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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Poppy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Paul Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poppy is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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27
265 lbs
26 - 2 - 1 |
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25
245 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Nick Poppy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Justin Paul Jr!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shirou Masuda and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poppy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Poppy is breathing heavily.
Paul Jr shoots and misses
and Poppy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Paul Jr throws a head kick that misses.
Paul Jr drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Paul Jr with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Poppy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Paul Jr passes Poppy's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Paul Jr lands a nice short elbow.
Poppy is staying active underneath Paul Jr, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Paul Jr is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Paul Jr lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paul Jr slips a nice elbow through Poppy's hands, connecting with Poppy's forehead.
Paul Jr working Poppy over with strikes.
Paul Jr lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Paul Jr performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poppy is staying active underneath Paul Jr, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Paul Jr lands a nice short elbow.
Paul Jr 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.
Poppy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Paul Jr scores with a couple of nice shots.
Paul Jr takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Paul Jr passes to full mount!
Paul Jr is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Paul Jr with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Paul Jr landing shots from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paul Jr looking to control and managing it successfully.
Paul Jr landing shots from mount.
Paul Jr fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Poppy is rocked!
BOOM! Paul Jr connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oh Poppy is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Paul Jr controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big strike lands for Paul Jr! That's really hurt Poppy and he's turned his back - Paul Jr keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Paul Jr jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Paul Jr!
Justin Paul Jr made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Im going to go fuck jeffs mom now'.
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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
94% |
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