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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keeping Promises (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donnie Yen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Promises's entrance music is MegaDeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!. A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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212 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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190 cm
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220 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keeping Promises!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Donnie Yen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Promises misses the jab.
Promises slips a jab and a cross from Yen.
Yen fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Promises avoids it really well and circles away.
Yen takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yen misses with a combination
and Promises counters with a straight right hand.
Promises has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Yen.
Yen works over Promises's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Promises misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yen.
Yen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Promises was well out of range. Poor timing from Yen.
Yen pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Promises circles away from the clinch attempt.
Promises has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Promises leaves Yen with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Promises tries to land a leg kick but Yen saw it coming and moves away.
Promises looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Yen fails to land the takedown.
Keeping Promises has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donnie Yen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yen dives in and grabs Promises's left leg, looking for a takedown. Promises pushes down on Yen's head and hops out.
A clash of legs there as Yen blocks the low kick.
Yen throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Yen lands a jab-cross combination.
Yen tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice cross by Yen.
Promises throws a chopping leg kick but Yen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Yen shoots in for a takedown but Promises shows good takedown defense.
Yen moves in looking to clinch but Promises pushes him off.
Donnie Yen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Promises is looking to chop away at Yen's legs.
Promises connects with a solid leg kick.
Yen moves out of range as Promises strikes.
Promises rushes Yen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Yen jumps guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Promises looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yen throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Yen looking for a sweep. Not yet Yen, not yet.
Yen had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Promises defends it easily.
Yen has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Promises should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Yen has tightened it up now! Promises should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Donnie Yen!
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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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