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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julius Lawson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Cordoba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cordoba comes into a darkened arena with his song building. English Fire by CoF kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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181 cm
30
274 lbs
20 - 9 - 1 |
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191 cm
29
232 lbs
19 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Julius Lawson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Alex Cordoba! The judges for this bout are William Gold, Daniel Bishop and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lawson misses with a hook
and Cordoba counters with an inside leg kick. Cordoba lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Cordoba takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cordoba feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lawson's calf. Lawson misses with an uppercut. Cordoba saw that one coming. Lawson connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cordoba. Cordoba circles away out of range and recomposes himself. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Lawson throws a low kick but Cordoba avoids it. Lawson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Lawson misses with a left hand and Cordoba counters with a leg kick. Cordoba looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cordoba moves into the clinch. Cordoba gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Julius Lawson has been cut. Nice elbow from Cordoba. Lawson misses with a short punch on the inside. Lawson scores with a nice hook to the head. A quick uppercut on the inside from Cordoba. Cordoba just leaning against Lawson, taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lawson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Cordoba throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Lawson. Lawson takes one to the chin there.
Julius Lawson's cut is getting worse. Cordoba moves into range and clinches up with Lawson. Cordoba goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cordoba tries a knee to the head but Lawson blocks it.
Come on Cordoba - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Cordoba presses Lawson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. A head punch blocked on the inside by Cordoba. Cordoba looking to throw knees to the head but Lawson is blocking nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lawson. Cordoba lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Cordoba lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lawson misses with a punch to the body.
Cordoba tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cordoba lands an elbow inside. Cordoba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lawson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. A quick uppercut on the inside from Cordoba. Cordoba tries a knee to the head but Lawson blocks it.
Cordoba misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lawson.
Lawson tries to circle away but Cordoba has him pinned against the cage. Cordoba lands a left hand.
Lawson swings wildly with an uppercut but Cordoba uses good head movement to avoid it. Lawson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cordoba's elbow. Good body shot from Cordoba.
Lawson lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cordoba gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Cordoba putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lawson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Cordoba crunches a lovely knee into Lawson's ribcage. Lawson is breathing heavily. Cordoba displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lawson up against the cage. Cordoba lands a hook to the side of the head.
Julius Lawson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Cordoba lands a body punch in the clinch. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Cordoba lands a knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Cordoba scores with a nice short uppercut. Knees in the clinch landing for Cordoba.
Cordoba stalling in the clinch.
Cordoba landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cordoba lands a body punch in the clinch. Stalling in the clinch from Cordoba.
Lawson blocks a body shot from Cordoba.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A body shot lands from Cordoba.
Lawson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jeez, Julius Lawson's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked. Lawson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lawson tries a body shot but Cordoba blocks it.
A bit of stalling here from Cordoba.
Cordoba lands a nice shot to the body. Cordoba lands a body shot in the clinch.
Cordoba stalling in the clinch.
Cordoba working some nice short punches in the clinch. Cordoba lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lawson backwards. A nice glancing elbow lands by Cordoba.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Julius Lawson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alex Cordoba! During a confident post fight interview, Alex Cordoba thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
97% |
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