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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Warton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romeo Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Warton comes to the cage accompanied by Enae volare mezzo. Romeo Washington has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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183 cm
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203 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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195 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid 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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jimmy Warton! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Romeo Washington! The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Valeri Chadov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Warton scores with a jab. Warton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Washington throws out the jab. Warton punishes Washington's body with a nice straight punch. Washington tries to move into range but Warton moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Washington throws a series of punches but Warton avoids them all with ease. Washington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A big right from Washington misses. Washington tries to move into range but Warton moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Warton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Washington at a distance.
Warton darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet. Warton controlling the action here. Warton thows a huge punch but Washington dodges it nicely.
Warton controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Washington is looking to escape. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Warton passes the guard and advances to mount! Warton punching from mount but Washington doing a good job of avoiding damage. Warton goes for an armbar but Washington turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Washington. Warton uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Washington.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Warton works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Washington closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Washington is rocked! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Warton missing with a left hand there. Washington was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Washington is still on wobbly legs! Can Warton finish him? Nice defenses there by Washington. Warton throws a shot from downtown. Washington moves away and avoids it. A big right from Warton misses. Horrible takedown by Washington or perhaps it was just good defense by Warton which made him look bad. Washington looks winded! Washington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Warton throws a hook to the side of Washington's head but Washington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Warton pushing out the jab but it's not landing. A telegraphed right hand from Warton misses the target. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Warton throws a big shot that misses. Warton misses with a straight left. Warton connects with a left and a right that sees a clearly hurt Washington covering up! Warton comes in with a big uppercut and Washington goes doooown! He's slumped up against the cage, eyes staring blankly into space.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jimmy Warton! Jimmy Warton thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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
72% |
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