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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Durant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gica Ionescu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gica Ionescu has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Billy Durant's chin.
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300 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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275 lbs
3 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Billy Durant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Gica Ionescu!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ionescu dives in and grabs Durant's left leg, looking for a takedown. Durant pushes down on Ionescu's head and hops out.
Durant is looking to clinch but Ionescu is avoiding it.
Durant leaves Ionescu with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Durant looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Durant wants to clinch
and Ionescu counters with a takedown into side control.
Durant on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Durant tries to get out of the position.
Ionescu wants to control but Durant is keeping him busy.
Durant struggling a bit here.
Durant holds on to Ionescu's head and controls the position momentarily.
Ionescu throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ionescu lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ionescu throws a strike aimed at the side of Durant's head but Durant avoids it well.
Ionescu misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Ionescu working the head with strikes.
Durant wants to control but Ionescu postures up.
Ionescu wants to control but Durant is keeping him busy.
Ionescu in side control lands a decent elbow.
An elbow from Ionescu crashes against the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ionescu in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Durant parries the strikes from Ionescu easily there. Ionescu is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Durant to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes there by Ionescu.
Durant dodges the ground and pound from Ionescu.
Ionescu trying to control the position but Durant is working away.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Sloppy strikes there by Ionescu.
Ionescu cracks Durant with a big right hand but Durant just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Ionescu fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Ionescu working the ground and pound.
Ionescu tries to score with some ground and pound. Durant controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Durant knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ionescu on the ground.
Ionescu misses with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant parries the strikes from Ionescu easily there. Ionescu is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Durant to escape.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Ionescu working the head and body with strikes.
Ionescu working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
It looks like Billy Durant has been cut.
Durant is breathing heavily.
Ionescu has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Durant!
Ionescu postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Durant in real trouble here! The ref calls for Durant to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gica Ionescu!
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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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