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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Russell Westbrook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jonathan Mvungi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mvungi's choice of entrance music: Professor Jay ft. Ferooz - Nikusaidiaje?. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Westbrook!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jonathan Mvungi!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Westbrook swings for the body but Mvungi moves out of range.
Mvungi throws a hook but Westbrook blocks it.
Westbrook throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mvungi counters with a nice uppercut.
Mvungi moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nice uppercut there from Mvungi.
Westbrook lands a right hook to the body.
Mvungi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mvungi throws a series of punches but Westbrook avoids them all with ease.
Westbrook thows a body shot but no joy.
Westbrook takes a swing at Mvungi's ribcage but misses.
Mvungi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Westbrook rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mvungi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Nice straight punches there by Mvungi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mvungi.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mvungi looks to throw the jab but Westbrook is out of range.
Mvungi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mvungi slips a jab and a cross from Westbrook.
Westbrook avoids the body shot from Mvungi.
Mvungi lands with a right hand.
Mvungi throws a body punch but Westbrook moves out of range.
Mvungi misses with the combination.
Westbrook looks to score with a jab to the body but Mvungi is just out of range.
Mvungi lands a body shot.
Mvungi gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Mvungi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Westbrook circles away quickly and effectively.
Westbrook misses with a hook. Mvungi ducked under it nicely.
Mvungi takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Westbrook thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mvungi works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mvungi slips a jab from Westbrook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook misses the jab.
Westbrook rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mvungi counters with a left to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Westbrook looks to land a right hand but Mvungi moved out of range.
Westbrook throws a right hand that Mvungi ducks under and follows up with a left that Mvungi also avoids with ease.
We've been informed that Mvungi has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Mvungi swings for the body but Westbrook moves out of range.
Mvungi throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Westbrook connects with a jab.
Mvungi dodges the punch combination from Westbrook.
Mvungi closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Russell Westbrook has been cut.
Mvungi lands with a right hand.
Mvungi fails to land with a series of punches.
Westbrook swings widly with a right hand
and Mvungi makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mvungi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Westbrook takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Westbrook throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook swings for the body but Mvungi moves out of range.
Mvungi tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Westbrook paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mvungi slips under a jab.
Mvungi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Westbrook throws a hook but Mvungi avoids it easily.
Mvungi takes one on the button.
A punch lands to the side of Westbrook 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mvungi slips under a jab from Westbrook.
Nice straight punches there by Mvungi. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mvungi.
Mvungi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Westbrook.
A shot to the liver by Mvungi. Beautiful body shot.
Westbrook throws a body punch but Mvungi moves out of range.
Westbrook throws an off balance right hand
and Mvungi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mvungi misses with a jab, cross combination.
Westbrook throws a jab when Mvungi was well out of range.
Mvungi misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mvungi defending well as Westbrook loads up on a big left hand.
Westbrook ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mvungi moves away.
Mvungi misses with a few strikes there.
Mvungi swinging wildly here.
Westbrook looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Westbrook takes a swing at Mvungi's ribcage but misses.
Oooooh!!! Mvungi has knocked Westbrook down with a huge combo! Mvungi steps away and waves a wobbly Westbrook back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Westbrook is rocked!
Mvungi connects with a body shot that sends Westbrook's belly button to the back.
Mvungi misses with a series of wild punches.
Mvungi moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mvungi bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Westbrook's head backwards.
Westbrook throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mvungi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mvungi lands a left and a right that send Westbrook crashing to the mat, dazed. Mvungi thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Westbrook is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mvungi misses with a series of wild punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Mvungi dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Russell Westbrook's cut.
That's time! Westbrook's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Westbrook looks to land a combination but Mvungi avoids it well.
Westbrook seems to have got his legs back now.
Westbrook misses with a two punch combination.
Westbrook tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mvungi was well out of range. Poor timing from Westbrook.
Mvungi throws a right and a left that Westbrook avoids nicely.
Westbrook has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mvungi misses with the combination.
Mvungi fails to land with a series of punches.
Mvungi looks to score with a jab to the body but Westbrook is just out of range.
Westbrook ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mvungi moves away.
Mvungi throws a nice looking combination but Westbrook bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mvungi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Westbrook.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Westbrook might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Mvungi misses with a hook. Westbrook ducked under it nicely.
Westbrook misses with a straight left.
Westbrook lands a right hook to the body.
Mvungi lands with a good body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mvungi misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Westbrook.
Mvungi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Mvungi dips to his left and cracks Westbrook with an uppercut!
Mvungi moves forwards but Westbrook connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Mvungi is rocked!
Mvungi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Westbrook.
Mvungi is still on wobbly legs! Can Westbrook finish him?
Westbrook throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Mvungi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Westbrook.
Westbrook misses with a looping left.
Westbrook closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Mvungi out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Russell Westbrook!
A very excited looking Russell Westbrook 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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