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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brock Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Azeroth King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cherry comes to the cage accompanied by Municipal Waste - Headbanger Face Rip. King has chosen Smooth Criminal as his entrance music. Azeroth King will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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185 cm
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274 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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195 cm
22
240 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brock Cherry! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Azeroth King! The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! King tests Cherry's chin there with a solid looking shot. King throws a series of punches but Cherry moves out of range. Brock Cherry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. King keeps the fight on the outside. Cherry doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
King swinging wilding here.
Cherry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from King does no damage. Cherry could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Cherry shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Cherry was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! King is looking to improve his position but Cherry isn't that keen on the idea.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cherry unloading with bombs! The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. King's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up. Cherry controlling from mount. King keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
King really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cherry. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Cherry trying to control but he's not successful this time. Cherry pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Cherry content just to control the position here. Cherry is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round. King is bucking up trying to escape but Cherry cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Cherry with the ground and pound from mount. Cherry with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Cherry has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. King is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Cherry locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! King is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Brock Cherry!
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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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RATING
43% |
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