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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian Koza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Reese (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reese comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Person of Interest OST - Knock Knock kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! John Reese acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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182 cm
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215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm
26
210 lbs
8 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Damian Koza! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 6 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Reese! The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Koza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A little jabbing left from Reese on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Nice uppercut there from Reese. Reese connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Reese scores with a shot to the body.
Reese lands a nice shot to the body.
Koza doesn't manage to clinch there - Reese circles away.
Nice shot lands for Reese. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Koza gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Knees to the body from Koza.
Reese takes an elbow to the forehead. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Koza blocking some punches.
Reese wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round. Koza lands a damaging elbow. Koza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Reese takes an elbow to the temple. A knee to the head by Koza.
Nice elbow from Koza. Reese misses with the head strike.
Reese takes a knee to the side of the body. Koza tries to land knees in the clinch but Reese avoids the damage to the body. Reese has a couple of punches blocked by Koza.
Koza keeps control of Reese as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Koza landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Koza landing knees to the body.
Reese looks winded! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Koza lands a good knee to the midsection. Reese won't want to take too many of those. A nice glancing elbow lands by Koza.
It looks like John Reese has been cut. Reese takes an elbow to the forehead. Koza is stalling here.
Koza dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage. Reese throws a punch but it's blocked by Koza.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nice elbow from Koza. Reese has a couple of punches blocked by Koza.
Koza crunches a lovely knee into Reese's ribcage. Koza lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Koza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Koza is pushing Reese up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Koza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reese's defenses. Koza lands a nice elbow. Koza lands a good knee to the midsection. Reese won't want to take too many of those. Koza lands a nice elbow. Koza lands an elbow that stopped Reese in his tracks for a moment. Koza lands an elbow inside. Koza manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Koza working Reese over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Koza lands a knee to the body.
Koza pressing his opponent against the cage. The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Koza creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Reese's defenses. Nice elbow from Koza. Reese tries to break the clinch but Koza is controlling the position. Nice elbow from Koza. Koza lands an elbow inside. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Koza. Koza lands an elbow that stopped Reese in his tracks for a moment. Koza lands an elbow inside. Koza has Reese pressed against the cage, preventing Reese from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Koza lands an elbow inside. Koza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reese in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. This has been an exciting period of action! Koza lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Koza lands an elbow just above Reese 's eye. Koza misses with a knee to the head. Koza crunches a lovely knee into Reese's ribcage. Koza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reese in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Koza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Koza stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Koza keeps control of Reese as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Koza prevents Reese from breaking the clinch. Reese takes a knee to the side of the body. Koza lands an elbow inside. Koza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Koza lands an elbow inside. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Koza lands a nice elbow. Koza throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Reese blocks it with crossed arms. Koza misses with a knee strike.
Reese misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian Koza dominated that round. The cut man is working on John Reese's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Koza slips a straight right by Reese. John Reese seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Koza gets a clinch. Nice elbow from Koza. Koza misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Reese.
Reese can't break the clinch.
Koza unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nice elbow from Koza. Reese swings wildly with an uppercut but Koza uses good head movement to avoid it. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Koza obliges. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Koza utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Koza is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reese can do to turn this around? Reese is breathing heavily. Koza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. A nice glancing elbow lands by Koza. Koza putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Reese in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Koza gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Reese takes an elbow to the temple.
Reese is rocked! Koza comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Reese is still on wobbly legs! Can Koza finish him? Reese takes an elbow to the temple. Koza using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Koza lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Koza is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Koza creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Reese! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Koza.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damian Koza!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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