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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Norton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Hobbs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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300 lbs
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193 cm
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270 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Norton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Luke Hobbs!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Norton ducks under a wild hook from Hobbs.
Norton throws a hook but Hobbs avoids it easily.
Norton throws a right hand that misses
and Hobbs counters with a nice body shot.
Hobbs dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hobbs avoids a punch combination nicely.
Norton leaves Hobbs with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Norton throws a poor cross that misses
and Hobbs counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hobbs landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hobbs lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Norton wants to get back to full guard.
Hobbs seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hobbs working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hobbs moves nicely into side control.
A lull in the action here.
Hobbs tries to score with some ground and pound. Norton controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Hobbs is putting a hurting on Norton here, landing some big shots from side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Hobbs.
Norton is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Norton is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Hobbs's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norton wants to control the action here but instead Hobbs manages to pass to full mount!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hobbs landing strikes, looking to finish!
It looks like Scott Norton has been cut.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hobbs lands with some strikes.
Norton working to try and regain half guard.
Hobbs working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Norton is squirming around, avoiding Hobbs's attempts to control the action.
Hobbs in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Norton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hobbs can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Norton is looking to escape.
Hobbs lands with some strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hobbs pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Norton tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Norton is working hard here to advance position.
Hobbs postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Norton in real trouble here! The ref calls for Norton to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luke Hobbs!
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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
67% |
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