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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cosh Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holy War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). War has chosen The Pretty Reckless - Heaven Knows as his entrance music. Holy War has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 cm
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290 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
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197 cm
27
249 lbs
7 - 0 - 1 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cosh Boy! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Holy War! The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Boy fails with the takedown and War counters with an inside leg kick. Boy has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by War. War thumps Boy with a low kick. Jab, jab by War - just one landing.
It looks like Cosh Boy has been cut. Boy misses with a takedown and War counters with a lovely shot to the body. Boy is breathing heavily. War connects with an inside leg kick. Boy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Boy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Boy takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
War closes the distance and clinches. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Boy tries to break free but War pushes him back against the cage. I was talking to Boy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. A hook to the body from War.
War lands an uppercut. War throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Boy blocks it with crossed arms. Boy is trying to break the clinch but War is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round. Boy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
War fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Boy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Boy connects with a good right hand that stumbles War. War circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Boy shoots in but no luck this time. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cosh Boy. That's going to take a lot out of him. Good shot there by War. War lands with a thumping leg kick.
Holy War is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Boy wants to clinch and War counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by War.
Boy fails with a takedown attempt. War gets in close and instigates a clinch. Boy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. War lands a body shot in the clinch.
Boy breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! War thumps Boy with a low kick. Boy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around War's waist but War gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Boy off to one side. Boy fails with the takedown. A countering left hand to the body from War misses. Boy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Crunch! War slams his shin into Boy's torso. War scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Boy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
War moves into the clinch. War connects with a knee to the head.
War lands a hook that snaps the head of Boy backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round. War lands with a right to the head. War goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
War pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. War will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Boy misses with a double jab
and War holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Boy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Boy tries to circle away but War has him pinned against the cage. Boy taking a breather. War makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Boy working hard to break the clinch. War lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Boy or not. A left hand lands to the body for War.
War is working Boy over against the cage. War doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. War tries to work over Boy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Boy's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result. War breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Boy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before War can pounce on him.
Boy throws a poor cross that misses
and War counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. War drives through and clinches with Boy against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! War scores with a nice hook to the head. War working some nice short punches in the clinch. War lands a body punch. War throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Boys head. Boy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. War digs a right hand into Boy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Boy's gas tank. Good body shot from War.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, War creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. War scores with a shot to the side of Boy's head. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. A shot in the inside from War. War prevents the takedown attempt.
War gets through Boy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. War drops Boy onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Boy is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Boy is rocked! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Holy War dominated that round. The cut man is working on Cosh Boy's cut. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
War thows a body kick. Boy tries to catch it but that hurt him. A good leg kick by War. War lands a nice hook to Boy's body. Boy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. War lands a nice looking body shot.
War lands with a right hand. Oh Boy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! War dances in with a quick combination. Boy is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from War snaps Boy's head back. Boy stumbles backwards against the cage. War steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Boy's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Boy just didn't come prepared.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Holy War! Holy War tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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