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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Noah Puckerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Doug Graves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graves comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Alvarez kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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184 cm
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220 lbs
20 - 4 - 0 |
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190 cm
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214 lbs
18 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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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
20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Noah Puckerman! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Doug Graves! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Puckerman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
It looks like Noah Puckerman has been cut. Puckerman looks to score with a jab to the body but Graves is just out of range. Puckerman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Graves moves away. Puckerman throws a chopping leg kick but Graves manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Graves punishes Puckerman's body with a nice straight punch. Puckerman jabs at Graves's body. Puckerman misses with an uppercut
and Graves counters with a lovely straight right hand! Graves looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Doug Graves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Puckerman lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Doug Graves has been cut. Graves blocks a leg kick. Graves throws a nice outside leg kick. Puckerman connects with a solid leg kick. No joy there for Puckerman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Puckerman takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Puckerman tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Graves walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Puckerman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. Graves stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Puckerman. Graves throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Graves buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Puckerman moves out of range as Graves strikes. Graves scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Graves throws a body punch but Puckerman moves out of range. Graves is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Puckerman. Graves throws a big shot that misses. Graves takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Graves misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Puckerman.
Puckerman walks into a jab. An inside leg kick lands from Puckerman.
That's two minutes gone in the round. This has been an exciting period of action! Puckerman just misses with a punch to the body.
Graves misses with a right hand and Puckerman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Puckerman misses with a wild combination.
Graves on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Puckerman. Puckerman obviously looking to wear him down.
Puckerman takes a swing at Graves's ribcage but misses. Graves looks to score with a jab to the body but Puckerman is just out of range. Puckerman jabbing away but nothing is landing. Puckerman is looking to wear down Graves with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Puckerman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Graves was well out of range. Poor timing from Puckerman. Puckerman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Puckerman ducks under a wild hook from Graves. Graves on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Graves avoids the head kick by Puckerman.
Puckerman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Graves throws a shot to the body.
Graves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Puckerman looks to score with a jab to the body but Graves is just out of range. Graves connects with a leg kick. Puckerman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. A jab from Graves finds it's way through Puckerman's defenses. Puckerman throws a front kick aimed at Graves's knee but Graves avoids it well. Puckerman takes one to the chin there. Puckerman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Graves checks a leg kick nicely. Puckerman moves away from the strike by Graves. Graves connects with the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. 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! Graves moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Puckerman misses with a body kick. Graves with a hook. Graves connects with a nice looking jab.
Noah Puckerman's cut is getting worse. Puckerman throws out a leg kick but Graves moves out of range and Puckerman only half commits. Graves lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Graves works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Puckerman is rocked! Nice uppercut there from Puckerman. Oh Puckerman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Graves connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! A jab from Puckerman misses. Puckerman seems to have got his legs back now. Puckerman ducks under a wild hook from Graves. Graves swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doug Graves dominated that round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Puckerman avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Graves cracks a nice hook into Puckerman's ribs. Puckerman cracks Graves with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Graves connects with a crisp jab. Graves connects with a leg kick. Puckerman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Puckerman avoids the body shot from Graves.
Graves lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Graves lunges at Puckerman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Puckerman's hand. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Graves scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Graves tries to score with a low kick but Puckerman moves his leg out of the way. Puckerman misses the shot to the body. Graves has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Graves there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Good work by Puckerman as he checks the leg kick. Graves catches Puckerman with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Graves looks to land a right hand but Puckerman moved out of range. Puckerman lands a big head kick that sends Graves to the canvas! Puckerman follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Noah Puckerman! Noah Puckerman very nearly forgot to thank L.A. Elite Clothing Co amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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