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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Donald Gaskins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaskins's entrance music is Killing In The Name Of. A fine choice. Norris has chosen The Night by Kromestatik as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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213 lbs
17 - 6 - 0 |
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220 lbs
16 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donald Gaskins!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Grant Norris!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaskins misses with the combination.
Norris throws a body punch but Gaskins moves out of range.
Gaskins throws a hook to the side of Norris's head but Norris sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Norris keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gaskins.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gaskins.
Gaskins jabs Norris right on the nose. Norris blinks but takes it well.
Gaskins cracks the inside of Norris's front leg.
Gaskins's corner calls for a 1-2. Gaskins obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaskins smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gaskins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gaskins seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Norris tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Norris slips a straight right by Gaskins.
Gaskins misses with a left hand
and Norris cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Norris looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gaskins slips a straight right by Norris.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaskins lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Gaskins fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gaskins takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A right-left combo lands from Gaskins.
Norris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Norris.
Gaskins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Norris. That did some damage!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Gaskins.
Norris takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A jab from Norris misses.
Gaskins throws a wild body kick that Norris sees coming a mile off.
Gaskins feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Norriss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gaskins feints and then cracks Norris's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Norris down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaskins dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Norris. That did some damage!
Norris throws a looping overhand right but Gaskins ducks down to avoid it.
Norris tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gaskins lands a really nice looking cross but Norris seems unphased.
Norris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gaskins can pounce on him.
Gaskins on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Norris. Norris obviously looking to wear him down.
Gaskins scores with a jab. Norris acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
It looks like Grant Norris has been cut.
Gaskins throws a push kick but Norris slaps the foot to one side.
Gaskins swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Norris throws a push kick but Gaskins slaps the foot to one side.
Gaskins cracks Norris with a good jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gaskins.
Gaskins throws a sloppy head kick and Norris moves out of range easily.
Norris throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Norris's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Norris misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Norris tries a head kick but it misses.
Gaskins throws a leg kick which misses Norris's front leg but catches the back leg as Norris tries to avoid it.
Gaskins throws a head kick that misses.
Norris slips a jab from Gaskins.
Norris waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gaskins.
Gaskins is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gaskins tries a head kick but it misses.
Norris throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Gaskins to counter with a crisp jab.
Gaskins throws a nice outside leg kick.
Norris throws a head kick that misses.
Gaskins throws a quick inside leg kick.
Norris takes one on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gaskins scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Norris is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Norris on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gaskins. Gaskins obviously looking to wear him down.
Norris is still on wobbly legs! Can Gaskins finish him?
Norris looks winded!
Norris looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Norris seems to have recovered his senses.
Norris walks into a jab.
Gaskins throws a leg kick which misses Norris's front leg but catches the back leg as Norris tries to avoid it.
Norris throws a wild body kick that Gaskins sees coming a mile off.
Norris tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gaskins was well out of range. Poor timing from Norris.
Gaskins lands a left and a right that send Norris crashing to the mat, dazed. Gaskins thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Gaskins swinging wildly here.
Gaskins fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Norris has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gaskins lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Norris crumples to the floor! Gaskins milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Donald Gaskins!
Donald Gaskins is the new light heavyweight champion!
Donald Gaskins decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
Grant Norris was interviewed post fight and said 'I made a lot of mental mistakes and it cost me. Lapses of concentration can break ya. I'll be back, bank on it. '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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