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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Andr De Fran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Honey Badger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Fran kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is No Worries. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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172 cm
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158 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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173 cm
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150 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Andr De Fran! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Honey Badger! The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Paulsen Ambrosius and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Badger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but De Fran circles away quickly and effectively. De Fran closes the distance and pushes Badger back into the cage. Badger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
De Fran tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Badger's elbow. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. De Fran has Badger pressed against the cage, preventing Badger from circling away and getting back to striking at range. We've been informed that Badger 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. De Fran works on Badger's body with a couple of short punches. A head punch blocked on the inside by De Fran. De Fran has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. De Fran misses with a hook to the ribs.
Badger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Badger trying to control the position but instead, De Fran has worked for underhooks and has pushed Badger into the cage. De Fran throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
De Fran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. De Fran creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Badger's defenses. Good anti-grappling being displayed by De Fran as Badger tries to tie him up. De Fran scores with a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round. A frustrated look appears on Badger's face as he tries to break the clinch. De Fran lands a nice elbow from the clinch. De Fran breaks from the clinch.
De Fran misses with a kick to the body and Badger counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Badger misses with a straight left. De Fran lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Badger takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Fran moves away from the strike by Badger. De Fran lands a lovely overhand right. De Fran lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Badger loads up on a big right hand but De Fran slips the punch. A punch combination from Badger misses. Badger throws a jab when De Fran was well out of range. Badger tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. De Fran misses with an uppercut. Badger saw that one coming. Badger checks a leg kick nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Badger tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. De Fran is looking to chop away at Badger's legs. This has been an exciting period of action! De Fran throws a leg kick but Badger sees it coming and checks it nicely. Badger misses with a straight left. De Fran throws a sloppy head kick and Badger moves out of range easily. Badger avoids the head kick by De Fran.
Badger lands a nice hook to De Fran's body. De Fran takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. A punch lands to the side of De Fran 's head but he takes it in his stride. De Fran waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Badger. De Fran misses with a wild body shot. De Fran scores with the left hand. Badger knows he should have avoided that one. Badger looks to land a right hand but De Fran moved out of range. De Fran walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Badger checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. De Fran walks into a stiff left hand from Badger. De Fran takes a swing at Badger's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. De Fran doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Badger tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Badger pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Badger sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. De Fran tries to score with a low kick but Badger moves his leg out of the way. Badger looks to throw the jab but De Fran is out of range. De Fran throws a leg kick but Badger checks it. De Fran feints and then cracks Badger's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Badger down. Badger swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De Fran tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. De Fran takes a jab right on the kisser.
De Fran feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Badger's calf. De Fran misses the shot to the body. Badger swats away the attempt to clinch by De Fran. A nice leg kick lands there from De Fran.
That's four minutes gone in the round. De Fran throws a combination. Badger tries to block but a couple of punches get through. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. De Fran throws a big shot that misses. De Fran misses with a kick to the body and Badger counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. De Fran throws a low kick, looking for Badger's leg but Badger calmly moves out of range. De Fran walks into a jab. A left lands for De Fran. A big right from Badger misses. Badger lands a glancing blow to the side of De Fran's head. Badger takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
De Fran finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
De Fran throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Badger on the side of the head. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! De Fran tries to clinch up. Badger throws a hook to the side of De Fran's head but De Fran sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. De Fran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Badger's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Good leg kick by De Fran there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andr De Fran dominated that round. That's time! De Fran's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Badger moves out of range of the body kick from De Fran.
De Fran keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Badger. De Fran scores with a head kick. Badger tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time. Badger keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Badger misses with a hook. De Fran bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Badger on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. De Fran tries a low kick but Badger avoids it. Jab by De Fran. Badger checks a leg kick nicely. Badger throws a series of punches but De Fran moves out of range. De Fran looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De Fran cracks the inside of Badger's front leg. Decent striking displayed by De Fran there. De Fran tries to close the distance and clinch but Badger swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Badger steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Fran.
That's one minute gone in the round. De Fran throws an overhand right that lands on Badger's shoulder, as Badger tries to avoid the shot. De Fran takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Badger lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. De Fran gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Badger holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Badger managing to block the knees to the body from De Fran.
De Fran is looking to control Badger's arms but Badger gets an underhook and turns him. Now De Fran has his back to the cage. De Fran with an attempt at a knee that misses.
De Fran lands a left hand.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. Badger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Badger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
De Fran works on Badger's body with a couple of short punches. De Fran lands with a left to the head. De Fran is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Badger is defending well for now. De Fran stalling in the clinch but Badger improves position. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Badger leaning against his opponent.
Both fighters working to control the clinch. With the two fighters working up against the cage, De Fran just misses with a elbow thrown towards Badger's brow. Badger lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Fran or not. De Fran lands an elbow inside. De Fran misses with some punches.
Badger is leaning against De Fran and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. De Fran is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as De Fran takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. De Fran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Badger avoiding damage as De Fran throws knees to the body.
De Fran looking to stall.
De Fran looks to throw an elbow but misses. Badger leaning his opponent against the cage. De Fran missing with knees to the body.
Badger trying to stall but De Fran improves his position.
Badger slows down the pace here.
Badger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round. De Fran throws a leg kick but Badger sees it coming and moves out of range. De Fran moves out of range as Badger strikes. Badger misses with a hook. De Fran ducked under it nicely. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Badger checks a leg kick. Badger needs to keep his hands up - De Fran had a free shot at his head there. De Fran swings widly with a right hand
and Badger connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. De Fran thows a left - swing and a miss! De Fran smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Badger is rocked! De Fran throws a powerful right kick. Badger tried to block low but the kick was high! Badger was taken right off of his feet! De Fran jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Andr De Fran! A very excited looking Andr De Fran 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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