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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Enric Palazuelos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Askren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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187 cm
25
210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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194 cm
22
212 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Enric Palazuelos! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ben Askren! The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Askren shoots for a double leg takedown but Palazuelos sprawls well. He's pushed Askren's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Askren shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Palazuelos as he jumps to the side. Askren throws a right and a left that Palazuelos avoids nicely. Palazuelos fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Askren looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Palazuelos scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Palazuelos stuffs the takedown attempt from Askren. Askren gets slowly back to his feet. Enric Palazuelos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ben Askren. Palazuelos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Horrible takedown by Askren or perhaps it was just good defense by Palazuelos which made him look bad. A telegraphed takedown attempt from Askren is defended easily by Palazuelos. Askren looks gassed! Askren doesn't manage to clinch there - Palazuelos circles away.
Palazuelos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Askren's calf. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Askren moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Palazuelos lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. and Palazuelos counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Askren! He's just covering up as Palazuelos starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Enric Palazuelos!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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