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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Richard Coughlan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kong King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Coughlan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Infinite Mass-Enter The Dragon. Richard Coughlan had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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139 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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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
7 - 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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Kong King!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coughlan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
King has a takedown stuffed.
Coughlan stuffs the takedown attempt from King. King gets slowly back to his feet.
King will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Richard Coughlan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kong King.
Coughlan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Coughlan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
King shoots in and drives through. Coughlan sprawls well.
A slow jab from Coughlan misses its intended target.
Coughlan lands a nice looking body shot.
King needs to keep his hands up - Coughlan had a free shot at his head there.
King gets a double leg takedown into Coughlan's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Coughlan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Coughlan is trying to hold King in close to prevent damage but King has managed to pass into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Coughlan is trying to control but can't.
Coughlan blocking the ground and pound attempt from King.
Coughlan is trying to stand back up but King is controlling him
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coughlan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. King is working away from the top position though.
King is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
King's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
King missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
King slips a nice elbow through Coughlan's hands, connecting with Coughlan's forehead.
Coughlan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
King thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Coughlan's head.
Coughlan is trying to stand back up but King is controlling him
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coughlan avoiding damage under a succession of punches from King.
King works his way into side control.
King trying to control the position but Coughlan is working away.
King scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King is putting a hurting on Coughlan here, landing some big shots from side control.
Check out the look on King's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Coughlan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
King is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
King connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Coughlan some visible discomfort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King scores with punches from side control.
Coughlan is working to avoid the ground and pound but King connects with a decent elbow.
King is staying tight to Coughlan's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Coughlan is looking for a sweep.
King landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
King controls the position from side control.
Coughlan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Coughlan on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coughlan is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but King has just dragged him back down to the mat.
King lands a nice forearm strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Coughlan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
King working the head with strikes.
King wants to control but Coughlan is keeping him busy.
King cracks Coughlan with a big right hand but Coughlan just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
King landing a few strikes.
King working the head with strikes.
Coughlan takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
King lands an elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
King lands some shots froms side control.
King tries to advance to mount but can't.
Check out the look on King's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kong King dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
King lands a huge takedown. Coughlan is out but the ref is slow to react and King lands 3 more undefended punches before the fight is stopped. Brutal finish. Coughlan lies on the canvas for a good minute before the doctors bring him round. Good to see he's OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kong King!
Kong King is the new bantamweight champion!
After winning the bout, Kong King thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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