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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Hawking (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nuckin Futz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nuckin Futz is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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150 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
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177 cm
31
158 lbs
19 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Stephen Hawking!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nuckin Futz!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Futz misses the shot to the body.
Hawking throws an off balance right hand
and Futz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hawking avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Futz lands a head shot.
Stephen Hawking seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Futz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hawking swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hawking walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Futz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A big right from Hawking misses.
Hawking closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Futz quickly recovers to half guard.
Futz is trying to maintain the position but Hawking is very close to passing his half guard.
Futz is looking to escape.
Hawking slips a nice elbow through Futz's hands, connecting with Futz's forehead.
Hawking is trying to work for a kimura but Futz is defending well.
Futz tries to roll over but Hawking keeps him under control.
Hawking is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Futz is trying to stand back up but Hawking is controlling him
Hawking drops an elbow to the side of Futz's head.
Futz is trying to get back to full guard.
Hawking thows a huge punch but Futz dodges it nicely.
Hawking is looking to take a break and control but Futz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hawking lands strikes from half guard.
Futz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hawking scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hawking thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hawking prevents Futz from standing back up.
Futz is looking for a sweep. Hawking is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Futz won't allow Hawking to pass to mount.
Hawking working over Futz with some ground and pound. Futz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hawking is trying to control the action in half guard but Futz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawking working the head and body with strikes.
Futz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Hawking 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hawking looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Futz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Futz trying to control here.
Futz tries to get to full guard but Hawking has control of the leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hawking wants to take a breather but Futz is having none of it.
Futz tries to get to full guard but Hawking has control of the leg.
Hawking throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Futz looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Hawking pushes past his half guard into mount!
Hawking scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Futz?
Hawking lands a big elbow.
Futz is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Futz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Futz is still in real trouble! Can Hawking finish him?
Hawking with a couple of short strikes.
Futz wants to get back to his feet.
Hawking tries to control but Futz wriggling away.
Hawking lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Hawking raining down hammerfists from mount.
Hawking landing punches.
Hawking looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Hawking looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Futz covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stephen Hawking!
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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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