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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eric Snow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snow comes to the cage accompanied by Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight. The crowd seem to be enjoying Ward's choice of entrance music: "Backwoods" By Red Hot Chili Peppers. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
25
180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
170 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eric Snow! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Billy Ward! The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Paul Gruel and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Snow closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ward to the mat! Ward manages to get full guard. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Snow with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal. Snow wants to control from the top but Ward keeps moving. Snow is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. Snow stops Ward from standing up. Snow forces his way into half guard. Snow seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Ward is refusing to be controlled, as Snow sits in half guard. Snow looks to score some points with some ground and pound. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Snow lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ward is rocked!
It looks like Billy Ward has been cut. Snow stalling. Ward is still in real trouble! Can Snow finish him? Snow takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Snow wants to work for an arm triangle but Ward is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ward seems to have recovered his senses. Nice strikes from Snow there. Snow unloads with some huge strikes here! Ward is out! Snow wins by brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Eric Snow! In his post fight interview, Eric Snow started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
98% |
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