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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Forrest Gump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Rock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gump comes to the cage accompanied by DJ Khaled -All I do is win. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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205 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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214 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Forrest Gump!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Rock!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gump jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gump.
Rock has closed the distance and engaged Gump in a clinch.
Rock tries for a takedown. No joy.
Rock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gump blocks it with crossed arms.
Rock prevents Gump from breaking the clinch.
Gump has had enough of the clinch but Rock keeps him there for the moment.
Rock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gump.
Gump is trying to break the clinch but Rock is controlling him.
Rock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Forrest Gump has been cut.
Gump is looking to break free of the clinch but Rock has double underhooks.
Gump can't break the clinch.
Rock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rock utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Rock has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gump is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Gump takes a knee to the side of the body.
Gump is trying to break the clinch but Rock has him pressed against the cage.
Gump prevents a takedown attempt there.
Forrest Gump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Rock.
Rock with a knee to the head.
Rock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gump.
Rock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rock wants to clinch up but Gump keeps it at a distance.
Gump throws a big shot that misses.
Rock shoots in and bounces Gump off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rock throwing strikes from guard but Gump blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gump preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rock throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gump works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rock accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gump looking for a sweep. Not yet Gump, not yet.
Rock controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Rock loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rock gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Rock ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gump paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gump swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gump throws a series of punches but Rock avoids them all with ease.
Gump throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rock clinches up with Gump and pushes him back against the cage.
Gump wants to get back to striking at distance but Rock won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Gump's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gump is trying to break free.
Gump's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gump throws a hook to the side of Rock's head but Rock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rock takes one to the side of the head.
Gump looks to land a left hand but Rock moved out of range nicely.
Rock clinches with his opponent.
Rock lands a nice knee to the body.
Gump tries to break free but Rock pushes him back against the cage.
Rock breaks from the clinch.
Rock moves in looking to clinch but Gump pushes him off.
Gump throws a jab but it's blocked by Rock.
Rock takes the fight into the clinch.
Rock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gump misses the shot to the body.
Rock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gump moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gump throws a looping overhand right but Rock ducks down to avoid it.
Rock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gump lands a right hook to the body.
Rock looks gassed!
Gump throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gump tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rock was well out of range. Poor timing from Gump.
Gump throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rock scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Gump uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rock has time to react.
Gump looks to land a left hand but Rock moved out of range nicely.
Gump looks to land a combination but Rock avoids it well.
Gump missing with a left hand there. Rock was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gump fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gump slips under a jab from Rock.
Rock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rock gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gump takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rock trying to land knees to the body.
Rock lands a nice knee to the body.
Rock lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gump wants to get back to striking at distance but Rock won't allow it.
Rock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rock misses with a two punch combination.
Gump connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gump throws a right hand that Rock ducks under and follows up with a left that Rock also avoids with ease.
Gump lands a lovely overhand right.
Rock takes a jab right on the kisser.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gump circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gump scores with a nice head shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Gump misses the target.
Rock slips a straight right by Gump.
Gump is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Gump blocks a head kick by Rock.
Rock wants to clinch up but Gump keeps it at a distance.
Gump is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gump digs a good body shot into Rock's ribs.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gump moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rock tries to clinch there but Gump circles away.
Rock takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gump misses with a wild body shot.
Rock tries to clinch but Gump moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Forrest Gump will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Forrest Gump's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A slow jab from Gump misses its intended target.
Gump throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A left and a right from Rock both land. Nice combination.
Nice defenses there by Rock.
Rock tries to close the distance and clinch but Gump swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rock scores with a jab.
Gump cracks Rock with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gump getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rock walks into a straight right hand from Gump.
A slow jab from Gump misses its intended target.
Gump listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gump pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gump lands a jab.
Gump will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Forrest Gump is winning the standup battle so far.
Rock is breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Gump.
Gump misses with an uppercut. Rock saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gump misses with a looping right.
Rock closes the distance and pushes Gump back into the cage.
Rock is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Rock.
Rock tries to clinch but Gump moves out of range.
Rock instigates a clinch.
Rock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gump avoids the head kick by Rock.
Rock connects with a looping right hand.
Gump lands a body shot.
A right-left combo lands from Rock.
Gump thuds a left hand into Rock's body.
Gump lands a body shot.
Gump will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rock takes one on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gump cracks Rock with an open hand slap.
Rock takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rock takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Gump lands with a good body shot.
Tommy Rock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Some wild striking there from Gump.
Rock fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock tries to clinch but Gump is having none of it.
Gump throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rock thows a body shot but no joy.
Gump lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rock circles away quickly and effectively.
Rock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gump throws out the jab.
Rock moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rock takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rock takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gump cracks Rock with an open hand slap.
Gump with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rock moves out of range of the strikes.
Rock's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Rock duly obliges.
Gump moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Gump moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gump throws a hook but Rock avoids it easily.
Rock dodges the punch combination from Gump.
Forrest Gump seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rock fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock drives through and clinches with Gump against the cage.
Rock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gump throws a body punch but Rock moves out of range.
Rock misses with a two punch combination.
Rock fails to land with a series of punches.
Rock looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gump bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gump cracks Rock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Gump jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rock closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Rock on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gump with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rock ducks right into an uppercut from Gump.
Good standup being displayed there by Gump as he connects with a hook.
Gump throws a nice looking combination but Rock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rock tries to clinch up.
Nice cross by Rock.
Gump scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gump throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rock.
Rock forces Gump back against the cage and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Rock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gump breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rock is looking to clinch.
Rock takes a swing at Gump's ribcage but misses.
Rock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gump.
Gump connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rock has Gump up against the cage in a clinch.
Gump breaks from the clinch.
Rock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gump paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rock wants to clinch up but Gump keeps it at a distance.
Rock is looking to clinch but Gump is avoiding it.
Rock takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rock walks into a stiff left hand from Gump.
Gump throws a combination. Rock tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Gump keeps the fight on the outside.
Gump looks to land a left hand but Rock moved out of range nicely.
Rock takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Rock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rock doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rock takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rock drops his hands momentarily and Gump takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Forrest Gump dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Forrest Gump's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gump lands with an uppercut that bounces Rock off the cage and back into rage.
Rock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gump paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gump with a hook.
Gump misses the jab.
Gump throws a body punch but Rock moves out of range.
Rock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rock moves into the clinch.
Rock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rock takes the fight into the clinch.
Gump blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rock working Gump over with knees to the body.
Gump wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Rock.
Rock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gump's efforts to push away.
Rock lands an elbow that stopped Gump in his tracks for a moment.
Rock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rock keeps control of Gump as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gump swats away the attempt to clinch by Rock.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gump just misses with a punch to the body.
Gump is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gump darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rock forces Gump back against the cage and clinches.
Gump wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rock putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gump in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gump looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gump working hard to break the clinch.
Rock has Gump pressed against the cage, preventing Gump from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gump backwards.
Gump wants to get back to striking at distance but Rock won't allow it.
Gump tries to break the clinch but Rock is controlling the position.
Rock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rock tries to close the distance and clinch but Gump swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gump avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gump fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rock manages to avoid it.
Rock avoids the body shot from Gump.
Gump fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Rock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gump.
Rock tries to close the distance and clinch but Gump swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rock has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gump connects with a looping right hand.
Gump shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rock scores a nice knee to the body.
Rock has Gump pressed against the cage, preventing Gump from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gump is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rock gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A right hand to the body from Rock.
Gump blocks the elbow strike.
Rock missing with knees to the body.
Gump tries to break the clinch but Rock is controlling the position.
Gump can't break the clinch.
Gump working hard to break the clinch.
Gump is trying to break free.
Rock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rock lands a nice uppercut.
Gump is trying to break the clinch but Rock has him pressed against the cage.
Rock is working for takedown but Gump is calmly controlling the position for now.
Tommy Rock seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Gump can't break the clinch.
Rock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gump lands with a nice body punch.
Rock on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rock is looking to clinch.
Gump misses the shot to the body.
Rock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gump.
A jab from Rock finds it's way through Gump's defenses.
Rock ducks under a wild hook from Gump.
Rock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gump moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gump keeps the fight on the outside.
Rock takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Gump thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rock dodges the punch combination from Gump.
Rock has Gump up against the cage in a clinch.
Gump has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rock looking to throw knees to the head but Gump is blocking nicely.
Rock has Gump pressed against the cage, preventing Gump from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rock manages to break the clinch.
Gump connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rock. Rock circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheers as Gump lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rock doesn't seem phased though.
Gump throws a looping overhand right but Rock ducks down to avoid it.
Rock steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gump.
Rock takes the fight into the clinch.
Rock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gump has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gump manages to break the clinch.
Gump connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rock's hands.
Rock missing with a left hand there. Gump was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rock is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gump misses with a few strikes there.
Gump smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Rock wants to clinch up but Gump keeps it at a distance.
Gump throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rock on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gump throws a hook but Rock avoids it easily.
Gump cracks Rock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rock moves into the clinch successfully.
Rock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gump with a nice cross.
Gump lunges at Rock with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rock's hand.
Rock takes the fight into the clinch.
Rock lands a good knee to the midsection. Gump won't want to take too many of those.
Gump prevents a body shot from Rock.
Gump has had enough of the clinch but Rock keeps him there for the moment.
Gump is trying to force a seperation but Rock has the dominant position.
Gump is trying to break the clinch but Rock has him pressed against the cage.
Rock goes for a takedown in the clinch but Gump prevents it.
Rock wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gump wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rock utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Rock really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Forrest Gump's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Rock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gump.
Gump wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Rock slips a jab from Gump.
Rock tries to clinch but Gump moves out of range.
Rock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gump paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Gump lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Gump.
Rock takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gump catches Rock with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gump jabs Rock right on the nose. Rock blinks but takes it well.
Rock goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Nice shot lands for Gump.
Rock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gump.
Gump throws a big shot that misses.
Rock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rock shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rock fails with an attempt to clinch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Rock takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gump scores with a body shot.
A left lands for Gump.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gump scores with a shot to the body.
Rock defending well as Gump loads up on a big left hand.
Rock walks into a left hand.
Rock drives through and clinches with Gump against the cage.
Gump tries to break free but Rock pushes him back against the cage.
Gump looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gump backwards.
Gump wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rock missing with knees to the body.
Gump blocks an uppercut.
Gump wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gump breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gump jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Gump lands with an overhand left.
Rock walks into a straight right hand from Gump.
Rock takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rock wants to clinch.
Gump keeps the fight on the outside.
Rock on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gump to score with a decent uppercut.
Gump takes a swing at Rock's ribcage but misses.
Gump throws a nice looking combination but Rock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rock moves into the clinch.
Rock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A slow jab from Gump misses its intended target.
Rock avoids the body shot from Gump.
Rock takes the fight into the clinch.
Gump is trying to break free.
Rock landing knees to the body.
Rock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gump keeps the fight on the outside.
Rock moves in looking to clinch but Gump pushes him off.
Gump connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gump throws a hook but Rock blocks it.
Gump misses with a looping right.
Rock fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gump, pushing him back against the cage.
Gump can't break the clinch.
Rock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gump lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gump wants to break free but Rock has control.
Rock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gump jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rock tries to clinch but Gump is having none of it.
Rock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rock gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gump is trying to break the clinch but Rock is controlling him.
Rock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gump is looking to break free of the clinch but Rock has double underhooks.
Rock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gump.
Rock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gump paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rock moves out of range as Gump strikes.
Gump throws a good cross that connects.
Gump throws a hook but Rock avoids it easily.
Gump moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Rock has managed to clinch.
Rock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gump takes one to the chin there.
Gump misses the jab.
Gump lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rock circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rock drives through and clinches with Gump against the cage.
A knee to the head by Rock.
Gump has had enough of the clinch but Rock keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Rock.
Rock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rock is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gump.
Gump throws a hook but Rock blocks it.
Rock clinches up against the cage.
Gump manages to break the clinch.
Rock forces Gump back against the cage and clinches.
Rock has Gump pressed against the cage, preventing Gump from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rock breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Gump misses the target.
Rock blocks a jab.
Gump misses with a hook.
Rock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rock pushes Gump up against the cage in a clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gump wants to get back to striking at distance but Rock won't allow it.
Rock scores a nice knee to the body.
Rock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gump.
Gump throws a hook but Rock blocks it.
Rock moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Forrest Gump had his way with Tommy Rock in that round.
The cut man is working on Forrest Gump's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Gump keeps the fight on the outside.
Gump loads up on a big right hand but Rock slips the punch.
Rock defending well as Gump loads up on a big left hand.
Rock lands a jab to the head.
Gump throws a lazy right hand but Rock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rock fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gump, pushing him back against the cage.
Gump has had enough of the clinch but Rock keeps him there for the moment.
Rock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rock tries to clinch there but Gump circles away.
Rock closes the distance and clinches.
Rock trying to land knees to the body.
Rock stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gump's efforts to push away.
Gump wants to break free but Rock has control.
Rock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gump is defending well for now.
Gump tries to circle away but Rock has him pinned against the cage.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Rock tries for a takedown but Gump manages to get underhooks.
Rock manages to break the clinch.
Gump lands a lovely overhand right.
Gump fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gump lands a jab to Rock's midsection.
Gump scores with a three punch combo!
Gump fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gump throws a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gump scores with a nice strike.
Gump lands a jab to Rock's midsection.
A combination from Gump does no damage.
Rock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gump paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rock is looking to clinch.
Gump jabs at Rock's body.
Gump looks to score with a jab to the body but Rock is just out of range.
Rock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gump slips a jab and a cross from Rock.
Gump misses with a double jab
and Rock holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rock works on Gump's body with a couple of short punches.
Gump wants to break the clinch but can't.
Gump wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Gump's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rock misses with a head kick.
Gump lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rock closes the distance and clinches.
Gump has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gump breaks from the clinch.
Rock fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gump connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rock. Rock circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gump throws a hook to the side of Rock's head but Rock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gump swats away the attempt to clinch by Rock.
Rock moves into the clinch.
Gump has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rock has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rock there as he acknowledges the shot.
Some wild striking there from Gump.
Rock with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rock moves into range and clinches up with Gump.
Rock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice combination there by Gump.
Some wild striking there from Rock.
Rock on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gump stuns Rock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gump lands a jab to the head.
Rock gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rock lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rock cracks Gump with a nice body shot.
Rock prevents Gump from breaking the clinch.
Gump prevents the takedown attempt.
Gump blocks an elbow strike from Rock.
Gump has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rock with a knee to the head.
Rock missing with knees to the body.
Rock pushes off an throws an elbow but Gump leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rock tries for a takedown. No joy.
Forrest Gump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Rock.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rock just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gump's brow.
Rock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gump's efforts to push away.
Gump wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Rock keeps control of Gump as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rock lands a nice shot to the body.
Gump tries to break free but Rock pushes him back against the cage.
Gump tries to break free but Rock pushes him back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rock.
Gump is trying to break the clinch but Rock has him pressed against the cage.
Rock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gump lands a body shot.
Gump throws out a loose jab but Rock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rock needs to keep his hands up - Gump had a free shot at his head there.
Rock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gump.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rock tries to clinch but Gump moves out of range.
Rock moves into the clinch successfully.
Rock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gump breaks from the clinch.
Gump misses with a straight right.
Rock has Gump up against the cage in a clinch.
Gump breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rock instigates a clinch.
Rock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Good exchange - Gump coming out on top.
Gump is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rock.
Gump misses with an uppercut.
Rock wants to clinch up but Gump keeps it at a distance.
Rock walks into a jab.
Tommy Rock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rock lands with a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gump is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rock.
Rock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gump.
Rock takes one to the side of the head.
Rock is looking to slow Gump down with leg kicks.
Rock is looking to clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Forrest Gump.
I think Gump has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 49:46
Judge George Francis scores the fight 49:46
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 49:46
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Forrest Gump!
Forrest Gump is the new light heavyweight champion!
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