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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Manny Woods (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deon Du Plessis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Woods comes to the cage accompanied by Jackson 5 - ABC. The crowd seem to be enjoying Du Plessis's choice of entrance music: Fort Minor - Remember the name. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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165 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
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168 lbs
14 - 8 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Manny Woods!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Deon Du Plessis!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Du Plessis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Du Plessis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Woods. That did some damage!
Woods fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Du Plessis manages to avoid it.
Du Plessis staying out of range there.
Woods keeps the fight on the outside.
Woods cracks Du Plessis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Du Plessis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Du Plessis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Woods circles away from the clinch attempt.
Du Plessis ducks under a wild hook from Woods.
Woods circles away from the clinch attempt.
Du Plessis tries to clinch there but Woods circles away.
Du Plessis is looking to clinch.
Du Plessis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Woods avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Woods looks to throw the jab but Du Plessis is out of range.
Du Plessis slips under a jab from Woods.
Du Plessis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Du Plessis tries to clinch there but Woods circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods swats away the attempt to clinch by Du Plessis.
Du Plessis wants to clinch.
Du Plessis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab from Woods.
Du Plessis tries to clinch up but Woods circles away and keeps his distance.
Du Plessis wants to clinch up but Woods keeps it at a distance.
Du Plessis moves in looking to clinch but Woods pushes him off.
Woods scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Woods wants to lay and pray for a moment but Du Plessis keeps working.
Du Plessis wants to get back to his feet but Woods drags him back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Du Plessis wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Woods is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Du Plessis will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Woods seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Du Plessis for as long as he can get away with.
Woods scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Du Plessis to see if he's OK.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods tries to advance to mount but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Du Plessis is not content to let Woods control the position.
Du Plessis is working to avoid the ground and pound but Woods connects with a decent elbow.
Du Plessis bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Du Plessis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Woods tries to avoid it but Du Plessis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Woods to the ground. Woods escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Du Plessis tries to clinch there but Woods circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Du Plessis tries to close the distance and clinch but Woods swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Du Plessis wants to clinch up but Woods keeps it at a distance.
Du Plessis tries to close the distance and clinch but Woods swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Du Plessis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Du Plessis lands a jab to the head.
Nice straight punches there by Woods. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Woods.
Woods circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Du Plessis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Woods circles away from the clinch attempt.
Du Plessis tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Woods paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Woods throws out a loose jab but Du Plessis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Du Plessis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Woods swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Du Plessis wants to clinch.
Du Plessis tries to clinch but Woods is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manny Woods dominated that round.
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.
Du Plessis doesn't manage to clinch there - Woods circles away.
Du Plessis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Woods.
Woods throws a hook to the side of Du Plessis's head but Du Plessis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Du Plessis misses with a takedown
and Woods counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Du Plessis with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Woods to counter with a crisp jab.
Woods connects with a good right hand that stumbles Du Plessis. Du Plessis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Woods thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab lands there for Woods.
Deon Du Plessis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Du Plessis wants to clinch but Woods slips to the side
and Woods counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Du Plessis is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Woods is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Du Plessis is still in real trouble! Can Woods finish him?
Woods is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Woods controlling the position easily from mount.
Du Plessis seems to have recovered his senses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Woods cracks Du Plessis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Du Plessis is breathing heavily.
Woods pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Woods controlling the position easily from mount.
Woods tries to control but Du Plessis wriggling away.
Du Plessis squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woods looking to control but Du Plessis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Woods lands a big elbow.
Woods looking to control and managing it successfully.
Woods trying to control but Du Plessis is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Woods wants to control the action but instead Du Plessis gets a body lock and reverses into Woods's guard! Nice work!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Manny Woods.
Woods misses with an uppercut.
Woods ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Du Plessis wants to clinch
and Woods counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Woods scores with a jab. Du Plessis acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Woods lands a glancing blow to the side of Du Plessis's head.
Du Plessis tries to clinch but Woods moves away
and Woods counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Woods is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Du Plessis closes the distance looking to clinch
and Woods counters with a crisp right that sends Du Plessis to the canvas! Woods follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manny Woods!
Manny Woods retains his lightweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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