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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kimble Cho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herb Hurt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Herb Hurt is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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183 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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172 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kimble Cho!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herb Hurt!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cho uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hurt.
Hurt misses with a wild combination.
Cho lands with a slapping head kick.
Cho needs to keep his hands up - Hurt had a free shot at his head there.
Hurt throws a head kick that misses
and Cho counters with a straight right hand.
Hurt misses with a combination
and Cho makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Hurt really felt that one!
Hurt throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cho counters with a thumping low kick.
Hurt throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hurt looks gassed!
A nice leg kick lands there from Cho.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cho darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hurt takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cho throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cho connects with a leg kick. Hurt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hurt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cho.
Cho connects with a jab.
Cho lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cho lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kimble Cho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cho.
Cho jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cho connects with a high kick.
Cho looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hurt takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Cho feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hurt's calf.
Cho with a hook.
Hurt takes a kick to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cho.
Cho throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cho lands a head kick!
Cho goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hurt throws a lazy head kick
and Cho counters with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cho throws a front kick that sends Hurt stumbling back into the cage.
A cross from Cho lands.
Cho throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hurt's head.
Cho connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cho throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cho scores with a head kick.
Cho moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Herb Hurt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hurt looks to land a combination but Cho avoids it well.
Hurt throws a hook to the side of Cho's head but Cho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hurt. That did some damage!
Hurt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hurt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hurt there as he acknowledges the shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cho. That's going to slow Hurt down.
A jab from Cho finds it's way through Hurt's defenses.
Cho connects with a leg kick. Hurt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cho throws a head kick that Hurt semi-blocks.
Hurt misses with a leg kick.
Cho moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hurt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cho scores with a head kick.
A head kick from Cho lands but Hurt takes it in his stride.
Hurt throws a leg kick
and Cho counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cho lands with a nice body kick.
Cho looks to land a combination. Hurt sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hurt throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cho counters with an inside leg kick.
Cho getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cho is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hurt takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That kick from Cho tenderised Hurt's leg. Hurt is trying to keep his angry face on.
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!
Hurt misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cho fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurt dives in and grabs Cho's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cho pushes down on Hurt's head and hops out.
Hurt tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cho connects with a leg kick. Hurt looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That kick from Cho tenderised Hurt's leg. Hurt is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cho scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cho lands a head kick!
Hurt misses the jab.
Hurt misses with an uppercut.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cho.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cho lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hurt's sensitive parts.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cho.
Cho chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hurt takes a head kick and keeps coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kimble Cho dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Hurt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hurt closes the distance looking to clinch
and Cho counters with a nice leg kick.
Hurt tries to bum rush Cho with a series of wild strikes but Cho uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hurt tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hurt will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Hurt has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hurt there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cho throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cho with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cho is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hurt can do to turn this around?
Cho throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A head kick from Cho lands but Hurt takes it in his stride.
Kimble Cho is winning the standup battle so far.
Cho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hurt. That did some damage!
Cho scores with a head kick.
Herb Hurt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cho cracks Hurt with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hurt misses with a hook to the body
letting Cho counter with a right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cho.
Cho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hurt. That did some damage!
Cho connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cho lands with a kick to the temple. Hurt shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cho throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Hurt's head.
Hurt swings for the body but Cho moves out of range.
Cho jabs at Hurt's body.
Cho connects with a high kick.
Hurt looks to clinch
and Cho counters with a nice body kick.
A head kick by Hurt misses
and Cho makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hurt tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hurt's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hurt takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hurt misses with a body shot.
Cho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hurt. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hurt dives in and grabs Cho's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cho pushes down on Hurt's head and hops out.
Hurt is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hurt fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hurt will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kimble Cho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Herb Hurt.
Cho scores with the left hand. Hurt knows he should have avoided that one.
Hurt shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cho as he avoids it easily.
Cho stuns Hurt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cho throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hurt.
Cho bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hurt's head.
Hurt throws a right and a left that Cho avoids nicely.
Cho displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Hurt.
Hurt takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Cho throws a head kick that Hurt semi-blocks.
Hurt has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cho.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cho lands a high kick!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hurt. Cho does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cho lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cho lands with a kick to the temple. Hurt shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cho defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hurt.
Cho connects with a high kick.
A good leg kick by Cho.
Cho swats away the attempt to clinch by Hurt.
Cho swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hurt.
Hurt tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cho swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cho keeps the fight on the outside.
Cho bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hurt's head backwards.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cho.
Cho dodges the punch combination from Hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cho scoring well with a low kick there.
Nice body kick from Cho.
Cho lands a leg kick that knocks Hurt off balance momentarily.
Cho feints and then cracks Hurt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hurt down.
Cho scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cho buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hurt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hurt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cho lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cho dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hurt. That did some damage!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice shot by Cho.
Cho fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A head kick from Cho lands but Hurt takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kimble Cho dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Hurt throws a combination that misses
and Cho counters with a slapping leg kick.
Cho tries a head kick but it misses.
Hurt misses with a combination
and Cho counters with a nice leg kick.
That kick from Cho tenderised Hurt's leg. Hurt is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hurt misses with a takedown attempt - Cho sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Hurt is trying desperately to land a takedown but Cho is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Hurt.
Hurt misses with an uppercut. Cho saw that one coming.
Cho cracks the inside of Hurt's front leg.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Hurt might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cho has got the better of the exchanges.
Cho connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hurt momentarily.
Cho lands a nice shot that snaps Hurt's head back.
Cho listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cho lands a high kick!
Hurt throws a combination that misses
and Cho counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hurt's knee momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A cross from Cho lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cho goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Jab by Cho.
Hurt has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cho feints and then cracks Hurt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hurt down.
Cho feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hurt's calf.
Cho blocks a head kick by Hurt.
Cho throws a head kick that Hurt semi-blocks.
Cho feints and then cracks Hurt's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hurt down.
Hurt misses with a double jab
and Cho counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cho goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Hurt is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Hurt takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cho lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cho, right into the meat.
Hurt throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cho counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Cho cracks Hurt with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cho misses with a series of wild punches.
Hurt rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cho moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cho lands with a slapping head kick.
Hurt throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cho counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cho moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Horrible takedown by Hurt or perhaps it was just good defense by Cho which made him look bad.
Cho defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hurt.
Kimble Cho has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Herb Hurt.
Cho lands with a kick to the temple. Hurt shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cho with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hurt closes the distance but Cho moves to the side
and Cho counters with a thumping low kick.
Cho cracks Hurt with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hurt throws a hook but Cho blocks it.
That kick from Cho tenderised Hurt's leg. Hurt is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cho lands a leg kick that knocks Hurt off balance momentarily.
Cho leaves Hurt with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cho.
Hurt gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hurt shoots in for a takedown but Cho shows good takedown defense.
Herb Hurt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sloppy strikes from Hurt. Those never looked like landing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cho.
Cho connects with an inside leg kick.
Cho scores with a head kick. Hurt tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Cho fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hurt misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hurt takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hurt on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cho chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Cho lands a jab-cross combination.
Cho scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hurt misses with a double jab
and Cho counters with an outside leg kick.
Cho lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cho avoids the body shot from Hurt.
Hurt closes the distance but Cho moves to the side
and Cho counters with a good low kick that Hurt was not able to check.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cho listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hurt closes the distance and clinches up with Cho, looking for a takedown. Hurt pushes Cho against the cage but Cho circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kimble Cho showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cho has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:24
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:24
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kimble Cho!
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energy
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