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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bryan Blessed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hollis Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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184 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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185 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Bryan Blessed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hollis Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Andrew Berry and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blessed is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roberts.
Roberts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blessed moves away.
Roberts has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Blessed is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Roberts throws a hook to the side of Blessed's head but Blessed sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blessed looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Roberts takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Roberts lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
It looks like Bryan Blessed has been cut.
Blessed misses with a hook.
Roberts swings for the body but Blessed moves out of range.
Blessed throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roberts sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roberts with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A shot to the liver by Roberts. Beautiful body shot.
A jab from Blessed misses.
Blessed takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts dodges the punch combination from Blessed.
Roberts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blessed.
Blessed misses with a series of wild punches.
Blessed fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blessed throws a right hand that Roberts ducks under and follows up with a left that Roberts also avoids with ease.
Bryan Blessed seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blessed rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Roberts counters with a right hand to the body.
Blessed misses with a few strikes there.
Blessed looks to land a combination but Roberts avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberts lands with a nice body punch.
Blessed looks to throw the jab but Roberts is out of range.
Blessed misses with a double jab
and Roberts counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Blessed is breathing heavily.
Roberts scores with a jab to the body.
Blessed takes one to the side of the head.
Roberts looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Roberts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blessed.
Roberts scores with a punch to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blessed has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Roberts finds it's way round the side to connect with Blessed's head.
Roberts lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Blessed is rocked!
Blessed misses with the combination.
Oh Blessed is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roberts scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Roberts lands a slapping body shot.
Roberts fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Blessed to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Blessed looks to clinch but Roberts throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Blessed taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Hollis Roberts!
A relieved looking Hollis Roberts thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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