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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxi Rodriguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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188 cm
21
220 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
21
218 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Gold! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maxi Rodriguez! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gold lands a jab to the head.
Gold lands a left and a right that send Rodriguez crashing to the mat, dazed. Gold thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Maxi Rodriguez has been cut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Gold throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Gold misses with a body shot.
Gold sizes up Rodriguez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Rodriguez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rodriguez is rocked! Gold tries to bum rush Rodriguez with a series of wild strikes but Rodriguez uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Gold lands with a good body shot. Rodriguez fails to land the takedown. Gold rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rodriguez moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Maxi Rodriguez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round. A looping hook to the body misses from Gold. Rodriguez does a little dance to reset his feet. Rodriguez shoots for a takedown but Gold saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Gold fails to land with a series of punches.
Gold throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rodriguez. Gold stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Gold wants it to stay on the feet. Johnny Gold has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maxi Rodriguez. Rodriguez shoots for a takedown but Gold saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Gold misses with a few strikes there.
Rodriguez shoots in but Gold avoids the takedown attempt easily. Rodriguez looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round. There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action. Rodriguez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Gold misses with a series of wild punches.
Gold scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Gold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rodriguez takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Gold drops Rodriguez with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Rodriguez looks back up at him and smiles so Gold waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Rodriguez is still on wobbly legs! Can Gold finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gold sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Rodriguez's defenses. It connects perfectly with Rodriguez's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Johnny Gold!
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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
69% |
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