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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tom Durant (ranked 1682 p4p, 1034 weight class) and Artemis Rhodes (ranked 53 p4p, 64 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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12 - 6 - 0 |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tom Durant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Artemis Rhodes!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durant fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Rhodes has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Durant misses with an uppercut. Rhodes saw that one coming.
Rhodes throws out a counter right but Durant avoids it with no problem.
Durant fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rhodes looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Durant misses with a leg kick
and Rhodes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Tom Durant has been cut.
Durant lands with a shot to the body.
Rhodes misses with an uppercut. Durant saw that one coming.
Durant scores with the left hand. Rhodes knows he should have avoided that one.
Rhodes moves away from the strike by Durant.
Durant throws a lazy uppercut
letting Rhodes counter with a right hand.
Durant punishes Rhodes's body with a nice straight punch.
Durant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rhodes moves away.
Rhodes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rhodes moves away from the strike by Durant.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Oooooh!!! Rhodes has knocked Durant down with a huge combo! Rhodes steps away and waves a wobbly Durant back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Durant lands with a thumping leg kick.
Durant bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Rhodes's head.
Rhodes on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Durant misses with a low kick.
Nice shot lands for Rhodes.
Tom Durant's cut is getting worse.
Rhodes ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Durant tries to work over Rhodes's front leg with a kick but Rhodes checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhodes keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rhodes throws out a counter right but Durant avoids it with no problem.
Durant takes one to the chin there.
Rhodes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Durant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rhodes closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Durant jabs at Rhodes's body.
Rhodes takes a swing at Durant's ribcage but misses.
Rhodes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Durant.
Durant pushes Rhodes away with a front kick.
Durant jabs Rhodes right on the nose. Rhodes blinks but takes it well.
Durant scores with a sloppy right hand. Rhodes should have avoided that one.
Artemis Rhodes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Durant dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Durant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Durant throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rhodes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rhodes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Durant cracks Rhodes with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Durant throws a head kick but Rhodes moves out of range.
Rhodes swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As Rhodes looks to move away, Durant throws a big counter combo but Rhodes just gets out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes throws out a loose jab but Durant uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durant throws a series of punches but Rhodes avoids them all with ease.
Rhodes misses the body punch
enabling Durant to counter with a crisp jab.
Rhodes looks to throw the jab but Durant is out of range.
Durant throws a leg kick that is checked
and Durant takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Durant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Durant is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Durant connects with an inside leg kick.
Durant throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Rhodes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tom Durant's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Durant moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rhodes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rhodes ducks under a wild hook from Durant.
Rhodes blocks a low kick nicely.
A big right from Rhodes misses.
A swing and a miss from Rhodes.
Durant throws a looping overhand right but Rhodes ducks down to avoid it.
Rhodes throws out a counter right but Durant avoids it with no problem.
Durant misses with a left hand
and Rhodes counters with a stiff right hand.
Durant takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rhodes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rhodes might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Durant staying out of range there.
Durant quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Durant misses with a leg kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rhodes, as that shot connected.
Jeez, Tom Durant's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
A swing and a miss from Rhodes.
Rhodes waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Durant.
Rhodes looks to score with a jab to the body but Durant is just out of range.
Rhodes jabs Durant right on the nose. Durant blinks but takes it well.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tom Durant's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Artemis Rhodes!
Artemis Rhodes made sure to mention his sponsor, Furnace Performance š„ in his post fight interview.
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hype
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RATING
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