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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Emilio Izturis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Lord (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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190 cm
26
190 lbs
15 - 11 - 0 |
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190 cm
26
200 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Emilio Izturis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, William Lord! The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Izturis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Izturis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Lord throws a leg kick but Izturis moved away. Izturis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lord's sensitive parts. Emilio Izturis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Izturis stuns Lord with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Izturis scores with a shot to the body.
Izturis throws a lazy uppercut
letting Lord counter with a right hand. Izturis stuns Lord with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Izturis scores with a crisp jab that stopped Lord in his tracks.
It looks like William Lord has been cut. Izturis moves out of range of the leg kick from Lord. Izturis moves out of range of the strikes. A chopping leg kick lands by Izturis. This has been an exciting period of action! Lord throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lord fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Izturis is out of range. Izturis seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter. Izturis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lord's jab looks to have found its range, popping Izturis under the eye. Lord fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Izturis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Izturis is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Lord pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Izturis throws a right and a left that both miss. Izturis misses with a series of wild punches.
Lord appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. Lord throws a leg kick but Izturis sees it coming and moves out of range. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lord.
Izturis throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Lord throws a body kick that misses. Izturis is looking to counter punch. Izturis scores to the head and body with a nice combination! The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Izturis throws a push kick but Lord slaps the foot to one side. Lord is trying to counter with his kicks. Izturis looks for the body kick but Lord saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Izturis fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lord sprawls well initially but Izturis persists and gets the takedown into half guard. Izturis frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Izturis lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Izturis landing strikes from the mount. Lord tries to get back to half guard but can't. Izturis with a couple of short strikes. Izturis has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Lord's face.
Lord is rocked! Lord keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Lord is still in real trouble! Can Izturis finish him? Izturis landing strikes from the mount.
That has opened up William Lord's cut even more. A big strike lands for Izturis! That's really hurt Lord and he's turned his back - Izturis keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Izturis jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emilio Izturis! Emilio Izturis was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
63% |
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