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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Blake Griffin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Travis Keller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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169 cm
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142 lbs
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163 cm
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144 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Blake Griffin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Travis Keller! The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Griffin throws a lazy uppercut
and Keller counters with a straight right hand. Keller looks to land a right hand but Griffin moved out of range. Donk. Keller catches Griffin right on the button with a cross. Keller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Griffin.
Keller slips a jab from Griffin. Griffin closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Keller lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Griffin misses with a hook. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Griffin needs to keep his hands up - Keller had a free shot at his head there. Keller thuds a left hand into Griffin's body. Griffin misses with a low kick. Keller lands with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round. Griffin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Keller. Griffin tries to land a leg kick but Keller saw it coming and moves away.
Griffin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Keller makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Griffin misses with a hook. Keller ducked under it nicely. Griffin loads up on a big right hand but Keller slips the punch. Griffin swings widly with a right hand
and Keller counters with a straight right hand. Griffin misses with a straight right. Griffin misses the jab. Griffin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Keller counters with a nice uppercut. Griffin needs to keep his hands up - Keller had a free shot at his head there. Keller thuds his right hand into Griffin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Keller is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Griffin had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A shot to the body from Griffin misses and Keller counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Griffin throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Keller swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Griffin. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Keller throws a hook to the side of Griffin's head but Griffin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Keller lands with a shot to the body. Keller lands a nice looking body shot.
Griffin throws a jab but it's blocked by Keller. Keller cracks a nice hook into Griffin's ribs. Griffin is looking to land body kicks. Keller moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Keller clobbers Griffin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Griffin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Keller scores with a body shot.
Griffin is breathing heavily. Keller throws a right and a left that Griffin avoids nicely. Keller scores with a nice strike. Griffin walks into a straight right hand from Keller. Keller throws a series of strikes that have Griffin backpedaling.
Griffin is rocked! A slow jab from Griffin misses its intended target. Keller lands a head shot. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Keller throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Keller scores with the left hand. Griffin knows he should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Keller lands with a right hand. Keller lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Oh Griffin is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Griffin looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. Griffin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Griffin misses with a right hand and Keller counters with a huge left! Griffin is in big trouble! He's backing up but Keller isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Griffin from any more damage. A dominating finish by Keller!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Travis Keller!
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energy
A | B |
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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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