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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Richard Coughlan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amin Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coughlan comes to the cage accompanied by Infinite Mass-Enter The Dragon. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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139 lbs
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138 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Richard Coughlan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Amin Smith!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Andrew Berry and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coughlan scores with a punch to the head.
Coughlan scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Smith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Coughlan misses with a hook.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Coughlan.
Smith shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Coughlan defends it nicely.
Smith takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Coughlan throws a shot to the body.
Coughlan lands a glancing blow to the side of Smith's head.
Smith fails to land the takedown.
Coughlan misses with a looping right.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Smith.
Richard Coughlan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amin Smith.
Smith throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jab by Coughlan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coughlan connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Coughlan throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coughlan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Smith.
Coughlan lands a glancing blow to the side of Smith's head.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Coughlan connects with a body shot that sends Smith's belly button to the back.
Smith on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Smith looks gassed!
Smith moves forwards but Coughlan connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Coughlan looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Coughlan lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Smith fails with a takedown attempt.
Smith drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Smith walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Coughlan dips to his left and cracks Smith with an uppercut!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice uppercut lands for Coughlan. That snapped Smith's head back.
Coughlan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Richard Coughlan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coughlan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Coughlan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Coughlan lands a nice hook to Smith's body. Smith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice uppercut lands for Coughlan. That snapped Smith's head back.
Smith takes a shot right to the bread basket.
A nice combination there by Coughlan.
Coughlan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Coughlan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Coughlan.
Smith is rocked!
Coughlan drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Smith right on the button. Smith goes down! Coughlan follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Coughlan gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Coughlan!
Richard Coughlan retains his bantamweight title!
Richard Coughlan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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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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