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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Rockhold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Casimiri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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186 cm
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200 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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180 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luke Rockhold ! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mike Casimiri! The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Rockhold avoids the head kick by Casimiri.
Rockhold moves into the clinch. Casimiri gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Rockhold .
Rockhold leaning his opponent against the cage. Casimiri tries to break free but Rockhold pushes him back against the cage. Casimiri is trying to break the clinch but Rockhold is controlling him. Rockhold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Rockhold scores a takedown into full mount! Rockhold unloading with bombs! Rockhold landing punches. Rockhold working the ground and pound effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round. Casimiri really wants to buck Rockhold off and get back to his feet. Rockhold fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Casimiri is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Rockhold working for a submission but Casimiri is keeping him at bay.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Rockhold with the ground and pound from mount. Rockhold 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. Rockhold lands a nice shot to the head. Rockhold punishing his opponent with strikes. The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Rockhold breaks from Casimiri's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Casimiri is rocked! Casimiri looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Rockhold loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Casimiri scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Rockhold land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Rockhold stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Rockhold !
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C
A |
G |
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B |
G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
64% |
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