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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gregor Clegane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Howard Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Powers's choice of entrance music: Magpie by The Mountain Goats. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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3 - 2 - 0 |
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255 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Gregor Clegane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Howard Powers!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powers throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Clegane.
Clegane on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Clegane misses with a looping left.
Powers with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Powers fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Powers lands a right hook to the body.
A punch combination from Clegane misses.
Powers throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Clegane on the side of the head.
Clegane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Powers.
Powers throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Clegane takes one on the button.
Powers slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clegane takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Powers ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Powers is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Clegane rather than just go for the knockout.
The fighters circle momentarily. Powers darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Powers has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Clegane is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Powers digs a good hook to Clegane's body.
Powers lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clegane walks into a straight right hand from Powers.
Powers dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Clegane misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Powers.
Powers lands a nice hook to Clegane's body. Clegane takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Powers connects with a looping right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Powers.
Powers's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Powers duly obliges.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Powers misses.
Clegane slips under a jab from Powers.
Powers jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Powers throws a right hand that Clegane ducks under and follows up with a left that Clegane also avoids with ease.
Powers lands a jab to the nose.
We've been hearing reports that Clegane has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Clegane takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Powers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Powers throws a jab when Clegane was well out of range.
Howard Powers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cleganes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Clegane takes one to the side of the head.
Powers is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Clegane had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Clegane takes one to the side of the head.
Powers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Clegane.
A left lands for Powers.
Clegane rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Powers moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Powers throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Clegane stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Powers swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Powers comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Powers lands a jab.
Clegane just misses with a punch to the body.
Clegane takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Clegane is rocked!
Howard Powers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Powers misses the target.
Oh Clegane is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Powers knocks Clegane out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Howard Powers!
Howard Powers decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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