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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lexington Snape (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mirko Filipovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Snape comes to the cage accompanied by DJ Tiësto - Carmina Burana: Remixed. Filipovic comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Duran Duran - The wild boys kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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185 cm
21
285 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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190 cm
26
250 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Good low kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Lexington Snape! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mirko Filipovic! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight. Filipovic throws out a loose jab but Snape uses good head movement to avoid it. Mirko Filipovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Filipovic throws a hook to the side of Snape's head but Snape sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Good shot there by Filipovic. Filipovic lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Filipovic throws a head kick but Snape moves out of range.
Filipovic throws a head kick but Snape moves out of range.
Filipovic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Snape counters by moving into the clinch. Snape lands a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Filipovic takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Mirko Filipovic has been cut. Snape lands a nice knee to the body. Filipovic looks winded! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Snape landing knees to the head.
Snape cracks Filipovic with a nice body shot. Snape landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Snape.
Snape working Filipovic over with knees to the body. A knee to the head by Snape.
Snape drops Filipovic with a big knee straight up the middle! Filipovic is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Filipovic is rocked! Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world. Filipovic throws a head kick that misses and Snape counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Filipovic is still on wobbly legs! Can Snape finish him? Snape lands a big knee to the head and Filipovic goes down! Snape pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lexington Snape! Lexington Snape seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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