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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fus Ro Dah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fus Ro Dah is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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265 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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260 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Washington !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fus Ro Dah!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ro Dah doesn't manage to clinch there - Washington circles away.
Ro Dah moves into the clinch.
Washington takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like George Washington has been cut.
Washington takes a knee right on the jaw!
Knees to the body from Ro Dah.
Ro Dah connects with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ro Dah is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Washington is breathing heavily.
Ro Dah with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ro Dah lands a damaging elbow.
A short right from Ro Dah.
Ro Dah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ro Dah lands a right hand.
Ro Dah lands an elbow inside.
George Washington 's cut is getting worse.
Ro Dah tries a knee to the head but Washington blocks it.
Ro Dah throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ro Dah tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ro Dah is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Washington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ro Dah tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Washington dodges an elbow strike from Ro Dah.
Ro Dah misses with a knee to the head.
Ro Dah is pressed up against the cage. Washington has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ro Dah down to the mat. Ro Dah avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ro Dah fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Ro Dah.
Ro Dah tries to clinch up.
Washington goes for a double leg but Ro Dah avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ro Dah continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Washington . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ro Dah lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Ro Dah with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ro Dah displaying some good clinch control by pressing Washington up against the cage.
Ro Dah lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington prevents a body shot from Ro Dah.
Ro Dah will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Washington up against the cage.
Ro Dah throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Washington blocks it with crossed arms.
Washington goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ro Dah prevents it.
Ro Dah lands a knee to the head.
Washington takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ro Dah tries to land knees in the clinch but Washington avoids the damage to the body.
Washington on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ro Dah lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ro Dah using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Washington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ro Dah obliges.
Ro Dah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Washington .
Ro Dah lands an elbow just above Washington 's eye.
George Washington 's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Washington changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Ro Dah fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Washington looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Ro Dah gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ro Dah with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ro Dah with a knee to the head.
Jeez, George Washington 's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ro Dah scores with a knee to the head.
Washington tries for a takedown but Ro Dah manages to get underhooks.
Ro Dah tries to land a knee to the head but Washington blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ro Dah misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Washington .
Washington avoids the elbow strike from Ro Dah, against the cage.
Washington blocks the elbow strike.
Washington is looking for a takedown.
Ro Dah tries a knee to the head but Washington blocks it.
Ro Dah stalling against the cage.
Washington takes an elbow to the forehead.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at George Washington 's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Fus Ro Dah!
Fus Ro Dah seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, George Washington stepped up to the mic, saying 'I try harder '.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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