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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Manny Holt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glen Traks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Glen Traks acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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185 cm
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270 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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214 cm
26
270 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Manny Holt! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Glen Traks! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The fight stays on the outside here - Traks looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Traks wants to clinch and Holt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Traks wants to clinch. Holt dips to his left and cracks Traks with an uppercut! Traks tries to clinch but Holt moves away and Holt counters with a two punch combo. Holt scores with a one two! Traks had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Holt scores with a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action! Traks tries to grapple but his opponent circles and Holt cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Traks takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Traks closes the distance but Holt moves to the side and Holt counters with a nice double leg into side control. Traks won't be happy with that. Traks manages to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Traks is looking for a sweep. Holt is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Holt landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Holt seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Holt slows the pace down in half guard. Holt is working for a submission of some sort.
Holt wants to work for an arm triangle but Traks is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Traks looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Traks looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Holt looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Traks with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Traks actively working from the bottom here. Holt working Traks over with strikes. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Traks actively working from the bottom here. Traks has hold of Holt's hands but Holt slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Traks looking for submissions off his back. Traks looks gassed! Ground and pound from Holt. Holt stalling. Traks actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Traks has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Holt escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Holt! Holt controls the position. Holt works to advance to full mount. Traks defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs. Traks is trying desperately to improve position. Holt has hold of Traks's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Traks manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Traks is looking to get to half guard. Holt looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Traks gets back to half guard. Traks is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Holt scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Holt lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Holt looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. Traks is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Holt pulls his head out easily. Traks has hold of Holt's hands but Holt slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Traks has hold of Holt's hands but Holt slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Traks is rocked! Traks actively working from the bottom here. Traks actively working from the bottom here. Holt is nestled in close to Traks, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Holt scoring with strikes to the body and head. Traks is still in real trouble! Can Holt finish him? Holt is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen. Holt lands a big elbow - Traks is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Holt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manny Holt! Manny Holt is the new heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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