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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Christian Okoye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Okoye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Jackson!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson avoids the head kick by Okoye.
Jackson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Okoye avoids it really well and circles away.
Okoye closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jackson did well to prevent Okoye getting side control.
Okoye missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Okoye seems to be looking for submissions.
Okoye is trying to control. Jackson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Jackson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Okoye.
Okoye is thwarting Jackson's attempts to control the position.
Okoye throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Okoye is looking for a kimura but Jackson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Okoye to get the leverage.
Okoye is thwarting Jackson's attempts to control the position.
Okoye is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Jackson defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jackson trying to control from the bottom.
Okoye lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Jackson wants to control but Okoye is keeping busy.
Okoye sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Ground and pound from Okoye.
Okoye is looking for a kimura but Jackson is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Okoye to get the leverage.
Okoye trying to control the action but Jackson is working from the bottom.
Okoye working Jackson over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson is looking to control Okoye's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Jackson avoid being mounted?
Nice strikes from Okoye there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Okoye scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jackson is defending against the submission attempts here by Okoye.
Okoye stands up and beckons Jackson to join him on the feet.
Okoye moves into the clinch.
Jackson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Okoye has Jackson pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Okoye pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Jackson tumbling to the mat - Okoye dives into Jackson's guard.
Okoye content to stall in guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okoye postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Okoye trying to control the position from guard on top but Jackson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jackson has momentary wrist control but Okoye slips an elbow through the middle.
Jackson keeping moving, preventing Okoye from controlling successfully.
Okoye postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jackson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Okoye.
Jackson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okoye seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Okoye working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Okoye sitting in guard here, content to control.
Okoye wants to pass the guard but Jackson is keeping the position.
Okoye with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Okoye postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Okoye in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christian Okoye dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Okoye decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Okoye is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Okoye scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Okoye wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jackson keeps working.
Jackson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Okoye.
Jackson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Okoye.
Okoye is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Okoye lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jackson hang on?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Okoye jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Jackson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Okoye scores with a couple of short elbows.
Christian Okoye overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okoye has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Jackson is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Okoye yanks on the arm and Jackson is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Okoye.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Christian Okoye!
Christian Okoye seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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