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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tom Rice (ranked 4634 p4p, 4571 weight class) and Charles Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tom Rice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Charles Drake!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake throws a hook but Rice blocks it.
Drake looks to score with a jab to the body but Rice is just out of range.
Drake misses with a lunging right hand
and Drake takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rice throws a shot to the body.
Drake misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It looked like Rice was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Rice really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Drake looks to land a combination but Rice avoids it well.
Drake throws the left hand but Rice avoids the punch easily.
Drake throws a leg kick but Rice checks it.
It looked like Rice was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Drake.
Drake misses with a double jab.
Rice slips under a jab.
Drake misses with a looping left.
Rice lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Drake takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rice bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rice throws a body shot but no joy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drake keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Drake tries to land a leg kick but Rice saw it coming and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake throws out a loose jab but Rice uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake misses with a two punch combination.
Rice keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rice feints a jab promting Drake to slip. Rice then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Drake slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Charles Drake has been cut.
Rice is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drake.
Drake shapes to counter with a head kick.
Drake throws a nice looking combination but Rice bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rice swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Drake swinging wildly here.
Drake avoids a punch combination nicely.
Drake throws a head kick that misses.
Rice seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Rice scores with a crisp jab that stopped Drake in his tracks.
Drake fails to land with a series of punches.
Rice wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Drake throws a low kick, looking for Rice's leg but Rice calmly moves out of range.
Rice swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Drake misses with a two punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Drake keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rice misses with a few strikes there.
Drake looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rice lands with a shot to the body.
Drake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice cross by Rice.
Drake smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Drake throws a head kick but Rice moves out of range.
Drake throws a body punch but Rice moves out of range.
Drake takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Drake is rocked!
Drake swinging wildly here.
Drake is still on wobbly legs! Can Rice finish him?
Drake throws a hook but Rice avoids it easily.
Rice swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Drake seems to have recovered his senses.
Drake looks to land a combination but Rice avoids it well.
Rice was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice shot lands for Rice.
Drake doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Drake misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rice lands a body shot.
Rice throws a shot from downtown. Drake moves away and avoids it.
Drake takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rice misses with a two punch combination.
Drake swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice defenses there by Rice.
Drake throws a solid leg kick but Rice takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Drake.
A big right from Rice misses.
Drake throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rice jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Drake misses with the combination.
Drake throws a combination that misses
and Rice counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Drake misses with an uppercut. Rice saw that one coming.
Charles Drake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rice swings for the body but Drake moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Rice.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rice throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rice throws a body shot but no joy.
Drake throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Drake throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rice counters with a nice body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rice. Drake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drake chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Drake swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rice scores with a nice head shot.
Drake throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rice checks a leg kick.
Rice checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Rice misses with a body punch
and Drake counters with a straight right hand.
Drake tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
We've been informed that Drake has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Drake has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rice finds it's way round the side to connect with Drake's head.
Drake goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tom Rice will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Charles Drake's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rice scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rice listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rice throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rice checks a leg kick.
A cross from Rice lands.
Drake feints and then cracks Rice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rice down.
Tom Rice is winning the standup battle so far.
Rice tries to move into range but Drake moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rice lands a glancing blow to the side of Drake's head.
Drake looks to land a body kick but Rice moved away.
Drake tries a head kick but it misses.
Drake misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fighters circling - Rice throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rice lands a nice shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rice misses with a body shot.
Drake now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Drake throws a combination that misses
and Rice counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rice lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rice stalks Drake and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Drake's face. Drake staggers backwards, shaken.
Rice blocks a low kick nicely.
Drake thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rice scores with a nice right hand.
Drake tries a head kick but it misses.
Rice walks into a straight right hand from Drake.
Rice misses with a body shot.
Rice misses with a body shot.
Drake throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rice cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rice. Drake does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drake misses with a body shot.
Rice blocks a jab.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rice darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Drake throws a poor cross that misses
and Rice counters with a right hand to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BOOM! Rice lands a beautiful left hook that drops Drake. Drake tries to recover but Rice is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Drake lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Rice!
Charles Drake was interviewed post fight and said 'Tonight wasn't my night. It's time to go back to the drawing board and figure out what went wrong. I am still young, and I will bounce back'.
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