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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hermes Lykourgos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darby Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Gordon's choice of entrance music: United Booty Foundation. This should be fireworks!
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213 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
27
215 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hermes Lykourgos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Darby Gordon!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Dirk Anderson and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lykourgos misses the shot to the body.
Gordon takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gordon takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Lykourgos fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gordon manages to avoid it.
Lykourgos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lykourgos. Gordon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lykourgos with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gordon thows a body shot but no joy.
Lykourgos throws out a powerful jab.
Lykourgos seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Gordon loads up on a big right hand but Lykourgos slips the punch.
Lykourgos misses with a two punch combination.
Gordon lands a right hook to the body.
Gordon closes the distance and clinches.
Lykourgos is trying to break the clinch but Gordon is controlling him.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gordon.
Gordon scores with a shoulder strike.
Gordon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lykourgos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gordon thows a body shot but no joy.
Lykourgos takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lykourgos rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gordon counters with a nice low kick that buckles Lykourgos's knee momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon connects with the punch.
Lykourgos misses the shot to the body.
Lykourgos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gordon was well out of range. Poor timing from Lykourgos.
Gordon throws a head kick but Lykourgos moves out of range.
Lykourgos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gordon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lykourgos looks to score with a jab to the body but Gordon is just out of range.
Gordon clinches up with Lykourgos and pushes him back against the cage.
Gordon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gordon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gordon avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lykourgos is looking to wear down Gordon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice defenses there by Gordon.
Nice shot lands for Gordon.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gordon throws a right hand that Lykourgos ducks under and follows up with a left that Lykourgos also avoids with ease.
Lykourgos throws a shot to the body.
Lykourgos fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gordon on the side of the head.
Hermes Lykourgos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gordon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
It looks like Hermes Lykourgos has been cut.
Lykourgos ducks under a wild hook from Gordon.
Gordon gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Gordon as the two fighters clinch.
Gordon lands with a short shot to the head.
Lykourgos has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gordon lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gordon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lykourgos takes an elbow to the temple.
Gordon keeps control of Lykourgos as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A left hand lands to the body for Gordon.
Lykourgos taking a breather.
Lykourgos takes an elbow to the temple.
Lykourgos working hard to break the clinch.
Gordon lands an elbow that stopped Lykourgos in his tracks for a moment.
Lykourgos has had enough of the clinch but Gordon keeps him there for the moment.
Lykourgos takes a shot to the head.
Gordon's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gordon closes the distance and clinches.
Gordon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Gordon breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gordon throws a body kick that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon misses with a hook. Lykourgos ducked under it nicely.
Gordon avoids the body shot from Lykourgos.
Gordon gets in close and instigates a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gordon.
Lykourgos is breathing heavily.
Gordon lands an elbow inside that Lykourgos shrugs off.
Gordon comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gordon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lykourgos backwards.
A frustrated look appears on Lykourgos's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gordon.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gordon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gordon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gordon lands a shoulder strike.
Gordon lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gordon stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gordon lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Gordon.
Gordon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gordon throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lykourgos.
Gordon tries a head kick but it misses.
Gordon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jab from Gordon.
Lykourgos scores with a decent looking hook.
Gordon tries to bum rush Lykourgos with a series of wild strikes but Lykourgos uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slow jab from Lykourgos misses its intended target.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gordon looks to land a body kick but Lykourgos moved away.
Lykourgos just misses with a punch to the body.
Gordon scores with a jab to the jaw.
Gordon throws a nice head kick!
Gordon moves into the clinch successfully.
Gordon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gordon lands with a good body shot.
Gordon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lykourgos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lykourgos misses with a body shot.
Lykourgos thows a body shot but no joy.
Lykourgos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gordon in his tracks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darby Gordon dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hermes Lykourgos's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The fighters circling - Lykourgos throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gordon gets a clinch.
Lykourgos is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Gordon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lykourgos or not.
Gordon is leaning against Lykourgos and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Gordon manages to break the clinch.
Gordon connects with a high kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gordon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gordon throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Good shot there by Gordon.
Lykourgos is rocked!
A nice inside leg kick there by Gordon. That's going to slow Lykourgos down.
Oh Lykourgos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Gordon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lykourgos seems to have got his legs back now.
Gordon scores with a decent looking hook.
Gordon swings for the body but Lykourgos moves out of range.
Gordon ducks under a wild hook from Lykourgos.
Gordon pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lykourgos throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gordon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lykourgos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gordon drops Lykourgos with a big left hand! Lykourgos is injured, injured bad! Gordon jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darby Gordon!
As Darby Gordon got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: You have to be kidding me. Never thought I'd make it this far.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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