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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hezekiah Stoltfus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Forrest Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stoltfus comes to the cage accompanied by The Chase. Griffin has chosen Killing In The Name as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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210 lbs
26 - 19 - 0 |
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190 cm
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213 lbs
22 - 17 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
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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
26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hezekiah Stoltfus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Forrest Griffin!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Alyssa Summers and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stoltfus wants to land a leg kick but Griffin is out of range.
Griffin throws a right hand that Stoltfus ducks under and follows up with a left that Stoltfus also avoids with ease.
Stoltfus misses with a leg kick
and Griffin counters with a series of strikes. Stoltfus will be more careful next time no doubt.
Stoltfus walks into a left hand.
No joy there for Griffin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Griffin throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Stoltfus dodges the punch combination from Griffin.
Griffin swats away the attempt to clinch by Stoltfus.
Stoltfus shoots in and gets a takedown into Griffin's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Stoltfus landing some decent shots from guard.
Stoltfus 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.
Griffin looking to control.
Stoltfus distracts Griffin with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stoltfus throws a big elbow that misses.
Griffin wants to sweep here but Stoltfus controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoltfus's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Stoltfus wants to control from the top but Griffin keeps moving.
Stoltfus sitting in guard here, content to control.
Griffin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Stoltfus throws a big right hand that misses.
Stoltfus throws a big elbow that misses.
Stoltfus postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Stoltfus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stoltfus is looking to work some ground and pound but Griffin has wrist control.
Stoltfus stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Griffin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Griffin throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Griffin seems keen to control Stoltfus's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griffin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Stoltfus.
Griffin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Griffin has control of Stoltfus's left arm, preventing Stoltfus from doing any damage.
Forrest Griffin has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Stoltfus shoots in and drives through. Griffin sprawls well.
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!
Stoltfus throws a leg kick but Griffin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Griffin throws a sloppy head kick and Stoltfus moves out of range easily.
Griffin throws a head kick that misses.
Stoltfus swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Stoltfus with a nice cross.
Forrest Griffin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Griffin lands an overhand right.
No luck for Griffin with that takedown attempt.
No luck for Stoltfus with that takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Griffin throws a right and a left that Stoltfus avoids nicely.
Griffin misses with a jab to the body
and Stoltfus counters with a nice uppercut.
Griffin throws the left hand but Stoltfus avoids the punch easily.
Stoltfus throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Griffin throws a head kick that Stoltfus semi-blocks.
Griffin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Griffin misses with the combination.
Griffin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stoltfus.
Stoltfus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffin.
Griffin throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Griffin lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Griffin blocks the low kick.
Griffin lands with a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Griffin throws an overhand right that lands on Stoltfus's shoulder, as Stoltfus tries to avoid the shot.
Stoltfus with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Griffin to score with a decent uppercut.
Griffin digs a good body shot into Stoltfus's ribs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Griffin.
Stoltfus on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sloppy strikes from Griffin. Those never looked like landing.
Griffin connects with a high kick.
Griffin throws a nice looking combination but Stoltfus bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Griffin stuffs the takedown attempt from Stoltfus. Stoltfus gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hezekiah Stoltfus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Griffin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Griffin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stoltfus has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Forrest Griffin dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Griffin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Stoltfus avoids the head kick by Griffin.
Stoltfus moves away from the strike by Griffin.
Stoltfus misses with an attempted mid kick.
Stoltfus misses with a low kick.
Griffin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Griffin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Stoltfus circles away quickly and effectively.
Forrest Griffin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Stoltfus throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Griffin looking to score a takedown here. Stoltfus is defending well but Griffin drives through and ends up in Stoltfus's guard.
Griffin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Stoltfus lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Griffin!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stoltfus landing strikes from the mount.
Griffin takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stoltfus looking to finish with strikes here!
Stoltfus lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Stoltfus raining down hammerfists from mount.
Griffin is rocked!
Stoltfus scoring with strikes but Griffin is staying in there.
Griffin is still in real trouble! Can Stoltfus finish him?
Stoltfus connects with a bit shot that sees Griffin covering up! More strikes from Stoltfus and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Stoltfus is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hezekiah Stoltfus!
Hezekiah Stoltfus decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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