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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabe Christianson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Captain Beefheart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Christianson comes to the cage accompanied by Like a Boss. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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214 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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223 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabe Christianson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Captain Beefheart!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beefheart lands with an overhand left.
Christianson lands with an overhand left.
Beefheart clinches up with Christianson and pushes him back against the cage.
Christianson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Beefheart backwards.
Christianson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Christianson works on Beefheart's body with a couple of short punches.
Beefheart is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Christianson is defending well for now.
Beefheart blocking some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christianson blocks a body shot from Beefheart.
Christianson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beefheart takes a shot to the head.
Beefheart tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Christianson avoids it.
Christianson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Beefheart looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Beefheart tries a body shot but Christianson blocks it.
Christianson avoiding damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Christianson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Christianson.
Christianson blocks a body shot from Beefheart.
Christianson tries a body shot but Beefheart blocks it.
Christianson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Christianson - that landed with a thud.
Christianson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Christianson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Beefheart or not.
Beefheart swings wildly with an uppercut but Christianson uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Beefheart.
The referee calls for Christianson to work.
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!
Christianson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Christianson is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Beefheart blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christianson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Beefheart with a hook.
Christianson scores with the left hand. Beefheart knows he should have avoided that one.
Christianson misses with a wild combination.
Christianson closes the distance and clinches.
Christianson has a couple of punches blocked by Beefheart.
Christianson managing to block the knees to the body from Beefheart.
Christianson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Christianson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Beefheart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Christianson moves away.
Christianson misses with a left hand
and Beefheart counters with a thumping low kick.
Christianson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christianson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beefheart tries to close the distance and clinch but Christianson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beefheart with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Beefheart is looking to clinch but Christianson is avoiding it.
Beefheart on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Christianson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gabe Christianson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beefheart lands a nice hook to Christianson's body. Christianson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Beefheart needs to keep his hands up - Christianson had a free shot at his head there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Christianson jabs Beefheart to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Beefheart looks gassed!
Christianson looks to score with a jab to the body but Beefheart is just out of range.
Christianson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Christianson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Christianson misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beefheart throws a right hand that misses
and Christianson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Beefheart drops his hands momentarily. Christianson doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Beefheart staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Beefheart doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gabe Christianson!
Gabe Christianson retains his light heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Gabe Christianson thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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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
RATING
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