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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert MacArthur Jnr (ranked 3012 p4p, 3137 weight class) and Dubson Strickland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacArthur Jnr comes to the cage accompanied by barbarian pipe band. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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199 cm 51 250 55 - 36 - 1 |
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198 cm 29 262 4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 55 - 36 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert MacArthur Jnr! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dubson Strickland! The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Strickland ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. A head kick misses from MacArthur Jnr. Strickland is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. MacArthur Jnr lands a nice looking body shot.
Strickland uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by MacArthur Jnr.
MacArthur Jnr will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
MacArthur Jnr throws a hook to the side of Strickland's head but Strickland sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. MacArthur Jnr misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Strickland.
Strickland steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from MacArthur Jnr. A big left from MacArthur Jnr misses. MacArthur Jnr misses with a body kick. MacArthur Jnr throws a leg kick but Strickland sees it coming and moves out of range. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Strickland drops MacArthur Jnr with a beautiful combination! MacArthur Jnr stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Strickland is looking for the KO!
It looks like Robert MacArthur Jnr has been cut. 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! A lazy left from Strickland finds it's target. MacArthur Jnr throws a body punch but Strickland moves out of range. Strickland throws a perfectly timed hook that sends MacArthur Jnr crashing down! MacArthur Jnr tries to stagger back to his feet but Strickland just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused MacArthur Jnr asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dubson Strickland!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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