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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Porterfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stan Richard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richard has chosen In Ashes They Shall Reap as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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155 lbs
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168 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bobby Porterfield!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stan Richard!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Richard scores with a decent looking hook.
Richard cracks Porterfield with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Richard misses with a straight left.
Richard keeps the fight on the outside.
Porterfield slips a jab from Richard.
Porterfield avoids the head kick by Richard.
Richard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Porterfield tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Richard misses with a straight left.
Porterfield feints a jab promting Richard to slip. Porterfield then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Richard slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Porterfield wants to clinch up but Richard keeps it at a distance.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Richard!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Porterfield tries to clinch there but Richard circles away.
Porterfield closes the distance but Richard moves to the side
and Richard cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Porterfield tries to clinch but Richard is having none of it.
Richard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Richard changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Porterfield looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Richard.
Richard working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Porterfield is trying to get back to his feet.
Check out the look on Richard's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Porterfield is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Richard cracks Porterfield with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Richard has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Porterfield is trying to control Richard's posture but Richard avoids it.
Richard working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Porterfield is trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richard lands a nice forearm strike.
Porterfield is trying to buck Richard off.
You can see the frustration on Porterfield's face as Richard controls the position.
Porterfield is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Richard's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Richard content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Richard connects with a nice short shot to Porterfield's temple.
Richard keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Richard seems to be working for a kimura but Porterfield defends the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richard sitting and controlling from the half guard.
It looks like Richard might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Porterfield makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Porterfield.
Richard working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Porterfield's head.
Richard won't allow Porterfield to get back to his feet.
Richard is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Richard slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Richard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richard engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Richard throwing strikes but missing.
Richard stays in close to Porterfield's body and controls the position.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Stan Richard hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Richard tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Porterfield is able to avoid easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Porterfield slips under a jab.
Richard looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Porterfield!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Richard prevents Porterfield from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stan Richard dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Porterfield uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Richard.
Richard fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Porterfield tries to close the distance and clinch up but Richard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Porterfield wants to clinch up but Richard keeps it at a distance.
Porterfield misses with the combination.
Richard scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Richard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Porterfield is out of range.
Porterfield is looking to clinch but Richard is avoiding it.
Porterfield darts in trying to clinch
and Richard connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice sprawl there from Porterfield as Richard shoots in.
Bobby Porterfield seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Porterfield feints and then cracks Richard's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Richard down.
Stan Richard seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Danga de danga de dang - Porterfield scores with a four punch combination!
Bobby Porterfield is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Porterfield misses with an uppercut.
A nice inside leg kick there by Richard. That's going to slow Porterfield down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Porterfield throws a leg kick but Richard sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Porterfield wants to clinch but Richard slips to the side
and Porterfield takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Porterfield throws a wild body kick that Richard sees coming a mile off.
Richard darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Porterfield is rocked!
Richard stops Porterfield from getting back to his feet.
Oh Porterfield is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Porterfield seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Richard with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Stan Richard has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Richard works the jab nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Porterfield is looking to land body kicks.
Porterfield moves to clinch but Richard breaks away
enabling Richard to counter with a crisp jab.
Richard checks a leg kick nicely.
Porterfield tries to clinch but Richard moves out of range.
Porterfield darts in trying to clinch
enabling Richard to counter with a crisp jab.
Porterfield wants to clinch.
Porterfield darts in and clinches Richard up against the cage.
Porterfield doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Porterfield tries to work over Richard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richard lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Porterfield crunches a lovely knee into Richard's ribcage.
Porterfield looking to throw knees to the head but Richard is blocking nicely.
Porterfield prevents Richard from breaking the clinch.
Porterfield throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Richard looking to slow down the pace here.
Porterfield missing with knees to the body.
Porterfield tries to stall but Richard uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Richard avoiding damage as Porterfield throws knees to the body.
Porterfield using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Richard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Porterfield goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Porterfield throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Porterfield lands an elbow inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Porterfield with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Porterfield managing to block the knees to the body from Richard.
Richard is working Porterfield over against the cage.
Richard blocks an uppercut.
Porterfield tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Richard dodges an elbow strike from Porterfield.
Good body shot from Richard.
Porterfield misses with a knee strike.
Porterfield looking to stall.
Porterfield trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Richard is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Richard digs a right hand underneath Porterfield's ribcage. Porterfield let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Stan Richard will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Porterfield swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Richard is trying hard to land a takedown here. Porterfield sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Porterfield is looking to clinch but Richard is avoiding it.
Porterfield blocks a jab.
Richard misses with an uppercut
and Porterfield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Porterfield tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Porterfield tries to clinch up
and Richard counters with a nice body kick.
Richard lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Donk. Richard catches Porterfield right on the button with a cross.
Porterfield is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Porterfield uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Richard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Porterfield tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Richard counters with a huge left! Porterfield is in big trouble! He's backing up but Richard isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Porterfield from any more damage. A dominating finish by Richard!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stan Richard!
Stan Richard was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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