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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Branko Popovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Richmond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Popovic might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to None. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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192 lbs
23 - 17 - 1 |
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184 cm
28
190 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Branko Popovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Richmond!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yuuki Gou and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richmond misses with a combination
and Popovic counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Popovic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Richmond stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Popovic rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Richmond moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Richmond lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Richmond lands a nice hook to Popovic's body. Popovic takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Popovic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richmond on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Popovic lands a head shot.
It looks like James Richmond has been cut.
Richmond takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Richmond misses with a few strikes there.
Richmond misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richmond looks gassed!
Richmond takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Popovic scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Popovic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Richmond.
Popovic fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Richmond uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Popovic.
Richmond gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Richmond tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Popovic is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Richmond buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Richmond!! Richmond is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Popovic throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Branko Popovic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
70% |
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