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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Nguyen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Roxas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roxas has chosen Are You Ready? as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Michael Nguyen has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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188 cm
21
218 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm
26
217 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Solid 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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Michael Nguyen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Roxas! The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nguyen lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Nguyen. Nguyen throws a one two combo.
Nguyen fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Roxas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Nguyen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Nguyen lands with a nice body punch. Nguyen lands with a good body shot. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Nguyen lands a slapping body shot.
Roxas looks gassed! Nguyen throws a series of strikes that have Roxas backpedaling.
It looks like Sean Roxas has been cut. Nguyen tries to clinch up but Roxas circles away and keeps his distance. No luck for Roxas with that takedown attempt. Nguyen dips to his left and cracks Roxas with an uppercut! A combination from Nguyen does no damage. Nguyen lands a nice hook to Roxas's body. Roxas takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Nguyen moves in looking to clinch but Roxas pushes him off. Roxas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Nguyen lands a body shot.
Nguyen's corner calls for a 1-2. Nguyen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Roxas shoots in looking for a takedown but Nguyen manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Roxas's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away. Roxas takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nguyen wants to clinch. Roxas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Nguyen. Sean Roxas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Roxas swats away the attempt to clinch by Nguyen. Nguyen tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Roxas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Nguyen throws a sloppy head kick and Roxas moves out of range easily. That kick from Nguyen tenderised Roxas's leg. Roxas is trying to keep his angry face on. Roxas takes one to the side of the head.
Nguyen scores with a hook to the body. Roxas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Roxas takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Nguyen fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Nguyen shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Roxas eats them both and turns towards Nguyen to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nguyen cracks Roxas with a good jab. Nguyen works Roxas's body with a nice hook. Nguyen keeps Roxas at a distance using the push kick. Nguyen scores with a jab to the body. Roxas misses with a takedown and Nguyen counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Michael Nguyen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sean Roxas. Nguyen lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Roxas backs up against the cage.
Roxas is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Nguyen just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Roxas has gone limp and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Michael Nguyen! A very excited looking Michael Nguyen rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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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
78% |
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