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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between KC Storm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Faragher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Storm comes to the cage accompanied by Boom-POD. The key to victory for KC Storm has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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215 cm
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170 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
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183 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful |
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, KC Storm! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Billy Faragher! The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jorge Garcia and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A head kick misses from Storm. Storm tries a head kick but it misses.
Storm throws a head kick but Faragher moves out of range.
Storm lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Storm tries a head kick but it misses.
Storm throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Faragher's head. Storm misses with a head kick.
Faragher is looking to clinch. Storm misses with a series of wild punches.
Faragher misses with a body punch
and Storm counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Faragher is lucky that one didn't land flush. Storm keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Faragher throws a looping overhand right but Storm ducks down to avoid it. Storm circles away from the clinch attempt.
Storm misses with a head kick.
Storm misses with an uppercut. Storm connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Faragher momentarily.
Storm connects with a high kick. Faragher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Storm misses with a head kick.
Storm lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Storm throws a series of punches but Faragher moves out of range. Storm steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Faragher. Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world. No joy there for Storm, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Storm throws a head kick but Faragher moves out of range.
Storm misses with a looping left. Faragher misses with a lunging right hand
and Storm counters with a stiff right hand. Storm plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Faragher blocks a head kick by Storm.
Storm will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Storm throws a one two combo.
Storm throws a series of punches but Faragher avoids them all with ease. KC Storm is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Faragher misses the shot to the body. Storm tries to sprawl but Faragher drives through with a takedown into half guard. Storm is trying to stand.
Storm trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful. Faragher winds up and cracks Storm with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Storm moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Faragher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Faragher postures up in Storm's guard and throws a big left but Storm blocks it. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Storm keeping moving, preventing Faragher from controlling successfully. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Faragher is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. Storm bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Faragher's guard. Faragher has Storm pulled in close to control his posture. Faragher manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Storm manages to get himself to full guard.
Faragher trying to control but Storm is working from the bottom. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Faragher is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Faragher is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
KC Storm dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Storm tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Storm throws a head kick but Faragher moves out of range.
Storm keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big right from Storm misses. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Faragher looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Storm is fending him off so far but Faragher persists. Nope, Storm circles away and we're back to standing. Storm throws a head kick that misses. Storm connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Faragher misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Storm.
Storm ducks under a wild hook from Faragher. Storm really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. A head kick misses from Storm. Faragher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. A head kick misses from Storm. Storm throws a series of punches but Faragher moves out of range. Faragher shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Faragher throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Faragher throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. Storm won't allow Faragher to pass to mount. Faragher throwing shots but Storm is blocking nicely. Faragher prevents Storm from improving his position. Storm is working hard here to advance position. Storm taking some punishment here, with Faragher in his half guard. Faragher scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Storm is rocked! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Faragher trying to control the pace. Oh Storm is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Storm trying to control here.
Faragher lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Storm quite badly. Storm pulls Faragher in close trying to recover. Faragher postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Storm on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Storm doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy Faragher!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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