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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Tom Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Edward Forester (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Forester has chosen Roar by Treat as his entrance music. Edward Forester has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tom Tucker's chin.
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17 - 18 - 1 |
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158 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tom Tucker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Edward Forester!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Forester is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Tucker's half guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Tucker flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Tucker gets full guard.
Forester throws a big right hand that misses.
Tucker keeping full guard, as Forester tries to pass.
Tucker throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Forester stopping the sweep attempt from Tucker.
Forester throwing strikes from guard but Tucker blocks nicely.
Tucker trying to keep a closed guard but Forester is proving a slippery customer.
Forester is working Tucker over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Tucker has momentary wrist control but Forester slips an elbow through the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Forester with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Forester postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tucker 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.
Forester tries to stand but Tucker is controlling from the bottom.
Forester throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tucker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Forester prevents Tucker from getting back to his feet.
Forester is working Tucker over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Forester lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Forester connects with a couple of short punches.
Forester lands a couple of digs.
Forester lands a couple of elbows.
Forester tries to free his leg and advance position but Tucker is retaining full guard.
Tucker doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Forester stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tucker swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tucker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Forester with a flurry of punches that miss.
Forester working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Forester scoring with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker keeping full guard, as Forester tries to pass.
Tucker is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Tucker frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tucker looking to control and managing it successfully.
Tucker can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Forester is looking to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tucker can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Forester is looking to escape.
Tucker controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Tom Tucker just wasn't active enough.
Tucker looks to land a combination. Forester sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Forester.
Tucker throws a right and a left that Forester avoids nicely.
Forester closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Tucker to the mat! Tucker manages to get full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Forester lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Forester must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tucker trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Forester postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Tucker manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Tucker thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Forester tries to lock up and control but Tucker gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tucker trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Forester wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Tucker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edward Forester dominated that round.
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.
Forester shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Forester showed some decent athleticism there.
Edward Forester has got the better of the ground game so far.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Forester lands a nice short elbow.
Tucker is rocked!
Forester lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Tucker! More strikes land and this one is all over! Forester jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edward Forester!
A very excited looking Edward Forester made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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