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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tangerine Dream (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Solomon Obasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dream comes to the cage accompanied by One Night In Space . The crowd seem to be enjoying Obasi's choice of entrance music: 6' 7''. The key to victory for Tangerine Dream has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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188 cm
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194 lbs
13 - 2 - 1 |
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183 cm
28
198 lbs
14 - 10 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
13 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tangerine Dream! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Solomon Obasi! The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Obasi takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Dream throws a body punch but Obasi moves out of range. Obasi digs a good body shot into Dream's ribs. Tangerine Dream seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Obasi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dream's head backwards. Dream misses with a looping right. Dream throws a lazy head kick and Obasi counters with a slapping leg kick. Dream connects with the punch. Dream misses with a kick to the body.
Jab, jab by Dream - just one landing. This has been an exciting period of action! Dream swings for the body but Obasi moves out of range.
Dream scores with the left hand. Obasi knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Solomon Obasi has been cut. Dream turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Dream keeps Obasi at a distance using the push kick. Dream moves out of range of the leg kick from Obasi. Dream connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. A looping hook to the body misses from Obasi. Dream does a little dance to reset his feet. Dream misses with a wild body shot. Dream scores with a jab to the body. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Obasi checks a leg kick. Dream feints and then cracks Obasi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Obasi down. Dream blocks a head kick by Obasi.
Dream connects with a body shot. Obasi 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. Obasi jabbing away but nothing is landing. Dream throws a nice inside leg kick. Obasi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Dream is looking to wear down Obasi with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Obasi looks gassed! Dream connects with a body shot that sends Obasi's belly button to the back. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Dream takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Dream shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Obasi eats them both and turns towards Dream to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. Dream stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Obasi is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Left hook, right uppercut from Dream. A good leg kick by Dream. Obasi looks for the body kick but Dream saw that one coming. Obasi misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Obasi throws a half hearted mid kick. Dream connects with the punch. A decent looking body kick lands there for Dream. Dream scores with a nice strike.
Obasi is rocked! Dream throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Obasi is still on wobbly legs! Can Dream finish him? Dream circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Obasi tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Dream wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tangerine Dream! Post fight, an emotional Tangerine Dream said 'It feels good to get back in the cage - back in front of all you VFC fans. It's been a long road for me, but the Dream is alive and well.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
72% |
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