the head.
Hunter misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Paulson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hunter avoids it.
Hunter wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short right from Paulson.
Hunter throws a punch but it's blocked by Paulson.
Paulson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hunter missing with knees to the body.
Hunter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Paulson keeps control of Hunter as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Paulson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Paulson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hunter breaks the clinch.
Paulson lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Paulson misses with a combination
and Hunter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Paulson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hunter can pounce on him.
Paulson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunter.
Hunter takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hunter lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Paulson throws a hook to the side of Hunter's head but Hunter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Paulson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Hunter stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Paulson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Paulson misses with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter misses with a body shot.
Hunter misses with a kick to the body.
Hunter throws an off balance right hand
and Paulson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hunter misses with a leg kick.
Hunter avoids the head kick by Paulson.
A quick step to the side and Hunter tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hunter thows a leg kick but Paulson checks it
and Paulson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hunter is rocked!
Paulson fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Hunter out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Jake Paulson!
After the big win, Jake Paulson made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Un-Kaged Nutrition and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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