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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Larkin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles comes to the cage accompanied by Muddy Waters- Hoochie Coochie Man. Larkin has chosen I'm Shipping Up To Boston as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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215 lbs
23 - 10 - 0 |
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212 lbs
20 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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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
23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray Charles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Larkin!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles takes the fight into the clinch.
Charles pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Larkin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Some wild striking there from Charles.
Larkin gets tackled into the cage by Charles. Charles maintains the clinch.
Larkin working aggressively here.
Charles blocks a body shot from Larkin.
Charles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Larkin is fighting off a takedown attempt but Charles is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Larkin to the mat. Larkin regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Charles is stalling in the full guard.
Larkin uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larkin misses with a low kick.
Charles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Larkin lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Larkin wants to clinch up but Charles keeps it at a distance.
Larkin looks to land a left hand but Charles moved out of range nicely.
Larkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Charles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Larkin throws out the jab.
Charles pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Charles punishes Larkin's body with a nice straight punch.
Charles blocks a leg kick.
Larkin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Larkin throws a leg kick that misses.
Ryan Larkin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charles has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Larkin.
Nice body kick from Larkin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Charles tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Larkin misses with a low kick.
A shot to the liver by Charles. Beautiful body shot.
Charles is looking to wear down Larkin with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Larkin scores with a shot to the body.
Charles is breathing heavily.
Larkin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Larkin.
It looks like Ray Charles has been cut.
Larkin lands with a kick to the ribs.
Charles takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ryan Larkin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Larkin cracks Charles with a good jab.
Larkin bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Larkin tries a head kick but it misses.
Larkin throws a leg kick but Charles moved away.
Larkin moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Charles moves in looking to clinch but Larkin pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin just misses with a punch to the body.
Charles has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Larkin.
A shot to the liver by Larkin. Beautiful body shot.
Charles tries to move into range but Larkin moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Larkin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Charles displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Larkin throws out the jab.
Charles wants to clinch up but Larkin keeps it at a distance.
Larkin fails to land with a series of punches.
Larkin swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Larkin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Charles has Larkin up against the cage in a clinch.
Larkin lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Charles can't find room to land a body shot as Larkin controls the action.
Larkin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Larkin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ray Charles's cut is getting worse.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Charles changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Larkin fights it off and pushes away nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Larkin.
Larkin lands a jab to Charles's midsection.
Larkin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Larkin cracks the inside of Charles's front leg.
Larkin wants to slow Charles down by chopping away at his legs.
Charles takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Larkin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Charles if he has to take too many more of those.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Larkin scores with a nice head shot.
Larkin connects with an inside leg kick.
Charles on the wrong end of a nice jab.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Larkin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ray Charles's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Charles moves out of range of the body kick from Larkin.
Larkin misses with a body kick.
Charles throws a right hand that misses
and Larkin makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Charles takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Larkin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Charles doesn't seem bothered though.
Larkin lands with a thumping leg kick.
Larkin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Charles on the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Larkin throws a quick inside leg kick.
Charles takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Larkin lands with an overhand left.
Nice body kick from Larkin.
Larkin is looking to clinch but Charles is avoiding it.
Larkin moves in looking to clinch but Charles pushes him off.
Charles takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Larkin rushes Charles and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larkin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Charles or not.
Larkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Charles controls his hands.
Larkin will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Charles up against the cage.
Charles's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Charles prevents a body shot from Larkin.
Charles avoiding damage as Larkin throws knees to the body.
Charles will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Larkin landing knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Larkin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Larkin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Charles backwards.
Ray Charles's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Larkin tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing Larkin back against the cage.
Charles is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Larkin tries a body shot but Charles blocks it.
Larkin lands a nice shot to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Larkin.
Larkin has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Larkin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Larkin struggles to land a body shot inside as Charles controls his hands.
Larkin tries to throw a body punch but Charles avoids it by throwing Larkin back against the cage.
Larkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larkin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Larkin.
Charles avoids the elbow strike from Larkin, against the cage.
Charles is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Larkin pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Larkin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Charles swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Larkin.
Larkin controlling the action here for a moment.
Larkin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Charles misses with a hook from the clinch.
Larkin scores with a shoulder strike.
Charles is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Larkin misses with a body punch.
Larkin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Larkin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Larkin lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Larkin creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Charles's defenses.
Larkin trying to land knees to the body.
A short uppercut from Larkin.
Jeez, Ray Charles's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ray Charles's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ryan Larkin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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