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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bo Duran (ranked 2 p4p, 66 weight class) and Artemis Entreri (ranked 1 p4p, 11 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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190 cm 30 210 23 - 3 - 0 |
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191 cm 29 215 19 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler World class MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 23 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bo Duran! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Artemis Entreri! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Duran ducks under a wild hook from Entreri. Duran looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Entreri throws a hook but Duran blocks it. Duran throwing a counter right hand but Entreri manages to avoid it. Entreri 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. Entreri turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Entreri throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Duran stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Entreri throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Entreri lands with a shot to the body. Entreri wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Entreri scores with a nice right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Entreri. Duran does a little dance to reset his feet. Duran throwing a counter right hand but Entreri manages to avoid it. Entreri throws out a loose jab but Duran uses good head movement to avoid it. An attempted straight right counter from Duran misses the target. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Entreri throws a body shot but no joy. Entreri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Duran appears to be looking for a big counter. Entreri fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Duran. Entreri misses the body punch enabling Duran to counter with a crisp jab. Entreri throws a shot from downtown. Duran moves away and avoids it. It looked like Duran was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Entreri.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Entreri throws out a loose jab but Duran uses good head movement to avoid it. Duran moves away from the strike by Entreri. Entreri throws a poor cross that misses
and Duran counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Good leg kick by Entreri. Entreri throws a hook but Duran blocks it. An attempted straight right counter from Duran misses the target. Entreri dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Entreri lands with a good body shot. Duran takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Duran uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Entreri. Duran was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Entreri smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Entreri misses with a leg kick and Duran counters with a straight right hand. Entreri looks to land a right hand but Duran moved out of range. Entreri misses with an uppercut
and Duran counters with a left to the body. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Entreri throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A quick step to the side and Duran tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Entreri throws a lazy uppercut
and Duran counters with a left to the body. Entreri digs a good body shot into Duran's ribs. Entreri lands a nice leg kick that just misses Duran's sensitive parts. Entreri throws a lazy uppercut
and Duran counters with a huge left! Entreri is in big trouble! He's backing up but Duran isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Entreri from any more damage. A dominating finish by Duran!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bo Duran! Bo Duran retains his light heavyweight title! A victorious Bo Duran thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. Artemis Entreri was interviewed post fight and said 'Nice shot man, we'll roll it back some time.'.
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