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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's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, No Sunshine. Blanco is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Bowling For Soup: No Hablo Ingles. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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157 lbs
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155 lbs
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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
13 - 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 - 1 - 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 looks to land a left hand but Pope moved out of range nicely.
Pope bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blanco wants to slow Pope down by chopping away at his legs.
Pope walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pope rushes Blanco and presses him up against the cage.
Pope misses with a body punch.
Pope misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pope scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Pope.
Pope digs a right hand underneath Blanco's ribcage. Blanco let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pope presses Blanco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pope lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Blanco is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pope is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pope lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pope keeps control of Blanco as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A right hook to the body lands for Pope.
Pope lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blanco backwards.
Blanco is looking to break free of the clinch but Pope has double underhooks.
Blanco blocking some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for Pope.
Blanco is trying to force a seperation but Pope has the dominant position.
Blanco tries to break the clinch but Pope is controlling the position.
Pope makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pope tries a body shot but Blanco blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Pope.
Blanco looks gassed!
Pope lands a shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Pope fails to land.
Pope's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Pope lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Pope fails to land.
Pope lands a nice shot to the body.
Pope misses with some punches.
Pope misses with a body punch.
Pope lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pope stalling in the clinch.
Pope presses Blanco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pope working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pope.
Pope misses with a body punch.
Pope tries to work over Blanco's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pope swings wildly with an uppercut but Blanco uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Pope on the inside.
Pope lands with a short shot to the head.
Pope tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pope presses Blanco against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Pope.
Pope prevents Blanco from breaking the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pope.
Blanco is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blanco.
Blanco is still on wobbly legs! Can Pope finish him?
Pope misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pope misses with a punch on the inside.
Pope swings wildly with an uppercut but Blanco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blanco blocking some punches.
Pope swings wildly with an uppercut but Blanco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pope tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pope misses with a punch on the inside.
Blanco blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pope doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pope fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pope working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pope.
Pope swings wildly with an uppercut but Blanco uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pope misses with a punch on the inside.
Pope throws a punch but it's blocked by Blanco.
Pope misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pope has a couple of punches blocked by Blanco.
Pope working aggressively here.
Blanco seems to have recovered his senses.
Pope misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Pope fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luther Pope dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Blanco throws a looping overhand right but Pope ducks down to avoid it.
Blanco jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blanco uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pope.
Blanco scores with a nice head shot.
Pope moves away from the strike by Blanco.
Pope connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Blanco tumbling to the canvas! Pope pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Blanco was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Luther Pope!
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