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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henry Rooney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Poliisipaalikko Mannion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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200 lbs
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184 cm
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211 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Henry Rooney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Poliisipaalikko Mannion!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rooney swinging wildly here.
Mannion rushes Rooney and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mannion lands with a left to the head.
Mannion breaks from the clinch.
Mannion rushes Rooney and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mannion tries to throw a body punch but Rooney avoids it by throwing Mannion back against the cage.
Mannion lands with a short shot to the head.
Mannion makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
It looks like Henry Rooney has been cut.
Mannion lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rooney fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A head punch on the inside from Mannion fails to land.
Mannion escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rooney moves in looking to clinch but Mannion pushes him off.
Mannion misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rooney avoids the body shot from Mannion.
Rooney keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rooney waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mannion.
Rooney takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mannion keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rooney.
Mannion throws a combination that misses
and Rooney counters with a left and a right that stings Mannion.
Rooney takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rooney defending well as Mannion loads up on a big left hand.
Poliisipaalikko Mannion seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mannion misses with a looping right.
Mannion misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mannion misses with a few strikes there.
Mannion tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rooney was well out of range. Poor timing from Mannion.
Mannion scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rooney slips under a jab.
Mannion misses with the combination.
Mannion misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mannion gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rooney jumps guard and drags Mannion to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Rooney keeping full guard, as Mannion tries to pass.
Mannion is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rooney is looking to sinch up a triangle. Mannion throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Rooney's body to avoid the submission. Rooney has instead reached around Mannion's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Rooney arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Henry Rooney!
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G |
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B |
G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
35% |
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