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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Bergen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bergen comes to the cage accompanied by Aria - Stand Up, Vanquish Fear. Brown comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Thunderstruck kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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192 cm
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200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
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199 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daniel Bergen! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Brown! The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, David Schapiro and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A lazy left from Bergen finds it's target. Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Bergen moves out of range easily. Bergen with a nice cross. Brown moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Bergen jabs Brown right on the nose. Brown blinks but takes it well. Brown showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bergen.
Brown looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. A head kick misses from Brown. Bergen avoids a kick to the body.
Joe Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Brown throws a head kick that misses and Bergen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Nice cross by Bergen. Brown throws a lazy body kick and Bergen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. 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! Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Bergen circles away.
Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bergen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. Brown doesn't manage to clinch there - Bergen circles away.
Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Bergen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Bergen clinches. A nice left hand lands by Bergen.
Brown is trying to break the clinch but Bergen is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round. Knees to the body from Bergen.
Bergen slows down the pace here.
Bergen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bergen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. Brown throws a sloppy head kick and Bergen moves out of range easily. Bergen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Bergen works over Brown's head and body with a nice combination. A head kick misses from Brown. Bergen lands a really nice looking cross but Brown seems unphased.
Brown misses with a body kick. Brown misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bergen lands with a kick to the temple. Brown shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
It looks like Joe Brown has been cut. Brown throws a head kick that misses and Bergen counters with a straight right hand.
Brown is rocked! 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! Brown throws a head kick that misses. Brown takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Bergen takes the fight into the clinch. Still in the clinch, Bergen scores with a nice short uppercut. Brown is still on wobbly legs! Can Bergen finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bergen pushes Brown back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Brown seems to have recovered his senses. Bergen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Brown lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Bergen lands a left hand.
Bergen scores with a shoulder strike. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bergen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Bergen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Brown's efforts to push away. Brown is looking to break free of the clinch but Bergen has double underhooks. Bergen lands with a light punch inside. Brown looking to slow down the pace here. Bergen lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Bergen jerks Brown's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Brown drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Bergen goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Bergen because Brown was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Daniel Bergen! Daniel Bergen managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, AnonymouS, into his post fight interview. Joe Brown spoke after the fight, saying 'Losing builds character. This will push me to come back stronger than ever.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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