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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Joseph (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucas Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 cm
32
220 lbs
18 - 15 - 0 |
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180 cm
30
214 lbs
16 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Heavy handed |
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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
18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Joseph! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lucas Emelianenko ! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Emelianenko wants to clinch but Joseph slips to the side and Joseph counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Emelianenko closes the distance and pushes Joseph back into the cage. Emelianenko looking to throw knees to the head but Joseph is blocking nicely.
Joseph lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Emelianenko tries a knee to the head but Joseph blocks it.
Joseph can't find room to land a body shot as Emelianenko controls the action.
Joseph lands a body punch in the clinch. Joseph makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Emelianenko throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A left hand lands to the body for Joseph.
Joseph lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Knees in the clinch landing for Joseph.
Emelianenko looks winded! A nice right hand lands inside from Joseph. Joseph landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Joseph lands with a short head shot on the inside. Joseph lands a damaging elbow. Joseph lands a body punch in the clinch. Joseph digs a right hand into Emelianenko 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Emelianenko 's gas tank. Joseph is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though. A quick uppercut on the inside from Joseph. Joseph pulls guard successfully.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup. Joseph manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Joseph lands with a shot to the body. Oooooh!!! Joseph has knocked Emelianenko down with a huge combo! Joseph steps away and waves a wobbly Emelianenko back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Emelianenko is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Joseph cracks Emelianenko with a good jab. Emelianenko is still on wobbly legs! Can Joseph finish him? Joseph scoring well with a low kick there.
Good leg kick by Joseph there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Joseph cracks Emelianenko with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Emelianenko falls to his knees and Joseph doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Joseph! Anthony Joseph really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that TFP Graphics - Pit Inc logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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