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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nuppu Lupaus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clay Pearson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lupaus comes to the cage accompanied by Finnish Alphabet & Pronunciation. Pearson has chosen Five Finger Death Punch White Knuckles as his entrance music. 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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185 cm
36
220 lbs
27 - 19 - 1 |
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185 cm
30
211 lbs
14 - 12 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
27 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nuppu Lupaus! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Clay Pearson! The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lupaus connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pearson momentarily.
It looks like Clay Pearson has been cut. Lupaus misses the shot to the body. Lupaus misses with a hook. Pearson ducked under it nicely. Sloppy strikes from Pearson. Those never looked like landing. Pearson closes the distance and clinches. Pearson looking to throw knees to the head but Lupaus is blocking nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Pearson fails to land. Lupaus stalling in the clinch.
Pearson misses with a short punch on the inside. Lupaus misses with a punch to the body.
Lupaus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lupaus misses with the head strike.
Lupaus throws a punch but it's blocked by Pearson. Lupaus throws a head punch that misses. Pearson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pearson misses with some punches.
Lupaus can't find room to land a body shot as Pearson controls the action.
Pearson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pearson working aggressively here.
Lupaus lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Pearson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Lupaus lands a hook to the side of the head. Good body shot from Lupaus.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lupaus is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though. Pearson misses with a knee to the head. Lupaus lands with a right to the head. Lupaus has a couple of punches blocked by Pearson.
Lupaus digs a right hand underneath Pearson's ribcage. Pearson let out a lung full of air as it connected. Pearson looks winded! Lupaus scores with a nice hook to the head. A short left from Lupaus. Pearson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lupaus makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. A short right from Lupaus. A shot in the inside from Lupaus. Lupaus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pearsons head. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A short right from Lupaus on the inside. Lupaus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pearson backwards. Pearson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lupaus has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lupaus throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Lupaus lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pearson backwards. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lupaus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Lupaus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pearson is rocked! Lupaus throws a big uppercut that drops Pearson! More strikes from Lupaus and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Pearson lies dazed against the cage as Lupaus celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nuppu Lupaus! During a confident post fight interview, Nuppu Lupaus thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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