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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Denny Prokopos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Prokopos comes to the cage accompanied by Smoke Serpent - Jiu Jitsu. Marley has chosen Bob Marley-One Love as his entrance music. Bob Marley is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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183 cm
25
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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180 cm
22
192 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Denny Prokopos! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Marley! The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Stewart Dunkirk and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Marley drives through and clinches with Prokopos against the cage.
Marley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Prokopos is defending well for now. Prokopos avoiding damage as Marley throws knees to the body.
Marley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Marley - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Prokopos avoiding damage as Marley throws knees to the body.
Prokopos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Stalling in the clinch from Marley.
Prokopos tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Marley smiles and moves away.
Nice sprawl there from Marley as Prokopos shoots in. Marley is looking to land body kicks. Nice takedown defense from Marley. No joy for Prokopos on that attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Denny Prokopos. That's going to take a lot out of him. Marley avoids the head kick by Prokopos.
That's one minute gone in the round. Marley looks to land a body kick but Prokopos moved away. Prokopos moves out of range of the body kick from Marley.
Marley throws a head kick that misses. Prokopos has closed the distance and engaged Marley in a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Marley takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. Prokopos can't break the clinch.
Marley trying to land knees to the body.
Prokopos jumps guard but Marley turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. Marley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Prokopos blocks a head kick by Marley.
Marley misses with a head kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position. Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Marley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Marley closes the distance and clinches. Prokopos blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Prokopos avoiding damage as Marley throws knees to the body.
Prokopos letting Marley take a breather here. Good body shot from Marley.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Marley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Prokopos blocks a head kick by Marley.
Prokopos shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Marley's guard. Marley is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Prokopos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Prokopos slips nicely into half guard. Prokopos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Marley wants to get back to full guard. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Marley can do anything to dispel that myth. Prokopos maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Marley could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Prokopos has cracked it and Marley is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Prokopos!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Denny Prokopos! A relieved looking Denny Prokopos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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
42% |
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