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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Achilles Myrmidon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Manningham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manningham has chosen Red Rider - Lunatic Fringe as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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220 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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188 cm
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215 lbs
9 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Achilles Myrmidon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kurt Manningham!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Anthony Taglia and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manningham will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Nice straight punches there by Myrmidon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Myrmidon.
Myrmidon getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Manningham.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manningham landing a few strikes.
Manningham is trying to get an arm triangle but Myrmidon is defending well.
Myrmidon is looking for a sweep.
Manningham wants to stand but Myrmidon has his arm trapped.
Manningham goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Myrmidon rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Manningham's guard! Nice work there by Myrmidon!
Myrmidon wants to control from the top but Manningham keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Myrmidon with a nice head shot there.
Myrmidon trying to control but Manningham is working from the bottom.
Manningham preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Manningham holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Achilles Myrmidon has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Manningham fails with a takedown attempt.
Manningham ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Manningham fails with a takedown attempt.
Achilles Myrmidon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kurt Manningham.
Manningham ducks under a wild hook from Myrmidon.
Manningham shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Manningham won't allow Myrmidon to sweep him here.
Myrmidon keeping moving, preventing Manningham from controlling successfully.
Myrmidon seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manningham missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Manningham wants to stand but Myrmidon is controlling his posture from full guard.
Myrmidon is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Oooooh!!! Myrmidon has knocked Manningham down with a huge combo! Myrmidon steps away and waves a wobbly Manningham back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Kurt Manningham has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Myrmidon cracks Manningham with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Manningham falls to his knees and Myrmidon doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Achilles Myrmidon!
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energy
A | B |
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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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