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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Sharp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ewan Ridgeback (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ewan Ridgeback has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Curtis Sharp's chin.
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176 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Curtis Sharp!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ewan Ridgeback!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Ridgeback misses.
Ridgeback misses with a hook. Sharp ducked under it nicely.
Ridgeback throws a series of punches but Sharp moves out of range.
Ridgeback uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sharp.
Ridgeback throws a right and a left that Sharp avoids nicely.
Ridgeback moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ridgeback throws a right and a left that Sharp avoids nicely.
Sharp rushes Ridgeback and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sharp manages to break the clinch.
Sharp misses with a body shot.
Ridgeback throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sharp scores a takedown into full mount!
Ridgeback is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ridgeback tries to hold on but Sharp pushes him away.
Sharp looking to ground and pound but Ridgeback is blocking nicely.
Sharp thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp raining down shots from the mount!
Ridgeback is trying desperately to improve position.
Sharp punching from mount but Ridgeback doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Sharp throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Ridgeback because Sharp loaded up on that one.
Sharp lands a heavy elbow.
Ridgeback blocking the ground and pound.
Sharp thowing shots but they're missing.
Sharp scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Ridgeback can't escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sharp landing punches.
Sharp throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Sharp is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Ridgeback can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Sharp raining down shots from the mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sharp throwing strikes here but Ridgeback is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Ridgeback looks gassed!
Sharp with the ground and pound from mount.
Ridgeback avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sharp.
Ridgeback in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Sharp breaks from Ridgeback's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sharp throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeback blocking the ground and pound.
Sharp cracks Ridgeback with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ridgeback is rocked!
Sharp is landing with some decent strikes but Ridgeback is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Ridgeback is still in real trouble! Can Sharp finish him?
Sharp loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Ridgeback scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Sharp land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Sharp stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Curtis Sharp!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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