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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Colten Brandt (ranked 3930 p4p, 3982 weight class) and Frenkie Chen (ranked 429 p4p, 434 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Colten Brandt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frenkie Chen!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chen lunges at Brandt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brandt's hand.
Chen ducks under a wild hook from Brandt.
Chen lands an overhand right.
Brandt closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Chen's guard.
Brandt scoring with some ground and pound.
Brandt throwing strikes from guard but Chen blocks nicely.
Brandt trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Brandt with a flurry of punches that miss.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Brandt throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Chen works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Chen has his hands on Brandt's head, controlling the position.
Let's hope that Chen has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Brandt throwing strikes but missing.
Chen is pulling down on Brandt's head. It's preventing any offense from Brandt, at least for the moment.
Brandt preventing the sweep.
Brandt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Chen can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen is adopting a defensive guard.
Chen preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Brandt loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brandt chips away with some ground and pound.
Brandt trying to control but Chen is working from the bottom.
Brandt has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Brandt throws a big right hand that misses.
Brandt being controlled here momentarily.
Brandt throwing strikes but missing.
Chen seems keen to control Brandt's posture.
Brandt throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Chen has Brandt pulled in close to control his posture.
Brandt postures up in Chen's guard and throws a big left but Chen blocks it.
Chen has Brandt pulled in close to control his posture.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Brandt's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Brandt throws a big right hand that misses.
Chen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Chen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Chen is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Brandt trying to control but Chen is working from the bottom.
Chen pulls Brandt in close to his closed guard and prevents Brandt from doing any damage or advancing position.
Brandt throwing strikes from guard but Chen blocks nicely.
Brandt being controlled here momentarily.
Chen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brandt working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Chen's head.
Chen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Brandt being controlled here momentarily.
Chen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brandt. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Brandt is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Chen utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Brandt postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Chen trying to control the position here.
Brandt missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brandt trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Chen is trying to control the position but Brandt postures up.
Brandt scoring with some ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Chen holds on and takes a little breather.
Brandt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Chen is looking to sweep but instead, Brandt has passed into half guard.
Brandt thows a huge punch but Chen dodges it nicely.
Chen tries to roll over but Brandt keeps him under control.
Brandt drops an elbow to the side of Chen's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Chen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brandt wants to control but Chen is keeping him busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Colten Brandt dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Chen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Chen blocks a leg kick.
Brandt is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brandt misses with a wild body shot.
Chen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Brandt takes a jab right on the kisser.
Brandt swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fighters circle momentarily. Brandt darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Brandt throws a push kick but Chen slaps the foot to one side.
Chen wants to counter with a clinch but Brandt pushes him away.
Brandt misses with a wild body shot.
Colten Brandt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brandt takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brandt throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chen's waist but Chen gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Brandt off to one side.
Brandt takes a swing at Chen's ribcage but misses.
No luck for Brandt with that takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chen throws a pinpoint strike between Brandt's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Brandt crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Chen scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Frenkie Chen!
Frenkie Chen spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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