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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Forelli (ranked 5060 p4p, 3823 weight class) and Francisco Terrell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francisco Terrell has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mike Forelli's chin.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mike Forelli!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Francisco Terrell!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Forelli tries to bum rush Terrell with a series of wild strikes but Terrell uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Forelli.
Terrell looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Terrell forces Forelli back against the cage and clinches.
Terrell digs a right hand underneath Forelli's ribcage. Forelli let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Terrell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Forelli blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Terrell.
Terrell leaning his opponent against the cage.
Terrell lands a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terrell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Forelli backwards.
Terrell gets through Forelli's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Forelli can't break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terrell misses with some punches.
Terrell pushes Forelli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Forelli blocks an uppercut.
Forelli blocking some punches.
Terrell makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Forelli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Forelli tries to break free but Terrell pushes him back against the cage.
Terrell lands a left hand.
Terrell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Terrell stalling.
Terrell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Forelli looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Terrell is pushing Forelli up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Terrell avoiding damage.
Terrell continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terrell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Terrell should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Forelli wants to get back to striking at distance but Terrell won't allow it.
Terrell misses with the head strike.
Terrell is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Terrell has a couple of punches blocked by Forelli.
Terrell fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Terrell.
Terrell lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Terrell is struggling to control the position.
A short right from Terrell on the inside.
Terrell throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Forelli.
Terrell misses with a hook from the clinch.
Terrell misses with some punches.
Forelli wants to break the clinch but can't.
Terrell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Terrell lands a right hand that snaps the head of Forelli backwards.
Terrell working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Terrell.
Terrell lands a hook to the side of the head.
Terrell has Forelli pushed against the cage.
Terrell lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Forelli wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Terrell lands a nice shot to the body.
Forelli is breathing heavily.
Terrell lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terrell lands with a light punch inside.
Terrell lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Forelli backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Terrell gets through Forelli's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Terrell scores with a nice hook to the head.
Terrell manages to break the clinch.
Terrell clinches up with Forelli and pushes him back against the cage.
Terrell lands a nice uppercut.
Terrell scores with a shoulder strike.
Terrell lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Terrell breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Terrell takes the fight into the clinch.
Terrell pushes Forelli back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Terrell working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Terrell softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Forelli is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Francisco Terrell dominated that round.
That's time! Forelli's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Terrell forces Forelli back against the cage and clinches.
Terrell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Terrell pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Terrell gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Forelli.
Terrell rushes Forelli and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Terrell lands a shoulder strike.
Terrell manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Terrell working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Terrell lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Terrell throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Forellis head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Terrell.
Terrell lands with a light punch inside.
Terrell digs a right hand into Forelli's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Forelli's gas tank.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Terrell throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Forellis head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terrell throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Terrell manages to break the clinch.
Terrell takes the fight into the clinch.
A short right from Terrell on the inside.
Terrell lands with a left to the head.
Terrell lands a body shot in the clinch.
Terrell lands with a short shot to the head.
Oh Forelli is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A shot in the inside from Terrell.
Terrell lands with a short shot to the head.
Forelli's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Terrell lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Forelli to his knees! Terrell keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francisco Terrell!
Mike Forelli was interviewed post fight and said 'Looks like it was my last lunch..'.
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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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