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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darren Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Darren Robinson will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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199 cm
22
260 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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193 cm
21
258 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael Ray! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Darren Robinson! The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Steven Brown and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ray closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ray lands in his opponent's guard. Robinson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight! Ray postures up in Robinson's guard and throws a big left but Robinson blocks it. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Ray throwing strikes but missing. Ray looking to pass the guard. Ray landing with the ground and pound. Robinson keeping moving, preventing Ray from controlling successfully. Ray stands up from Robinson's guard - Ray perhaps looking for a knockout. Excellent takedown into side control there by Ray. Ray prevents Robinson from escaping the position. Ray connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Robinson some visible discomfort.
Ray scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Robinson to see if he's OK.
That's one minute gone in the round. Robinson taking a bit of punishment here - Ray scoring with strikes. Ray is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Robinson has escaped the position, nice work there. Ray scoring with punches and elbows. Robinson takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better. Ray advances nicely into full mount. Ray looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Robinson trying desperately to get to his feet.
Ray lands a nice shot to the head. Ray 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. Ray cracks Robinson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ray is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Robinson is rocked! Robinson is bucking up trying to escape but Ray cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Robinson is still in real trouble! Can Ray finish him? Ray raining down shots from the mount! Robinson is in a horrible position here. Ray smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Ray in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Ray working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet. Robinson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
A nice elbow there by Ray. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Ray connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Robinson seems to have recovered his senses. Ray landing strikes from the mount and Robinson is in trouble! Ray dominating with strikes here. Ray is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Robinson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Ray controlling the position easily from mount. Robinson tries to reverse the position but Ray maintains control. Robinson tries to hold on but Ray postures up. Robinson is trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ray lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ray lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Robinson hang on? Robinson is bucking up trying to escape but Ray cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Robinson is trying to get back to his feet but can't. Ray with shots to the head and body - Robinson looks very uncomfortable down there. Ray lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Robinson wants to control but Ray is having none of it. Robinson is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Ray is in the full mount, landing strikes. Robinson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Robinson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ray. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Ray scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Robinson?
Robinson wants to hold on but Ray pushes him away. Ray cracks Robinson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Robinson wants to control but Ray is having none of it. Ray misses with a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ray lands a big shot there that rocks Robinson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Robinson wants to hold on but Ray pushes him away. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Ray cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Ray connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ray looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ray tries to control but Robinson wriggling away. Robinson taking shots to the head.
It looks like Darren Robinson has been cut. A big strike lands for Ray! That's really hurt Robinson and he's turned his back - Ray keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Ray Jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Michael Ray!
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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
62% |
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