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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Stephen King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sheriff Sodje (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sheriff Sodje has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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170 cm
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195 lbs
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186 cm
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190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stephen King! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sheriff Sodje! The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sodje blocks a jab. King defending well as Sodje loads up on a big left hand. Sodje misses with a two punch combination.
Sodje uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King. King throws out a loose jab but Sodje uses good head movement to avoid it. King missing with a left hand there. Sodje was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Nice defenses there by Sodje. King fails with an attempt to clinch.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sodje swats him away and circles back towards the center. Sodje uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King. Sodje misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sodje throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Sodje moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. King really is a fat lump. Sodje connects with a nice looking jab.
King misses the jab. Sodje slips under a jab from King.
That's one minute gone in the round. King misses with a straight right. King looks to throw the jab but Sodje is out of range. King thows a left - swing and a miss! Sodje ducks under a wild hook from King. Sodje defending well as King loads up on a big left hand. King waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sodje. Sodje throws a right hand that King ducks under and follows up with a left that King also avoids with ease. Sodje throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Sodje swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Sodje scores with a punch to the head. King throws a lazy right hand but Sodje sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Sodje misses the shot to the body. King is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sodje's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems. King loads up on a big right hand but Sodje slips the punch. Sodje wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sodje works the jab nicely. Jab by Sodje. Sodje fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from King misses. Sodje drops King with a straight right hand, right on the button! Sodje follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sheriff Sodje!
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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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