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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Elmo Lupe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solomon Obasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lupe's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Going The Distance. The crowd seem to be enjoying Obasi's choice of entrance music: 6' 7''. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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198 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Elmo Lupe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Solomon Obasi!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Steve Montenegro and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lupe works over Obasi's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Solomon Obasi has been cut.
Obasi darts in and clinches Lupe up against the cage.
Lupe leaning against his opponent.
Obasi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lupe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lupe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Obasi.
Lupe is trying to break free.
Lupe misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Lupe scores with a nice short uppercut.
Obasi is pushing Lupe up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Obasi receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Obasi keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lupe's efforts to push away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lupe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lupe lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Obasi backwards.
Obasi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Obasi's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lupe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Obasi.
Lupe tries to circle away but Obasi has him pinned against the cage.
Obasi putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lupe in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Obasi lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lupe backwards.
Obasi stalling against the cage.
Obasi lands a shoulder strike.
Lupe has a couple of punches blocked by Obasi.
Obasi lands a hook that snaps the head of Lupe backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lupe tries to work over Obasi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lupe throws a punch but it's blocked by Obasi.
Obasi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lupe swings wildly with an uppercut but Obasi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Obasi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lupe struggles to land a body shot inside as Obasi controls his hands.
Obasi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Obasi is trying to maintain a safe position but Lupe gets an underhook and turns Obasi into the cage.
Obasi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lupe is rocked!
Obasi leaning against his opponent.
Lupe trying to control the position but instead, Obasi has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lupe into the cage.
Lupe wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Obasi has him pressed against the cage.
Obasi is leaning against Lupe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lupe manages to break the clinch.
Obasi gets a clinch.
Lupe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Obasi.
Lupe scores with a shot to the side of Obasi's head.
Lupe is trying to break the clinch but Obasi has him pressed against the cage.
Obasi blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Lupe fails to land.
Obasi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Obasi stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Obasi scores with a knee to the head.
Lupe stalling.
Lupe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Come on Obasi - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Obasi.
Obasi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Knees in the clinch landing for Obasi.
Lupe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Obasi is stalling here.
Obasi tries a knee to the head but Lupe blocks it.
Obasi gets through Lupe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Obasi lands with a light punch inside.
Obasi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Lupe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lupe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Obasi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Lupe is keeping busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lupe can't find room to land a body shot as Obasi controls the action.
Lupe takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Solomon Obasi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Solomon Obasi's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Obasi moves away from the strike by Lupe.
Lupe scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lupe misses with a looping left.
Obasi lands a nice shot that snaps Lupe's head back.
Obasi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lupe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Obasi.
Lupe misses with a straight left.
Lupe keeps the fight on the outside.
Lupe moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Oh Lupe is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Obasi throws an overhand right that drops Lupe like a sack of potatoes! Obasi dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Solomon Obasi!
Solomon Obasi tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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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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