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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonic Boom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manuel Neuer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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252 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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196 cm
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270 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sonic Boom!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manuel Neuer!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Reed Andrews and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neuer moves in looking to clinch but Boom pushes him off.
Neuer tries to clinch but Boom moves away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Neuer throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Boom.
Boom lands with a cross.
Neuer tries to move into range but Boom moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Neuer wants to clinch up but Boom keeps it at a distance.
Neuer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boom misses with a jab to the body
and Neuer counters with a two punch combo.
Neuer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boom moves away.
Boom throws a head kick but Neuer moves out of range.
Neuer moves out of range as Boom strikes.
Boom dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Boom keeps the fight on the outside.
Neuer pushes Boom up against the cage in a clinch.
Boom tries a body shot but Neuer blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boom.
Boom misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom tries to work over Neuer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Neuer wants to get back to striking at distance but Boom won't allow it.
Boom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boom working aggressively here.
Boom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boom misses with a punch to the body.
Boom wants to get back to striking at distance but Neuer won't allow it.
A short right from Neuer.
Boom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Boom is looking to control Neuer's arms but Neuer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Boom has his back to the cage.
Boom struggles to land a body shot inside as Neuer controls his hands.
Boom escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Neuer is looking to clinch.
Boom fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Neuer manages to avoid it.
Boom throws a low kick but Neuer moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom circles away from the clinch attempt
and Boom counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Boom connects with a high kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Boom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boom thuds his shin into the meat of Neuer's side.
Boom is looking to land body kicks.
Neuer misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boom lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A telegraphed right hand from Boom misses the target.
Boom dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Neuer avoids the head kick by Boom.
Neuer tries to clinch up.
Boom throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boom avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boom feints and then cracks Neuer's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Neuer down.
Boom ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Boom keeps the fight on the outside.
Neuer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Boom keeps the fight on the outside.
Boom lands with an overhand left.
Neuer tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Boom counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Boom tries to clinch but Neuer moves out of range.
Boom throws a big shot that misses.
A solid body kick from Boom.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A lazy left from Boom finds it's target.
Boom swings for the body but Neuer moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Neuer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Neuer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Neuer prevents a body shot from Boom.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boom.
Boom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Neuer prevents a body shot from Boom.
Boom is trying to stall.
Boom misses with a body punch.
Boom swings wildly with an uppercut but Neuer uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Neuer throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Booms head.
It looks like Sonic Boom has been cut.
Boom managing to block the knees to the body from Neuer.
Boom's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sonic Boom dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sonic Boom's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Neuer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Boom throws out the jab.
Boom misses with a leg kick
and Neuer counters by moving into the clinch.
Neuer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boom.
Boom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Neuer blocks a body shot from Boom.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Neuer in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Neuer blocking some punches.
Neuer lands a hook that snaps the head of Boom backwards.
Boom misses with the head strike.
Boom throws a head punch that misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Boom here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Neuer blocks a body shot from Boom.
A body shot lands from Neuer.
Boom tries to break free but Neuer pushes him back against the cage.
Boom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boom is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Neuer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boom keeps the fight on the outside.
Boom lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Boom connects with a body shot that sends Neuer's belly button to the back.
Boom swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Boom will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Boom throws a series of punches but Neuer avoids them all with ease.
Sonic Boom is winning the standup battle so far.
No joy there for Neuer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Neuer checks a leg kick.
Neuer wants to clinch up but Boom keeps it at a distance.
Boom lands a leg kick that knocks Neuer off balance momentarily.
Neuer takes the fight into the clinch.
Boom lands a body punch.
Boom goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neuer blocking some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Neuer - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Neuer gets through Boom's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom lands a right hand that snaps the head of Neuer backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boom.
Boom lands a right hand that snaps the head of Neuer backwards.
A short right from Boom.
Neuer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Boom moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Neuer has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Boom.
Neuer checks a leg kick nicely.
Boom goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Boom takes a swing at Neuer's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neuer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Boom manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Boom misses with a head kick.
Manuel Neuer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Neuer wants to clinch.
Boom moves in looking to clinch but Neuer pushes him off.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Boom. Neuer shrugs it off though.
Boom keeps the fight on the outside.
Sonic Boom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boom circles away from the clinch attempt.
Neuer gets a clinch.
Boom wants to stall.
Boom tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Neuer's elbow.
Neuer wants a takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Neuer has clasped his hands together around Boom's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Boom is looking for a sweep.
A lull in the action here as Neuer stalls from top position.
Neuer has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boom connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Neuer misses the target.
Boom misses with a low kick.
Neuer is looking to clinch but Boom is avoiding it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sonic Boom dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sonic Boom's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Neuer instigates a clinch.
Boom misses with a hook from the clinch.
Neuer leaning his opponent against the cage.
Boom stalling in the clinch but Neuer improves position.
Sonic Boom has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short right from Boom on the inside.
Neuer scores with a shot to the side of Boom's head.
A head punch on the inside from Neuer fails to land.
Boom tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Boom wants to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neuer.
Neuer gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Neuer wants to stand but Boom has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Neuer seems content to control.
Neuer tries to pass the half guard into mount. Boom knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Boom manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neuer wants to get up but he can't break Boom's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Boom wants to sweep but no luck.
Neuer looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Manuel Neuer has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Neuer moves into range and clinches up with Boom.
Boom struggles to land a body shot inside as Neuer controls his hands.
Neuer lands a right hand.
Neuer misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neuer blocks a body shot from Boom.
A shot in the inside from Neuer.
Neuer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Neuer.
Boom lands with a right to the head.
Neuer makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Come on Neuer - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Boom lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boom misses with a punch on the inside.
Boom working aggressively here.
Boom stops a takedown attempt from Neuer.
Neuer is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Neuer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Neuer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Boom.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Neuer.
Boom misses with a short punch on the inside.
Neuer creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Boom's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Boom drops to his knees and Neuer pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manuel Neuer!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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