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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Floyd Pennington (ranked 2806 p4p, 3705 weight class) and Will Scherma (ranked 355 p4p, 447 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Floyd Pennington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Will Scherma!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Scherma looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
It looks like Will Scherma has been cut.
Pennington walks into a jab.
Pennington misses with a shot to the body
and Scherma counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Scherma stuns Pennington with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Scherma finds it's way through Pennington's defenses.
A good leg kick by Scherma.
Scherma throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Pennington counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Scherma has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pennington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
I was talking to Pennington's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Scherma wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Scherma lands with a short shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Scherma throws a punch but it's blocked by Pennington.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Scherma.
Pennington has a couple of punches blocked by Scherma.
Nice body punch from Scherma - that landed with a thud.
Pennington stalling against the cage.
Scherma misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pennington manages to break the clinch.
Scherma moves out of range of the body kick from Pennington.
Nice shot by Scherma.
Pennington gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pennington can't find room to land a body shot as Scherma controls the action.
Scherma just leaning against Pennington, taking a breather.
Pennington is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Scherma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Scherma tries to work over Pennington's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Scherma can't find room to land a body shot as Pennington controls the action.
Scherma working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pennington takes a shot to the head.
Pennington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Scherma breaks from the clinch.
Scherma fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pennington, pushing him back against the cage.
Pennington breaks from the clinch.
Pennington throws a hook but Scherma blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scherma swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pennington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid leg kick lands there for Scherma.
Scherma swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pennington counters with a stiff right hand.
Scherma tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Scherma scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Scherma looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Scherma lands with a thumping leg kick.
Pennington misses the shot to the body.
Scherma is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Scherma waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pennington.
Will Scherma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Scherma.
Scherma avoids the body shot from Pennington.
Scherma connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pennington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Scherma.
Scherma attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pennington checks a leg kick.
Scherma throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Scherma has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Pennington scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pennington takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pennington keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Pennington throws a big shot that misses.
Pennington tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Scherma tries to clinch but Pennington is having none of it.
Pennington pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Scherma throws a sloppy head kick and Pennington moves out of range easily.
Scherma doesn't manage to clinch there - Pennington circles away.
Pennington throws the left hand but Scherma avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Pennington misses.
Scherma was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Scherma feints and then cracks Pennington's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pennington down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pennington throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pennington misses with a straight left.
Scherma lands a nice looking body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pennington moves out of range of the leg kick from Scherma.
Scherma throws a head kick that half lands.
A solid leg kick lands there for Scherma.
Scherma scores with a hook to the body. Pennington takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Scherma with the inside leg kick.
Pennington has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Scherma finds it's way round the side to connect with Pennington's head.
Scherma scores with a nice body kick.
Scherma throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pennington.
Pennington works over Scherma's head and body with a nice combination.
Scherma just misses with a punch to the body.
Scherma throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Pennington.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pennington stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Scherma.
Pennington slips a jab and a cross from Scherma.
Pennington is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A clash of legs there as Pennington blocks the low kick.
A nice leg kick from Scherma, right into the meat of the thigh.
Pennington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Scherma throws a half hearted mid kick.
Scherma gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Pennington counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Scherma motions for Pennington to come forward. Scherma throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Scherma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Scherma is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pennington.
Scherma is rocked!
Pennington comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Scherma is still on wobbly legs! Can Pennington finish him?
Scherma looks winded!
Pennington lands a brutal uppercut that launches Scherma off his feet! Scherma tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Floyd Pennington!
Floyd Pennington decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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