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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between dont know (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Flanery (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flanery has chosen Dropkick Murphys - The Dirty Glass as his entrance music. Connor Flanery is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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189 cm
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217 lbs
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190 cm
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, dont know! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Connor Flanery! The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Left hook, right uppercut from know.
It looks like Connor Flanery has been cut. know drops Flanery with a left right combo! know follows him down to the ground into side control.
Flanery is rocked! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. know decides to stand back up. Flanery is still on wobbly legs! Can know finish him? know circles away from the clinch attempt.
Flanery seems to have recovered his senses. know changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Flanery tries to avoid it but know manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Flanery to the ground. Flanery escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Flanery fails in his attempt to clinch. Flanery fails to land the takedown. Flanery shoots and misses and know counters with a nice double leg into side control. Flanery won't be happy with that. Flanery looks gassed! know decides to stand up, so the ref orders Flanery to his feet. know misses with a series of wild punches.
Flanery misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. dont know has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Connor Flanery. Nice combo by know! Oh, that's hurt him - Flanery falls to the canvas and know follows him into side control.
That has opened up Connor Flanery's cut even more. know stands up and beckons Flanery to his feet. know shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Flanery as he avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. No joy there for know, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Flanery gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and know counters with a stiff right hand. know looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Flanery is working an open guard so know takes the opportunity to get back to his feet. know uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Flanery has time to react. know shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Flanery tries to roll over but know keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. know tries to stand but can't do so whilst Flanery controls his leg. Flanery is looking to improve his position.
know decides to stand up. Flanery is trying desperately to land a takedown but know is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Flanery. Horrible takedown by know or perhaps it was just good defense by Flanery which made him look bad. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Flanery.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A decent looking cross lands there for know. know throws a series of punches but Flanery avoids them all with ease. know's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and know duly obliges.
The cut above Connor Flanery's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Flanery is on the wrong end of a nice combination from know. know shoots for a takedown but Flanery saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. know looking for a takedown here - he's got it. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. know has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Flanery is proving hard to escape from. know has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's four minutes gone in the round. know wants to stand and escape but instead Flanery has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. Flanery wants to control from the top but know keeps moving. know wants to stand and escape but Flanery is having none of it. know knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Flanery on the ground. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Flanery is standing up over know. know looks to escape but Flanery dives into side control.
Flanery wants to control but know is keeping him busy. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
dont know dominated that round. The cut man is working on Connor Flanery's cut. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Flanery with a lazy takedown attempt and know counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Flanery is trying to get back to full guard. know seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
know stands up out of the half guard. know looks to land a combination but Flanery avoids it well. know throws a right hand that Flanery ducks under and follows up with a left that Flanery also avoids with ease. know tries to bum rush Flanery with a series of wild strikes but Flanery uses good footwork to avoid the assault. know throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Flanery doesn't manage to clinch there - know circles away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. know drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. know wants to stand and escape but instead Flanery has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. dont know overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Flanery prevents know from getting back to his feet. Flanery wants to control from the top but know keeps moving. know wants to stand but Flanery is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Flanery drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Flanery seems to have locked his on tight now - know screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Flanery, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Connor Flanery!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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