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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Firahzi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lawrance Gerltz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Firahzi comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Guy - 3OH!3. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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188 cm
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222 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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193 cm
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220 lbs
4 - 4 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Joe Firahzi! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lawrance Gerltz! The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Firahzi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Firahzi fails with the takedown. Gerltz thows a body shot but no joy. A looping hook to the body misses from Firahzi. Gerltz does a little dance to reset his feet. Firahzi misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Gerltz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Firahzi has been working on his boxing with his coaches at WarZone Training Facility 1 in the buildup to the fight. Firahzi drives through with a takedown into Gerltz's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Gerltz controls Firahzi momentarily but Firahzi frees himself. Firahzi decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow. Gerltz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Firahzi sizes up Gerltz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
It looks like Lawrance Gerltz has been cut. Firahzi connects with a looping right hand.
Joe Firahzi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Firahzi closes the distance and clinches up with Gerltz, looking for a takedown. Firahzi pushes Gerltz against the cage but Gerltz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Firahzi. That's going to take a lot out of him. Gerltz throws a leg kick which misses Firahzi's front leg but catches the back leg as Firahzi tries to avoid it. Gerltz scores with a push kick. Gerltz fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. A nice leg kick lands there from Gerltz. Firahzi is breathing heavily. Gerltz has Firahzi up against the cage in a clinch.
Gerltz lands a nice uppercut. Firahzi tries to break the clinch but Gerltz is controlling the position. Gerltz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Gerltz throws a good cross that connects.
A punch combination from Firahzi misses. Firahzi tries to clinch but Gerltz is having none of it. Firahzi fails to land with a series of punches.
Firahzi looks to land a combination but Gerltz avoids it well. Firahzi tries to score a power double leg takedown but Gerltz sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Firahzi somewhat. Gerltz connects with a looping right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Firahzi thows a body shot but no joy. Gerltz sends Firahzi crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Gerltz is motioning to the referee to let Firahzi up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Firahzi is rocked! Gerltz forces Firahzi back against the cage and clinches. Oh Firahzi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Gerltz pushes Firahzi against the cage. Gerltz is working some dirty boxing. Gerltz pushes off with a quick right hook! Firahzi goes down! Firahzi tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Gerltz moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lawrance Gerltz! Lawrance Gerltz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well. Joe Firahzi was interviewed post fight and said 'Well this sucks, might go back to drug dealing'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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