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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eric Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Dietrich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eric Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Greg Dietrich!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake is looking to slow Dietrich down with leg kicks.
Drake tries to close the distance and clinch but Dietrich swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Drake has Dietrich up against the cage in a clinch.
Dietrich is trying to break free.
Drake prevents a takedown attempt there.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but Dietrich blocks with his arms.
Drake connects with a knee to the head.
Drake has Dietrich pushed against the cage.
Dietrich drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Drake gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Drake keeps control of Dietrich as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Come on Drake - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Drake really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Dietrich is trying to break the clinch but Drake has him pressed against the cage.
Drake throws a knee to the head but misses.
Drake throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dietrich is trying to break free.
Drake tries a knee to the head but Dietrich blocks it.
Drake pushes off an throws an elbow but Dietrich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Come on Drake - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Drake missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dietrich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drake lands a knee to the head.
Dietrich wants to break the clinch but can't.
Dietrich wants to break the clinch but can't.
Drake using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dietrich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drake with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Drake manages to break the clinch.
Dietrich fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Eric Drake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Greg Dietrich.
Drake is looking to clinch but Dietrich is avoiding it.
Drake tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Drake tries to clinch but Dietrich moves out of range.
Dietrich closes the distance and clinches.
Drake throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dietrich blocks it with crossed arms.
Drake is breathing heavily.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Drake tries a knee to the head but Dietrich blocks it.
Dietrich avoids the elbow strike from Drake, against the cage.
Dietrich is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dietrich can't break the clinch.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dietrich has had enough of the clinch but Drake keeps him there for the moment.
Drake using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dietrich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Drake tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dietrich wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Drake with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Drake connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dietrich's face.
Drake escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dietrich tries to close the distance and clinch up but Drake swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Drake tries to clinch up but Dietrich circles away and keeps his distance.
Drake closes the distance but Dietrich moves to the side
and Dietrich counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Drake wants to get back to his feet.
Dietrich wants to lay and pray for a moment but Drake keeps working.
Dietrich throwing shots but Drake is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake is trying to stand.
Dietrich is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Dietrich stops Drake from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dietrich wants to lay and pray for a moment but Drake keeps working.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Drake feints and then cracks Dietrich's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dietrich down.
The fight stays on the outside here - Drake looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Drake tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Dietrich counters with a nice double leg into side control. Drake won't be happy with that.
Drake bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Drake wants to clinch but Dietrich slips to the side
and Dietrich counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dietrich drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dietrich slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dietrich wants to control from the top but Drake keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dietrich prevents Drake from getting back to his feet.
Drake kicks Dietrich off and gets to his feet.
Dietrich fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Drake closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dietrich counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Drake lands a brutal head kick. Dietrich looks out on his feet and Drake throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Eric 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
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