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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomasz Drwal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Geoffrey Powell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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224 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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192 cm
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218 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tomasz Drwal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Geoffrey Powell!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drwal wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tomasz Drwal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Powell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nice defenses there by Powell.
A lazy left from Drwal finds it's target.
Drwal misses with the combination.
Powell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Drwal throws an overhand right that lands on Powell's shoulder, as Powell tries to avoid the shot.
Drwal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Powell moves away.
Powell moves away from the strike by Drwal.
Drwal looks to land a right hand but Powell moved out of range.
A big right from Drwal misses.
Powell throws a shot from downtown. Drwal moves away and avoids it.
Drwal misses with a hook.
Drwal slaps away a takedown attempt from Powell, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Powell sizes up Drwal with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drwal slips a jab and a cross from Powell.
Drwal throws a jab when Powell was well out of range.
Drwal throws a head kick but Powell moves out of range.
Powell misses with a straight left.
Drwal misses with a hook. Powell ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Drwal misses.
Drwal misses with the combination.
Jab by Drwal.
Powell drops his hands momentarily and Drwal takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Drwal slips a jab from Powell.
Powell checks a low kick from Drwal.
Powell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Drwal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drwal catches Powell with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Powell moves out of range of the strikes.
Powell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Drwal just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Drwal.
Drwal bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Powell misses with a double jab
and Drwal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Drwal cracks Powell with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Powell looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Drwal finish him?
Powell is rocked!
Drwal showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Powell.
Powell is still on wobbly legs! Can Drwal finish him?
Drwal drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Powell's head, knocking him out cold! Drwal is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tomasz Drwal!
Tomasz Drwal is the new light heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Tomasz Drwal thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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