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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Tucker (ranked 1069 p4p, 1704 weight class) and Olivier Dujardin (ranked 142 p4p, 217 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Dujardin's choice of entrance music: Sosa by Leto & Guy2bezbar. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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178 cm 25 182 15 - 5 - 0 |
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179 cm 27 179 13 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Granite chin |
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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 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jeffrey Tucker! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Olivier Dujardin! The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dujardin fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Tucker to the ground. Dujardin is now in Tucker's guard. Dujardin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Dujardin trying to control but Tucker is working from the bottom. Dujardin is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully. Dujardin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Dujardin trying to control but Tucker is working from the bottom. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Dujardin lands a couple of decent looking shots. Tucker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dujardin is one step ahead there. Tucker is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tucker controls Dujardin momentarily but Dujardin frees himself. Dujardin trying to control but Tucker is working from the bottom. Dujardin scoring with punches to the head and body. Dujardin wants to control from the top but Tucker keeps moving. Dujardin connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tucker is on top in guard.
Tucker stays in close to Dujardin's body and controls the position. Dujardin seems keen to control Tucker's posture. Dujardin wants to improve his position but instead Tucker has moved into half guard.
Tucker looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Dujardin is in trouble now - Tucker has advanced to mount! Tucker controlling his opponent. Dujardin tries to hold on but Tucker pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Dujardin is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dujardin sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though. Dujardin is trying to get back to full guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Dujardin controlling the position well. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Still in half guard, Tucker seems content to control. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Olivier Dujardin will probably get the nod. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Tucker takes one to the side of the head.
Dujardin uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Tucker takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tucker throws the left hand but Dujardin avoids the punch easily. Tucker misses with a leg kick and Dujardin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Dujardin avoids the head kick by Tucker.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Tucker defending well as Dujardin loads up on a big left hand. Jeffrey Tucker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Tucker fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tucker lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dujardin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dujardin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's one minute gone in the round. Dujardin shoots in looking for a takedown. Tucker tries to sprawl out of it but Dujardin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tucker manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Tucker misses with a straight right. Tucker throws a jab when Dujardin was well out of range. Tucker moves out of range as Dujardin strikes. Tucker misses with a looping left. Tucker is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dujardin. Tucker throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nice straight punches there by Dujardin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Dujardin. Tucker throws a leg kick that is checked and Dujardin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dujardin. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Dujardin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Dujardin postures up in Tucker's guard and throws a big left but Tucker blocks it. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Dujardin sitting in guard, not really doing much. Dujardin trying to control the position from guard on top but Tucker is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Dujardin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Dujardin is stalling in the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tucker keeping moving, preventing Dujardin from controlling successfully. Tucker wants to improve his position but instead Dujardin has moved into half guard.
Dujardin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tucker defending well though. Tucker is staying active underneath Dujardin, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Dujardin works his way into full mount! Dujardin with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round. BOOM! Dujardin connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Dujardin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Tucker?
BOOM! Dujardin connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Olivier Dujardin has got the better of the ground game so far. Dujardin is landing with some decent strikes but Tucker is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. Dujardin putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Tucker takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Dujardin's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Olivier Dujardin! A victorious Olivier Dujardin thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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