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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dan Hardly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bartlomiej Potocki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardly comes to the cage accompanied by Vem Pra Rua - O Rappa. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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165 lbs
31 - 22 - 0 |
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181 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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
31 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dan Hardly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bartlomiej Potocki!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Alexandre Firmino and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potocki connects with a crisp jab.
The crowd cheers as Potocki lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hardly doesn't seem phased though.
Potocki blocks a head kick by Hardly.
Hardly scores with a nice right hand.
Hardly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Potocki feints and then cracks Hardly's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardly down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hardly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Potocki was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardly.
Some wild striking there from Hardly.
Hardly lands with a straight right. Potocki didn't see that one coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Potocki lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hardly has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hardly and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hardly wants to clinch.
Hardly doesn't manage to clinch there - Potocki circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardly moves out of range of the body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardly. Potocki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Potocki misses the shot to the body.
Potocki lands with an overhand left.
Hardly scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hardly tries to work over Potocki's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hardly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Potocki managing to block the knees to the body from Hardly.
Hardly tries a body shot but Potocki blocks it.
Potocki blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardly.
Potocki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Potocki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardly leaning against his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for Hardly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Potocki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Potocki scores with a nice short uppercut.
Potocki has a couple of punches blocked by Hardly.
Potocki stalling.
Hardly tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Potocki.
Hardly is rocked!
Potocki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Potocki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hardly wants to stall.
A frustrated look appears on Potocki's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hardly struggles to land a body shot inside as Potocki controls his hands.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hardly working aggressively here.
Potocki is pushing Hardly up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Potocki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardly content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Potocki.
Hardly has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Potocki is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hardly scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short body shot lands from Potocki as the two fighters clinch.
Hardly trying to stall but Potocki improves his position.
Potocki softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Oh Hardly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Potocki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hardly seems to have got his legs back now.
Hardly lands a shoulder strike.
Potocki gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hardly.
A short right from Potocki.
Potocki blocks a body shot from Hardly.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hardly misses with a body punch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Potocki.
Potocki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardly is trying to stall.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Hardly takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Potocki lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Potocki throws a big uppercut that drops Hardly! More strikes from Potocki and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Hardly lies dazed against the cage as Potocki celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bartlomiej Potocki!
During a confident post fight interview, Bartlomiej Potocki 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
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