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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rey Jericho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timur Orlan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jericho comes to the cage accompanied by AR-Swift: Awesome God . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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173 cm
25
159 lbs
13 - 2 - 0 |
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177 cm
35
164 lbs
20 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rey Jericho! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Timur Orlan! The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Orlan throws a leg kick but Jericho sees it coming and moves out of range. Jericho is trying hard to land a takedown here. Orlan sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. A solid leg kick lands there for Orlan.
Jericho shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Jericho throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Orlan's waist but Orlan gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Jericho off to one side. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rey Jericho. That's going to take a lot out of him. Jericho shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Orlan is looking for a sweep. Jericho is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Jericho thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Orlan's head. Orlan scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Jericho manages to mount him!
Jericho working Orlan over with strikes here. 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! Jericho prevents Orlan from getting the reversal. Jericho has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Jericho can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Orlan is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round. Orlan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Jericho in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jericho unloading with bombs! Jericho raining down shots from the mount! Orlan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jericho putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound! Orlan is trying to get back to his feet but can't. BOOM! Jericho connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jericho pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Jericho cracks Orlan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Orlan is rocked! Orlan is bucking up trying to escape but Jericho cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Orlan is still in real trouble! Can Jericho finish him? Orlan is trying to escape the mount.
Jericho scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Jericho looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Orlan covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rey Jericho! Rey Jericho was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
61% |
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