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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jake Mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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157 lbs
10 - 10 - 0 |
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150 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jake Mendes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Tommy Ward!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Nard Betker and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendes misses with a wild body shot.
Ward tries to keep at a distance but Mendes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ward using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mendes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ward breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A shot to the liver by Mendes. Beautiful body shot.
Ward has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Ward gets tackled into the cage by Mendes. Mendes maintains the clinch.
Ward misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mendes.
Ward manages to pull guard.
Mendes stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ward tries to clinch there but Mendes circles away.
Mendes rushes Ward and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Mendes is working for takedown but Ward is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mendes has Ward pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Ward manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Ward slows down the pace here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ward lands a left hand.
Mendes turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendes stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Mendes uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ward.
Mendes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Mendes scores with a jab to the body.
Ward with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mendes counters with a series of strikes. Ward will be more careful next time no doubt.
Ward throws a jab but it's blocked by Mendes.
Ward will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ward closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ward tries to land a knee to the head but Mendes blocks with his arms.
Ward with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ward is stalling here.
A head punch on the inside from Ward fails to land.
Ward is trying to drag Mendes to the mat but Mendes just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Jake Mendes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Ward.
Ward doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendes drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mendes manages to pull guard.
Ward is stalling in the full guard.
Mendes has his hands on Ward's head, controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mendes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Ward shoots in looking for a takedown but Mendes manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ward's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mendes digs a good body shot into Ward's ribs.
Mendes misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mendes steps in with a hook that catches Ward right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Mendes follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Ward looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jake Mendes!
A very excited looking Jake Mendes made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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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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