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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Sarpong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam B Glenn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Jeffrey Sarpong has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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202 lbs
13 - 4 - 1 |
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195 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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Good low kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jeffrey Sarpong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sam B Glenn!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Vladimir Khabensky and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Glenn wants to slow Sarpong down by chopping away at his legs.
Sarpong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Glenn manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sarpong walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Glenn checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Glenn tries a head kick but it misses.
Sarpong pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Glenn tried to score with a low kick but Sarpong checks it.
Glenn 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.
Sarpong tries to clinch up.
Glenn throws a leg kick but Sarpong sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sarpong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sarpong tries to clinch but Glenn moves away
and Glenn counters with a good low kick that Sarpong was not able to check.
Glenn will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sarpong tries to clinch but Glenn moves out of range.
Glenn fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sarpong checks it well.
Glenn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sarpong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sarpong lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Sarpong checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sarpong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sarpong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Glenn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sarpong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Glenn throws out the jab.
Glenn misses with a left hand
and Sarpong counters with a nice low kick that buckles Glenn's knee momentarily.
Sarpong listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Sarpong with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sarpong scores with a body shot.
Glenn lands a head kick. Sarpong smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Jeffrey Sarpong has been cut.
Glenn looks to throw the jab but Sarpong is out of range.
Sarpong is looking to clinch.
Sarpong has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Combat Zone [15 Elite & Sauna in the buildup to the fight.
Sarpong misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sarpong lands a front kick.
Glenn gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sarpong counters with a stiff right hand.
Glenn falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sarpong counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Glenn throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Sarpong misses with a looping left.
Glenn throws the kick towards the body but Sarpong avoids it.
Sarpong has managed to clinch.
Glenn is trying to stall.
Glenn takes an elbow to the temple.
Sarpong is struggling to control the position.
Sarpong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Glenn in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sarpong lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sarpong missing with knees to the body.
Sarpong tries to land knees in the clinch but Glenn avoids the damage to the body.
Sarpong misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong lands an elbow just above Glenn 's eye.
Sarpong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Glenn's face.
It looks like Sam B Glenn has been cut.
Glenn is trying to break free.
Sarpong lands a damaging elbow.
Glenn looking to slow down the pace here.
Sarpong throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Glenn tries to pull guard but Sarpong holds him up against the cage and eventually Glenn drops back down to his feet.
Glenn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The referee calls for Glenn to work.
Glenn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sarpong crunches a lovely knee into Glenn's ribcage.
Sarpong pushes Glenn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Glenn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Glenn tries to pull guard but Sarpong holds him up against the cage and eventually Glenn drops back down to his feet.
Sarpong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Glenn has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sarpong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Glenn.
Sarpong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Glenn backwards.
Glenn breaks the clinch.
Glenn misses with an attempted mid kick.
Sarpong delivers a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sarpong checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sarpong just misses with a punch to the body.
Sarpong blocks a low kick nicely.
Sarpong tries to clinch up.
Sarpong tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Glenn misses with a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeffrey Sarpong dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Sarpong closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Sarpong checks the leg kick nicely there.
Glenn gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Sarpong counters with a head kick. That will keep Glenn thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Sarpong defending well as Glenn loads up on a big left hand.
Glenn throws a leg kick but Sarpong sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Glenn cracks the inside of Sarpong's front leg.
Glenn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sam B Glenn seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Glenn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Glenn swings widly with a right hand
and Sarpong counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Glenn is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Sarpong connects with a high kick.
Glenn is rocked!
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Sarpong! Glenn is out on his feet! Sarpong rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Glenn is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Glenn is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeffrey Sarpong!
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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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