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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Luther Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Blanco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pope comes to the cage accompanied by No Sunshine. Blanco has chosen Bowling For Soup: No Hablo Ingles as his entrance music. Luther Pope could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jose Blanco's chin.
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157 lbs
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178 cm
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155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luther Pope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jose Blanco!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanco displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pope throws out the jab.
Pope misses with a body shot.
Blanco misses with a straight left.
Pope moves out of range as Blanco throws a body kick.
A slow jab from Blanco misses its intended target.
A shot to the body from Blanco misses
and Pope counters with a nice body shot.
Pope uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Blanco.
No joy there for Pope, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pope ducks under a wild hook from Blanco.
Pope displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Blanco throws out the jab.
Pope works Blanco's body with a nice hook.
Pope slips a straight right by Blanco.
Blanco misses with a hook.
Pope lands with a nice body punch.
Pope lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A slow jab from Pope misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Pope. Beautiful body shot.
Pope is looking to wear down Blanco with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Blanco takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Blanco throws a hook but Pope blocks it.
Blanco takes one to the side of the head.
Pope scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pope takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Blanco throws a lazy right hand but Pope sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Pope.
Pope lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Blanco at a distance.
Pope slips a straight right by Blanco.
Blanco closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Blanco misses with a body shot
and Pope moves into the clinch.
Pope lands a body shot in the clinch.
Blanco looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Good body shot from Pope.
Blanco tries to break the clinch but Pope is controlling the position.
Pope is leaning against Blanco and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hand to the body from Pope.
Pope lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Pope works on Blanco's body with a couple of short punches.
Pope throws a punch but it's blocked by Blanco.
Pope throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Blancos head.
Pope lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Pope scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pope fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pope lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Blanco is rocked!
Pope misses with some punches.
Blanco is still on wobbly legs! Can Pope finish him?
A head punch on the inside from Pope fails to land.
Pope misses with some punches.
Blanco blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pope misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pope doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Pope fails to land.
Pope doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pope fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Pope fails to land.
Nice body punch from Pope - that landed with a thud.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pope.
Pope misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blanco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Blanco seems to have recovered his senses.
Blanco blocking some punches.
Pope is pushing Blanco up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pope tries to throw a body punch but Blanco avoids it by throwing Pope back against the cage.
Pope misses with the head strike.
That's four 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.
A left hand lands to the body for Pope.
A short left from Pope.
Blanco is looking to break free of the clinch but Pope has double underhooks.
Pope misses with a short punch on the inside.
Blanco letting Pope take a breather here.
Pope swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pope lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pope misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pope dips a shoulder and cracks Blanco with a mighty uppercut! Blanco falls back against the cage and Pope unloads with a barrage of strikes! Blanco is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Pope screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luther Pope!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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