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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Goraidh Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and White Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Armstrong might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Devil's Dance Floor. The crowd seem to be enjoying Boy's choice of entrance music: Dirty White BOY. Goraidh Armstrong has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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190 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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25
185 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Goraidh Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, White Boy!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Anni Minnemäki and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy looks to land a left hand but Armstrong moved out of range nicely.
Boy walks into a left hand.
Boy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Armstrong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boy's coach down at Elite Dojo [21 Coaches / 48 cap] was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Boy's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Boy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Armstrong moves away.
Armstrong has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Combat Zone [15 Elite & Sauna in the buildup to the fight.
Armstrong throws out a powerful jab.
Boy cracks Armstrong with a right hand to the side of the head.
Boy misses with a looping left.
Armstrong misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boy.
Armstrong steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boy.
Boy takes one to the chin there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloppy strikes from Armstrong. Those never looked like landing.
Armstrong uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Boy.
Boy looks to throw the jab but Armstrong is out of range.
Armstrong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Boy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Armstrong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong misses with the combination.
Armstrong slips a straight right by Boy.
Boy checks a leg kick.
Armstrong lands a nice hook to Boy's body. Boy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boy takes one to the side of the head.
Armstrong slips a straight right by Boy.
Armstrong lands with a shot to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Boy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Armstrong moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Armstrong avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong misses with a looping left.
Armstrong ducks under a wild hook from Boy.
Armstrong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Boy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Armstrong walks into a jab.
Armstrong misses with a looping left.
Jab, jab by Armstrong - just one landing.
Boy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Armstrong is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Boy clinches up with Armstrong and pushes him back against the cage.
Boy tries to land knees in the clinch but Armstrong avoids the damage to the body.
Boy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Boy lands a nice uppercut.
Armstrong breaks the clinch.
Boy misses with an uppercut
enabling Armstrong to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Armstrong.
Boy blocks a jab.
Boy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Boy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Boy throws a hook to the side of Armstrong's head but Armstrong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Boy throws out a loose jab but Armstrong uses good head movement to avoid it.
Boy misses with a straight left.
Armstrong misses with a head kick.
Armstrong moves out of range as Boy strikes.
Boy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Armstrong. Armstrong obviously looking to wear him down.
Boy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Armstrong.
Armstrong swats away the attempt to clinch by Boy.
Boy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy scores with a hook.
Armstrong lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Armstrong fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Boy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Armstrong moves away.
Armstrong rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Boy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Armstrong bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Boy's head backwards.
Boy wants to clinch.
Boy misses with a shot to the body
and Armstrong counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Boy thinking.
Boy looks winded!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Boy tries to clinch there but Armstrong circles away.
Armstrong feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Boy's calf.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Goraidh Armstrong dominated that round.
That's time! Armstrong's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Armstrong swinging wildly here.
Boy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Armstrong throws out the jab.
A big left from Armstrong misses.
A slow jab from Boy misses its intended target.
Boy swings for the body but Armstrong moves out of range.
Armstrong throws a looping overhand right but Boy ducks down to avoid it.
Boy tries to close the distance and clinch but Armstrong swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Armstrong 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.
Armstrong keeps the fight on the outside.
Armstrong throws out a powerful jab.
Goraidh Armstrong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Armstrong connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Armstrong thuds a left hand into Boy's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy stalks Armstrong and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Armstrong's face. Armstrong staggers backwards, shaken.
A jab from Boy does it's job there.
Armstrong lands with a hook. Boy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Boy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Armstrong's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Armstrong duly obliges.
Boy is rocked!
Armstrong fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked Boy out cold! Brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Goraidh Armstrong!
A relieved looking Goraidh Armstrong thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated White Boy had this to say: 'I hate you'.
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energy
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hype
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