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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Klinkhammer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bartholomew Roach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roach has chosen The Simpsons Theme Song as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 cm
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210 lbs
14 - 8 - 1 |
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191 cm
27
210 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Roberto Klinkhammer! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bartholomew Roach! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Roach slips under a jab from Klinkhammer. Klinkhammer misses with a lunging right hand
and Roach counters with an inside leg kick. Roach takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Roach has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Roach stalks Klinkhammer and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Klinkhammer's face. Klinkhammer staggers backwards, shaken. Klinkhammer ducks under a wild hook from Roach. Roach throws a hook but Klinkhammer blocks it. Roach takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Roach throws a jab but it's blocked by Klinkhammer. Roach dodges the punch combination from Klinkhammer.
Roach showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Klinkhammer.
Roach misses with a head kick.
Roach scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Roach rushes Klinkhammer and presses him up against the cage. A quick uppercut on the inside from Klinkhammer. Klinkhammer misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round. A short right from Roach on the inside. A shot in the inside from Roach. Klinkhammer dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Roach lands a knee to the body.
Roach digs a right hand underneath Klinkhammer's ribcage. Klinkhammer let out a lung full of air as it connected. Roach lands with a short head shot on the inside. Klinkhammer is trying to force a seperation but Roach has the dominant position. Roach tries to land knees in the clinch but Klinkhammer avoids the damage to the body. Roach creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Klinkhammer's defenses. Roach can't find room to land a body shot as Klinkhammer controls the action.
Klinkhammer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Klinkhammer takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Roberto Klinkhammer has been cut. Klinkhammer avoids the elbow strike from Roach, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Roach throws an elbow that misses.
Klinkhammer working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. With the fighters up against the cage, Roach throws an elbow but misses. A head punch on the inside from Klinkhammer fails to land. Klinkhammer manages to break the clinch.
Roach feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Klinkhammer's calf. Roach moves out of range of the strikes. A big right from Klinkhammer misses. Klinkhammer misses with an uppercut. Klinkhammer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. A shot to the liver by Klinkhammer. Beautiful body shot. Roach throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Klinkhammer misses with an uppercut
and Roach counters with a nice kick to the body. Roach is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Klinkhammer scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Roach gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Roach putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Klinkhammer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Roach doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roach lands a left hand that snaps the head of Klinkhammer backwards. Roach softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Klinkhammer is trying to break the clinch but Roach is controlling him. Klinkhammer throws a head punch that misses. Klinkhammer misses with a punch on the inside.
Klinkhammer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Roach has him pressed against the cage. Roach lands an elbow just above Klinkhammer 's eye. A short body shot lands from Klinkhammer as the two fighters clinch.
Roach creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Klinkhammer slows down the pace here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Klinkhammer pushes Roach back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Roach lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Roach taking a breather. Klinkhammer is looking to control Roach's arms but Roach gets an underhook and turns him. Now Klinkhammer has his back to the cage. Klinkhammer breaks the clinch.
Roach lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Klinkhammer lands with a straight right. Roach didn't see that one coming. Klinkhammer throws a nice inside leg kick. Roach wants to clinch. An inside leg kick from Klinkhammer misses. Klinkhammer thows a left - swing and a miss! The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Nice cross by Roach. Nice uppercut there from Klinkhammer. Klinkhammer jabs Roach right on the nose. Roach blinks but takes it well. Roach tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bartholomew Roach will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Roberto Klinkhammer's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Roach is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Klinkhammer. Roach drives through and clinches with Klinkhammer against the cage.
Klinkhammer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Klinkhammer is trying to stall.
Knees to the body from Roach.
Roach misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Klinkhammer.
Roach with a knee to the head.
Roach tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Klinkhammer's elbow. Roach working Klinkhammer over with knees to the body. Roach tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Klinkhammer avoids it. Klinkhammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Klinkhammer avoids a wild elbow strike from Roach. Klinkhammer avoids the elbow strike from Roach, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Klinkhammer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Klinkhammer has a couple of punches blocked by Roach.
That's one minute gone in the round. Klinkhammer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Klinkhammer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Klinkhammer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Klinkhammer misses with a punch on the inside.
Roach scores with a nice hook to the head. Roach lands a left hand.
Klinkhammer is rocked! Klinkhammer tries to work over Roach's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Roach has Klinkhammer pressed against the cage, preventing Klinkhammer from circling away and getting back to striking at range. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roach. Roach working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Oh Klinkhammer is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Klinkhammer working hard to break the clinch. Roach pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Roach ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Klinkhammer's jaw. Klinkhammer's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Roach does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bartholomew Roach! Our winner, Bartholomew Roach, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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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