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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Emils Hartmanis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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185 cm
21
181 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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185 cm
21
175 lbs
7 - 19 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Great low kicks
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Emils Hartmanis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven Drake! The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Drake with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Drake throws a leg kick but Hartmanis moved away. Hartmanis tries to clinch but Drake moves out of range. Drake throws out a leg kick but Hartmanis moves out of range and Drake only half commits. Drake throws a solid leg kick but Hartmanis takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Drake. Hartmanis wants to clinch. Drake misses with a body kick. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Drake tries to work over Hartmanis's front leg with a kick but Hartmanis checks it. Drake will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Drake lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hartmanis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Drake has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Drake and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. A low kick from Drake misses and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Hartmanis takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Emils Hartmanis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Hartmanis tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Drake throws a head kick but Hartmanis moves out of range.
Hartmanis throws a leg kick which misses Drake's front leg but catches the back leg as Drake tries to avoid it. Drake pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hartmanis thows a leg kick but Drake checks it and Drake counters with a solid body kick. Drake misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A low kick from Hartmanis misses and Drake counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A low kick from Drake misses and Hartmanis counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Drake is lucky that one didn't land flush. Drake gets off balance looking for a body kick and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Hartmanis darts in trying to clinch and Drake counters with a nice leg kick. Hartmanis is breathing heavily. Drake tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Drake moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action! Drake tries to land a body kick and Hartmanis counters with an outside leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Drake.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Drake connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Drake finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Drake chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Drake throws a lazy head kick and Hartmanis counters with an inside leg kick. Good leg kick by Drake there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Steven Drake is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Drake throws a low kick but it's checked well by Hartmanis. Hartmanis blocks a head kick by Drake.
Hartmanis throws a sloppy head kick and Drake counters with a nice leg kick. Drake tries a head kick but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Drake throws a low kick, looking for Hartmanis's leg but Hartmanis calmly moves out of range. Hartmanis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Drake can pounce on him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Drake.
Hartmanis throws a leg kick and Drake counters with a leg kick. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A head kick misses from Drake. A nice leg kick lands there from Drake. Hartmanis misses with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Drake is looking to chop away at Hartmanis's legs. Drake misses with a low kick as Hartmanis jumps back. Hartmanis 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. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Drake 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.
Drake is looking to chop away at Hartmanis's legs. A low kick from Hartmanis is predictable there and Drake counters with a leg kick. Drake lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hartmanis's sensitive parts. Hartmanis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Drake throws a leg kick but Hartmanis moved away. Drake throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. A nice leg kick lands there from Drake. Hartmanis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Drake scores with a push kick. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Drake throws a head kick that misses. Drake throws a leg kick and Hartmanis counters with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Drake throws a leg kick which misses Hartmanis's front leg but catches the back leg as Hartmanis tries to avoid it. Drake misses with a head kick.
Drake looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Good work by Hartmanis as he checks the leg kick. Hartmanis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Hartmanis checks a leg kick nicely. Drake throws a leg kick but Hartmanis checks it. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Drake.
Drake throws a front kick aimed at Hartmanis's knee but Hartmanis avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hartmanis has his takedown stuffed and Drake makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Drake throws a nice outside leg kick. A nice inside leg kick there by Drake. That's going to slow Hartmanis down. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Drake throws a leg kick but Hartmanis checks it. Drake throws a solid leg kick but Hartmanis takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Drake. Drake wants to land a leg kick but Hartmanis is out of range. Some bone on bone action there as Hartmanis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Drake thumps Hartmanis with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Drake fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hartmanis checks it well. Drake shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Drake throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Hartmanis checks a leg kick. Drake pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Hartmanis takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Steven Drake is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Drake thuds his shin into the meat of Hartmanis's side. Drake scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action! Hartmanis 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. A slapping leg kick lands for Drake.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Drake tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hartmanis is able to avoid easily. Whack! Drake lands a heavy head kick that drops Hartmanis. The ref tackles Drake to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Hartmanis was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Steven Drake!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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