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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Franky Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Manus Grant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grant has chosen Thunderstruck - AC/DC as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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137 lbs
18 - 15 - 0 |
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170 cm
27
140 lbs
6 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Franky Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Manus Grant!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grant pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Young back to the cage. Grant follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Grant misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young lands with a cross.
Young tries to clinch there but Grant circles away.
Young lands a two punch combo.
Grant connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Young's hands.
Young wants to clinch.
Young moves into the clinch.
Grant taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Young lands a right hand.
Grant looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Grant.
Grant trying to stall but Young improves his position.
Young blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Grant pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Young tries to clinch up.
Young blocks a head kick by Grant.
A decent looking cross lands there for Grant.
Young lands a two punch combo.
Young tries to clinch up but Grant circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grant misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Young tries to clinch up.
Young steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Grant. That one must have hurt.
Grant thuds a left hand into Young's body.
Grant with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Grant throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grant throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Young fails to land with a series of punches.
Grant throws a nice looking combination but Young bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Young tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Grant manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Young on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grant. Young does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fight stays on the outside here - Young looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Franky Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grant punishes Young's body with a nice straight punch.
Grant throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Young.
Grant connects with a good right hand that stumbles Young. Young circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Grant throws out a powerful jab.
Young is rocked!
Grant lands with a kick to the ribs.
Oh Young is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
and Grant counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Young! He's just covering up as Grant starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manus Grant!
A very excited looking Manus Grant 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
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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