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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Poe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Roberto Duran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Fernando Poe!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Lou da Vinci and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran misses with the combination.
Roberto Duran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poe closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Poe is looking to take a break and control but Duran is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Poe missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Duran lands with a few short shots to the body.
Duran tries to roll over but Poe keeps him under control.
Poe blocks the strikes from Duran.
Poe prevents Duran from improving his position.
Duran is pressing down on Poe's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Poe trying to control the position from guard on top but Duran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Duran looking for a sweep. Not yet Duran, not yet.
Poe won't allow Duran to get back to his feet.
Duran wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Some wild striking there from Poe.
Poe gets a takedown into half guard.
Poe lands strikes from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Poe has eaten all the pies!
Poe loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Duran uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Duran misses with a few strikes there.
Duran with a poor takedown
and Poe counters with a shoot takedown. Duran fights it but they end up in guard.
Duran is breathing heavily.
Poe throwing strikes from guard but Duran blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Poe tries to free his leg and advance position but Duran is retaining full guard.
Duran tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Poe controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Poe with a nice head shot there.
Duran lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Poe!
Poe is desperately trying to improve his position but Duran has a good base and remains in mount.
Duran throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Poe is looking to improve his position but Duran isn't that keen on the idea.
Poe flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Poe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Duran. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Poe can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Poe is in all sorts of trouble here.
Duran landing strikes, looking to finish!
Poe controls the position.
Duran blocks Poe's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Poe flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Duran looking to finish with strikes here!
Poe gets back to half guard.
Duran lands strikes from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duran working over Poe with some ground and pound. Poe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Duran tries to stand and escape but Poe is controlling the position.
Duran uses his free foot to push down on Poe's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Poe.
Duran is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Poe can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Poe is rocked!
Duran is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Poe can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Poe is still in real trouble! Can Duran finish him?
It looks like Fernando Poe has been cut.
Duran misses with a head shot.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Poe can do anything to dispel that myth.
Poe avoids a series of strikes thrown by Duran.
Duran throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Duran sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Duran will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Poe avoids a series of strikes thrown by Duran.
Duran throws some wild stikes that Poe manages to avoid easily.
Duran looking to finish with strikes here!
Poe wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Duran.
Poe avoids a series of strikes thrown by Duran.
Duran throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Duran misses with a head shot.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Poe holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Duran tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Duran unloads with some shots from mount but Poe bucks and avoids them well.
Poe wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Duran.
Duran throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Poe because Duran loaded up on that one.
Poe avoids a series of strikes thrown by Duran.
Duran thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Duran misses with a head shot.
Poe avoids a series of strikes thrown by Duran.
Duran sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Poe holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Duran tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Duran throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
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.
Duran sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Duran throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Poe is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Poor strikes thrown by Duran there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Poe wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Duran.
Duran looking to ground and pound but Poe is blocking nicely.
Duran misses with a head shot.
Duran misses with a head shot.
Duran has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Duran looking to ground and pound but Poe is blocking nicely.
Poe wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Duran.
Duran looking to finish with strikes here!
Duran unloads with some shots from mount but Poe bucks and avoids them well.
Duran throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duran throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Poe wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Duran.
Poe blocking the ground and pound.
Poe avoids a series of strikes thrown by Duran.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Roberto Duran will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fernando Poe's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Duran lands a huge takedown. Poe is out but the ref is slow to react and Duran lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Poe lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Duran!
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energy
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