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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian Hardacre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cain Velasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Velasquez has chosen Kryptonite as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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14 - 1 - 0 |
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260 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Damian Hardacre!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Cain Velasquez!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Josh West and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Hardacre, right into the meat.
Velasquez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hardacre circles away.
Hardacre swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Velasquez counters with a right hand to the body.
Hardacre lands a nice shot that snaps Velasquez's head back.
Velasquez ducks under a wild hook from Hardacre.
Nice defenses there by Velasquez.
Velasquez throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hardacre counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hardacre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Velasquez fails with a takedown attempt.
We've been told by Hardacre's head coaches at ELITE GYM 40CAP that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Velasquez.
Damian Hardacre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cain Velasquez.
Velasquez with a poor takedown
and Hardacre counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hardacre throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardacre fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Velasquez gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Hardacre counters with a nice uppercut.
Velasquez fails with a takedown attempt.
Velasquez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hardacre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Velasquez looks winded!
Jab, jab by Hardacre - just one landing.
Velasquez just misses with a punch to the body.
Velasquez shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hardacre as he jumps to the side.
Hardacre lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Hardacre.
Hardacre looks to score with a jab to the body but Velasquez is just out of range.
Velasquez scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick lands from Hardacre.
Velasquez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Velasquez avoids the body shot from Hardacre.
Hardacre lands a nice looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hardacre. Velasquez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Hardacre jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Velasquez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Velasquez shoots in looking for a takedown. Hardacre tries to sprawl out of it but Velasquez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hardacre manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Hardacre is looking to wear down Velasquez with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardacre cracks the inside of Velasquez's front leg.
Damian Hardacre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hardacre lands a left and a right that send Velasquez crashing to the mat, dazed. Hardacre thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Cain Velasquez has been cut.
Hardacre throws an uppercut from hell that sends Velasquez clean off his feet! He's out cold! Hardacre stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Damian Hardacre!
Damian Hardacre retains his heavyweight title!
After the fight, Damian Hardacre was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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