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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Orlando Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apollo Creed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sackett comes to the cage accompanied by Kryptonite. Orlando Sackett has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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187 cm
25
215 lbs
17 - 5 - 1 |
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186 cm
27
218 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful |
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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
17 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Orlando Sackett! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Apollo Creed! The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Creed walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
It looks like Apollo Creed has been cut. Sackett misses with a head kick.
Sackett moves out of range of the strikes. Nice shot by Creed. Sackett cracks the inside of Creed's front leg. Creed throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sackett counters with an inside leg kick. Creed lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sackett at a distance.
Creed misses with a hook
and Sackett counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Creed throws an off balance right hand
and Sackett decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Creed's guard. Sackett throwing strikes from guard but Creed blocks nicely. Sackett stays in close to Creed's body and controls the position. Sackett looking to pass the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Creed is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Sackett wants to control from the top but Creed keeps moving. We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon. Sackett chips away with some ground and pound. Sackett lands a couple of digs. Creed pushes Sackett off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there. Creed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sackett sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sackett lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Sackett explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Creed looks gassed! Creed rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sackett counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Sackett drives through with a takedown into guard.
Creed is rocked! Sackett gets to his feet and stands over Creed, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Creed felt that one! Sackett unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Creed from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Orlando Sackett!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
82% |
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