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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jake Hempsall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hempsall comes to the cage accompanied by Everyday-Shy FX & T Power. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 cm
24
217 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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182 cm
23
220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Jake Hempsall! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nathan Drake! The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Richard Clark and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A big right from Drake misses. Drake connects with a looping right hand.
Drake tries for a takedown but Hempsall sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. Hempsall lands with a right hand. Drake shoots in looking for a takedown but Hempsall manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Drake's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Hempsall. Hempsall throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
It looks like Nathan Drake has been cut. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Drake shoots in and bounces Hempsall off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Drake trying to control the position from guard on top but Hempsall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Drake stands and throws Hempsall's legs to the side, diving into side control. Drake tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it. Drake content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's one minute gone in the round. Drake thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. Hempsall can't do much from the bottom here. Hempsall takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hempsall tries to improve position but can't. Hempsall is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Drake is controlling him well. A lull in the action here as Drake stalls from top position. Drake working the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hempsall is not content to let Drake control the position. Drake passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Hempsall! Hempsall is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Drake lands a heavy elbow. 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! A nice elbow there by Drake. Hempsall tries to buck Drake off but he can't manage it. Hempsall is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Drake tries to control but Hempsall wriggling away. Drake has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Drake lands a big elbow. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Drake lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hempsall hang on? Hempsall is trying desperately to improve position. Drake wants to control the pace but Hempsall is squirming around nicely. Drake landing punches. Drake looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Drake is in the full mount, landing strikes. Drake scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Drake scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hempsall?
Hempsall is rocked! Drake has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hempsall's face.
Oh Hempsall is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Drake loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Hempsall scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Drake land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Drake stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nathan Drake!
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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
78% |
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