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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiff Sanford (ranked 305 p4p, 449 weight class) and JD Drake (ranked 37 p4p, 62 weight class). Sanford's entrance music is Body Count - Body Count's in the House. A fine choice. Drake has chosen Born in the USA by - Bruce Springstein as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tiff Sanford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, JD Drake!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Drake. Sanford does a little dance to reset his feet.
A quick step to the side and Sanford tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Drake throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanford counters with a nice kick to the body.
We've been told by Sanford's head coaches at Chikara MMA Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Sanford looking to land some kicks to the body here.
It seemed like Drake was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Drake misses with an uppercut
and Sanford counters with a good, hard body kick but Drake shrugs it off.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
Sanford moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Drake has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Drake looks winded!
Sanford scores with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanford lands with a thumping leg kick.
A shot to the body from Drake misses
and Sanford makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Drake really felt that one!
Sanford lands a right hook to the body.
Sanford misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Sanford.
Drake lands a jab to Sanford's midsection.
Drake throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sanford counters with a nice leg kick.
Drake moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
It looks like JD Drake has been cut.
Sanford scores with a kick to the body.
Sanford moves into the clinch successfully.
Sanford throws a head punch that misses.
Sanford lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sanford lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sanford lands with a right to the head.
Sanford misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Drake.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sanford fails to land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Drake is trying to push Sanford away but Sanford has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sanford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Drake's elbow.
Drake wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanford.
Sanford throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Drake blocks it with crossed arms.
A short left from Sanford.
Sanford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sanford tries a body shot but Drake blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sanford.
Sanford tries to land a knee to the head but Drake blocks with his arms.
Sanford lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Sanford lands a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake blocks a body shot from Sanford.
Drake on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Sanford.
Sanford lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drake or not.
Drake prevents a body shot from Sanford.
Drake wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good body shot from Sanford.
A right hand to the body from Sanford.
Sanford lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sanford misses with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sanford fails to land.
Sanford has Drake pressed against the cage, preventing Drake from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Drake managing to block the knees to the body from Sanford.
Sanford working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanford.
Sanford lands a hook that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Sanford working Drake over with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Sanford as the two fighters clinch.
A right hand to the body from Sanford.
Sanford lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sanford lands an uppercut.
Sanford drops Drake with a big knee straight up the middle! Drake is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Drake is rocked!
A chopping leg kick lands by Sanford.
Drake misses with a double jab.
Sanford has closed the distance and engaged Drake in a clinch.
Sanford gets through Drake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Sanford - that landed with a thud.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tiff Sanford dominated that round.
The cut man is working on JD Drake's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sanford Throws a clean left jab. Sanford Twirls his body and connects with a Spinning Back Fist that connects flush with Drake's chin! Drake crumbles to the ground and Sanford follows up with some unanswered strikes. It's all over!! Nice standup skills displayed by Sanford!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tiff Sanford!
A relieved looking Tiff Sanford thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated JD Drake had this to say: 'It's Miller Time'.
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hype
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RATING
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