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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Don Draper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jon Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 cm
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185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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198 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Don Draper! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jon Holmes! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Draper shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Holmes as he jumps to the side. Holmes misses with a looping right. Draper fails with a takedown attempt. Draper shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Don Draper. That's going to take a lot out of him. Draper drives through with a takedown into guard. Holmes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Draper with a nice head shot there. Draper throwing strikes from guard but Holmes blocks nicely. Draper stands up over Holmes, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Draper pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holmes is keeping the position for now. Holmes controlling Draper's posture. Draper working some strikes from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Draper with a flurry of punches that miss. Draper throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Holmes is looking to stand up but Draper isn't so interested in that idea. Draper missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Draper accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Draper accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Holmes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Draper is refusing to be controlled, as Holmes sits in half guard. Holmes trying to pass the guard but Draper defending well. Draper is looking to control Holmes's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Draper avoid being mounted?
That's two minutes gone in the round. Holmes is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! Draper blocking the ground and pound. Draper is in a horrible position here. Holmes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action! Holmes scoring with strikes but Draper is staying in there. Draper is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Holmes controlling his opponent. Draper tries to reverse the position but Holmes maintains control. Holmes breaks from Draper's wrist control and lands an elbow.
It looks like Don Draper has been cut. Draper is in all sorts of trouble here.
Draper is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Holmes takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Holmes avoids the attempt from Draper to control. Holmes lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Holmes lands a big shot there that rocks Draper but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Holmes connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Holmes looking to finish Draper with some ground and pound. This is bad for Draper! Holmes with the ground and pound from mount.
Draper is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Holmes connects with a bit shot that sees Draper covering up! More strikes from Holmes and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Holmes is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Holmes!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
66% |
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