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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sanxho Falafel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George West Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. George West Jr has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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210 lbs
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202 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good in bed |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid 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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sanxho Falafel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, George West Jr!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, David Schapiro and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falafel misses with a series of wild punches.
Falafel looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
West Jr throws a good cross that connects.
West Jr forces Falafel back against the cage and clinches.
Falafel has West Jr pressed against the cage, preventing West Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
West Jr lands a nice uppercut.
West Jr can't find room to land a body shot as Falafel controls the action.
Falafel looking for a takedown.
West Jr stalling against the cage.
West Jr lands a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
West Jr stalling the fight.
West Jr tries to break free but Falafel pushes him back against the cage.
Falafel is trying to break the clinch but West Jr has him pressed against the cage.
West Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West Jr displaying some good clinch control by pressing Falafel up against the cage.
West Jr stalls.
West Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
West Jr scores with a jab to the body.
A jab lands there for West Jr.
Some wild striking there from Falafel.
West Jr scores with a sloppy right hand. Falafel should have avoided that one.
West Jr lands a head shot.
Falafel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling West Jr to score with a decent uppercut.
West Jr scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falafel misses with a combination
and West Jr counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
West Jr connects with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
West Jr rushes Falafel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
West Jr holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Falafel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
West Jr wants to break free but Falafel has control.
West Jr pushes Falafel back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
West Jr wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
West Jr has Falafel pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falafel can't break the clinch.
Nice body punch from West Jr - that landed with a thud.
A hook to the body from West Jr.
West Jr throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
West Jr looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
West Jr stalling in the clinch.
West Jr will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Falafel up against the cage.
West Jr stalling the fight.
West Jr lands a right hand.
West Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Falafel or not.
A nice right hand lands inside from West Jr.
West Jr lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
West Jr presses Falafel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
West Jr digs a right hand underneath Falafel's ribcage. Falafel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
West Jr can't break the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for West Jr.
A left hand lands to the body for West Jr.
West Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
West Jr closes the distance and pushes Falafel back into the cage.
West Jr works on Falafel's body with a couple of short punches.
A left hand lands to the body for West Jr.
West Jr controlling the action here for a moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Falafel prevents West Jr from breaking the clinch.
West Jr tries to circle away but Falafel has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George West Jr dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Falafel moves forwards but West Jr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
West Jr lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
West Jr tests Falafel's chin there with a solid looking shot.
West Jr lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Falafel is rocked!
West Jr pushes Falafel up against the cage in a clinch.
Oh Falafel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
West Jr softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Falafel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
West Jr lands a nice uppercut.
George West Jr seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
West Jr lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Falafel to his knees! West Jr keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George West Jr!
In his post fight interview, George West Jr started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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