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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Franklin Clinton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franklin Clinton is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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112 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm
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135 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Franklin Clinton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Clinton. Those never looked like landing.
Hardy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Clinton misses with a double jab.
Clinton throws a right hand that Hardy ducks under and follows up with a left that Hardy also avoids with ease.
Hardy dodges the punch combination from Clinton.
Hardy has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Clinton is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Clinton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hardy slips a jab from Clinton.
Hardy throws a low kick, looking for Clinton's leg but Clinton calmly moves out of range.
Hardy throws a nice looking combination but Clinton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Clinton smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Clinton misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Clinton, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clinton misses with a double jab
and Hardy counters by clinching up.
Hardy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Hardy stalling in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hardy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Clinton's brow.
Clinton wants to break free but Hardy has control.
Clinton wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hardy throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clinton tries to break the clinch but Hardy is controlling the position.
Hardy prevents Clinton from breaking the clinch.
Clinton avoids a wild elbow strike from Hardy.
Hardy prevents Clinton from breaking the clinch.
Clinton working hard to break the clinch.
Hardy misses with an elbow over the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy manages to pull guard.
Hardy is looking to stand back up but Clinton counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Hardy.
Clinton looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hardy won't allow Clinton to pass to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardy pushes Clinton off looking to stand but Clinton dives back in and keeps control.
Clinton seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Franklin Clinton.
Clinton misses with a few strikes there.
Clinton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Clinton lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clinton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Clinton works over Hardy's head and body with a nice combination.
Hardy is rocked!
Clinton goes for a small jab and connects. Now Clinton goes in closer pressing the issue. Left hook, right straight! Hardy stumbles back but Clinton runs in with a huge uppercut knocking Hardy to the ground! What a finish! You have to wonder if Hardy will ever be the same after a knockout like that.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Franklin Clinton!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
31% |
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