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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Francis Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Oddi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Oddi has chosen Worried About My Baby - Howlin' Wolf as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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20
160 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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182 cm
26
169 lbs
7 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Francis Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Oddi!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jordan is looking to clinch but Oddi is avoiding it.
Oddi is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jordan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jordan lands with a nice body kick.
Jordan clinches.
Oddi tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Jordan smiles and moves away.
Jordan clinches up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jordan obliges.
Jordan content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Oddi takes a knee to the side of the body.
Oddi looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jordan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Oddi takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Jordan.
Oddi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jordan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Francis Jordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Oddi.
Jordan slows down the pace here.
A knee to the head by Jordan.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Jordan for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Jordan lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jordan lands a good knee to the midsection. Oddi won't want to take too many of those.
Jordan lands a nice knee to the body.
Oddi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jordan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jordan taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oddi wants a takedown but no success here.
Jordan unloads a knee to the mid-section. Oddi lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Oddi tries to pull guard but Jordan forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jordan taking a breather.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Francis Jordan.
Oddi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jordan circles away quickly and effectively.
Oddi shoots in and drives through. Jordan sprawls well.
Oddi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jordan's head backwards.
Jordan clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oddi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Jordan gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Jordan manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Jordan prevents the takedown attempt.
Jordan with a knee to the head.
Jordan landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Jordan.
Jordan gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oddi tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jordan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jordan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Oddi up against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Francis Jordan.
Jordan tries to clinch but Oddi is having none of it.
Jordan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oddi keeps the fight on the outside.
Oddi with a poor takedown
and Jordan counters with a head kick that drops Oddi to the mat! Oddi scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Jordan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jordan swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Francis Jordan dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Oddi throws a looping overhand right but Jordan ducks down to avoid it.
Antonio Oddi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oddi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Jordan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jordan darts in and clinches Oddi up against the cage.
Jordan will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Oddi up against the cage.
Jordan crunches a lovely knee into Oddi's ribcage.
Jordan has Oddi pushed against the cage.
Jordan scores a nice knee to the body.
Jordan with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oddi is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jordan is defending well.
Oddi is breathing heavily.
Jordan has Oddi pressed against the cage.
Oddi is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Jordan is defending well.
Oddi is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Jordan pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Francis Jordan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Antonio Oddi.
Jordan gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jordan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Oddi in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Jordan slowing the pace effectively.
Jordan landing knees to the head.
Jordan drops Oddi with a big knee straight up the middle! Oddi is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Oddi is rocked!
It looks like Antonio Oddi has been cut.
Francis Jordan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jordan drives through and clinches with Oddi against the cage.
Oddi is still on wobbly legs! Can Jordan finish him?
Oddi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jordan is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oddi drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jordan takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jordan lands a damaging elbow.
Jordan lands a nice knee to the body.
Jordan slows down the pace here.
Jordan unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jordan with a knee to the head.
Jordan is struggling to control the position.
Jordan landing knees to the head.
Oddi is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Jordan to keep the fight standing.
Jordan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Jordan lands a nice elbow.
Oddi is looking to take this one to the mat.
Jordan pressing his opponent against the cage.
Jordan with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jordan is pressed up against the cage. Oddi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Jordan down to the mat. Jordan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Jordan rushes Oddi and presses him up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan lands a big knee to the head and Oddi goes down! Jordan pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francis Jordan!
Francis Jordan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
57% |
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