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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabe Christianson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keith Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christianson comes to the cage accompanied by Like a Boss. Stone comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I like BEER! Tom T. Hall kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Gabe Christianson had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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189 cm
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214 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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186 cm
24
199 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabe Christianson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Keith Stone! The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Stone punishes Christianson's body with a nice straight punch. Stone instigates a clinch. Christianson has Stone pressed against the cage, preventing Stone from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Stone struggles to land a body shot inside as Christianson controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Christianson. Stone tries to pull guard but Christianson holds him up against the cage and eventually Stone drops back down to his feet.
Christianson misses with the head strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Christianson.
Both fighters working to control the clinch. A bit of stalling here from Christianson.
Stone tries a body shot but Christianson blocks it.
Christianson misses with the head strike.
Christianson manages to break the clinch.
Stone slips a jab and a cross from Christianson.
Stone has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Stone there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Christianson lands a body shot.
Christianson throws a nice inside leg kick. Christianson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Stone closes this distance looking for a takedown but Christianson circles away. Christianson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Christianson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Christianson gets tackled into the cage by Stone. Stone maintains the clinch. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Christianson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Christianson scores with a shoulder strike. Stone struggles to land a body shot inside as Christianson controls his hands.
Stone jumps guard but Christianson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. Gabe Christianson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Keith Stone. Christianson tries to work over Stone's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Christianson lands a nice uppercut. Christianson breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Stone misses with a body shot.
Christianson tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Stone is able to avoid easily. Stone misses with a body shot.
Stone throws a big shot that misses. Horrible takedown by Stone or perhaps it was just good defense by Christianson which made him look bad. A punch lands to the side of Stone 's head but he takes it in his stride. Christianson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Christianson misses with a straight left. Christianson closes the distance and clinches. Christianson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Christianson tries to clinch but Stone moves out of range. Christianson lands with an overhand left. Gabe Christianson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Christianson takes one to the side of the head.
Christianson is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Stone moves out of range as Christianson strikes. Christianson scores with a leg kick.
Stone 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. Christianson dodges the punch combination from Stone.
Stone avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Stone takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Christianson connects with a crisp jab.
Stone is rocked! Christianson lands a nice looking body kick. Stone is still on wobbly legs! Can Christianson finish him? We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Christianson is stalking Stone. Stone circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Christianson, and it's lights out! Stone really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gabe Christianson! Gabe Christianson decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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
59% |
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