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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Vicks Wedge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Garrett Bukovsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wedge comes to the cage accompanied by Song for the Suspect. Bukovsky has chosen Grubson feat. donGURALesko - Moc as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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187 cm
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173 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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183 cm
20
182 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Self confident |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vicks Wedge! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Garrett Bukovsky! The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bukovsky connects with a crisp jab. Bukovsky throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Wedge's head. Bukovsky tries to clinch there but Wedge circles away.
Bukovsky fails to land with a series of punches.
Wedge fails with a takedown attempt. Bukovsky fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wedge moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
It looks like Garrett Bukovsky has been cut. Wedge with a nice cross. 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! Bukovsky swinging wildly here.
Bukovsky showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wedge.
Bukovsky throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wedge. Bukovsky scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
That's one minute gone in the round. Wedge changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bukovsky tries to avoid it but Wedge manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bukovsky to the ground. Bukovsky escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Wedge misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bukovsky.
Horrible takedown by Wedge or perhaps it was just good defense by Bukovsky which made him look bad. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vicks Wedge. That's going to take a lot out of him. Wedge misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bukovsky.
Wedge throws a jab when Bukovsky was well out of range. Bukovsky lands a jab-cross combination. Bukovsky with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Bukovsky connects with a body shot that sends Wedge's belly button to the back. Sloppy strikes from Wedge. Those never looked like landing. Bukovsky throws a nice looking combination but Wedge bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Bukovsky misses with a wild combination.
Bukovsky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bukovsky tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Wedge manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Wedge looks to land a combination but Bukovsky avoids it well. A combination from Wedge does no damage. Bukovsky paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Wedge is rocked! Wedge takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Bukovsky with a hook. Oh Wedge is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! A nice inside leg kick there by Bukovsky. That's going to slow Wedge down. Wedge is breathing heavily. Bukovsky connects with a jab, followed by a picture perfect straight right that sends Wedge to the canvas, out cold! What a finish by Bukovsky!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Garrett Bukovsky! Garrett Bukovsky was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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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
70% |
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