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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Deangelo Strickland (ranked 696 p4p, 1454 weight class) and Terrence Bushman (ranked 93 p4p, 183 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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186 cm 29 194 11 - 2 - 0 |
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182 cm 24 193 6 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling Excellent MT Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler Lethal high kicks Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Deangelo Strickland! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Terrence Bushman! The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Marco Blurstr�m and Anni Minnem�ki.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Strickland throws a shot from downtown. Bushman moves away and avoids it. Bushman avoids the body shot from Strickland.
Strickland looks to score with a jab to the body but Bushman is just out of range. Strickland tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. No joy there for Bushman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bushman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Strickland takes one to the chin there. Strickland slips a straight right by Bushman. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Bushman misses with a left hand and Strickland counters with a lovely shot to the body. Bushman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Strickland checks a leg kick nicely. Strickland throwing a counter right hand but Bushman manages to avoid it. Strickland fakes the leg kick and cracks Bushman in the body. Strickland buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Strickland tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bushman was well out of range. Poor timing from Strickland. Bushman on the wrong end of a nice jab. This has been an exciting period of action! Bushman moves out of range as Strickland strikes. Strickland misses with a body kick. We've been told by Strickland's head coaches at Banzai Combat Academy LA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Bushman connects with the punch. Bushman scoring well with a low kick there.
Bushman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Strickland. Strickland lands with a kick to the temple. Bushman shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
 That's one minute gone in the round. Strickland has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him. Bushman lands a nice leg kick that just misses Strickland's sensitive parts.
Bushman lands a big uppercut and Strickland crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Strickland looks OK. Bushman waves Strickland back to his feet!
 Strickland is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Strickland walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Bushman! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Terrence Bushman! A relieved looking Terrence Bushman thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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