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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alphonso Bobo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cho King Fang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cho King Fang has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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175 cm
26
143 lbs
6 - 3 - 1 |
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175 cm
25
145 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of The Island, Alphonso Bobo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Cho King Fang! The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! King Fang misses with a takedown and Bobo makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Bobo scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Bobo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. King Fang shoots in looking for a takedown but Bobo manages to keep the fight standing, pushing King Fang's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away. Bobo defends well against a solid takedown attempt from King Fang. Alphonso Bobo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cho King Fang. Bobo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bobo connects with a leg kick. King Fang looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Bobo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Bobo digs a good body shot into King Fang's ribs. King Fang misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out. Bobo gets a clinch. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Bobo unloads a knee to the mid-section. King Fang lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Bobo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bobo lands a nice knee to the body. Bobo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Bobo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bobo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Bobo crunches a lovely knee into King Fang's ribcage. Bobo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from King Fang.
Bobo lands with a light punch inside. Bobo is defending well against a takedown attempt. King Fang takes a shot to the head. A short right from Bobo. King Fang is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bobo is defending well. Bobo lands an uppercut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Bobo displaying some good clinch control by pressing King Fang up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A quick uppercut on the inside from Bobo. A shot in the inside from Bobo. Bobo lands a nice uppercut. A short right hand to the side of the head by Bobo. Bobo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. A nice left hand lands by Bobo.
Bobo lands a good knee to the midsection. King Fang won't want to take too many of those. King Fang is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bobo is defending well. King Fang looking for a takedown. Bobo stalling the fight.
King Fang has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Bobo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch. Bobo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King Fang backwards. Bobo is leaning against King Fang and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. A short uppercut from Bobo.
That's three minutes gone in the round. King Fang wants a takedown.
Bobo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bobo lands a body punch in the clinch. Knees to the body from Bobo.
King Fang looks winded! Bobo landing knees to the body.
King Fang wants a takedown but no success here.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bobo.
Bobo just leaning against King Fang, taking a breather. King Fang takes a shot to the head. King Fang is looking to take this one to the mat. Bobo scores with a shoulder strike. Bobo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. King Fang is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Bobo is defending well. Bobo lands a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Bobo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bobo lands on the inside with an uppercut. King Fang is looking to take this one to the mat. Bobo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bobo lands a knee to the body.
Bobo scores a nice knee to the body.
Bobo scores with an uppercut up the middle. Bobo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bobo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King Fang backwards. Bobo pushes King Fang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Bobo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
King Fang is rocked! Bobo scores with a shoulder strike. King Fang is still on wobbly legs! Can Bobo finish him? Bobo is pressed up against the cage. King Fang has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bobo down to the mat. Bobo avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Bobo jabs at King Fang's body. A slapping leg kick lands for Bobo.
Alphonso Bobo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. King Fang throws an off balance right hand
enabling Bobo to counter with a crisp jab. Bobo stuffs the takedown. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alphonso Bobo dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
King Fang shoots in looking for a takedown. Bobo tries to sprawl out of it but King Fang keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bobo manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. King Fang seems to have recovered his senses. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bobo, as that shot connected.
Bobo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
King Fang closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. King Fang throwing shots but Bobo is blocking nicely. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Bobo trying to control from the bottom.
King Fang throwing shots but Bobo is blocking nicely. King Fang is trying to work for a kimura but Bobo is defending well.
King Fang sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bobo defending well though.
That's one minute gone in the round. King Fang missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Bobo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. King Fang throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Bobo is trying to maintain the position but King Fang is very close to passing his half guard. Bobo is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control. King Fang is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Bobo! King Fang lands a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round. King Fang with a couple of short strikes. Bobo blocking the ground and pound. King Fang punching from mount but Bobo doing a good job of avoiding damage. King Fang has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Bobo's face.
King Fang with good strikes from the mount here! King Fang has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Foot Loves. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one. King Fang throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage. King Fang punching from mount but Bobo doing a good job of avoiding damage. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Bobo is trying to escape the mount.
King Fang pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. King Fang lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Bobo hang on? King Fang looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet. King Fang working the ground and pound effectively.
Bobo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that King Fang can do to turn this around? King Fang lands a heavy elbow. King Fang looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead. Bobo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as King Fang tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
King Fang has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's four minutes gone in the round. King Fang is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bobo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
King Fang misses with a head shot. King Fang with shots to the head and body - Bobo looks very uncomfortable down there. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Poor strikes thrown by King Fang there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
King Fang lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
King Fang has control of Bobo's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bobo regains control of the situation pretty easily.
King Fang working away from the top, dropping strikes. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cho King Fang showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Horrible takedown attempt by King Fang or perhaps it was just good defense by Bobo, which made it look bad. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bobo.
Bobo throws a head kick that half lands.
Bobo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Bobo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. King Fang dives in and grabs Bobo's left leg, looking for a takedown. Bobo pushes down on King Fang's head and hops out. Bobo lands a nice leg kick that just misses King Fang's sensitive parts. King Fang fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Alphonso Bobo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cho King Fang. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Bobo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. A good leg kick by Bobo.
That's one minute gone in the round. King Fang darts in looking for a takedown but Bobo gets double underhooks and turns King Fang into the cage. King Fang walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bobo. King Fang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. A slapping body kick lands there for Bobo. Bobo lands a big head kick that sends King Fang tumbling to the mat! Bobo takes a step backwards and waves King Fang back to his feet - he wants the finish! Bobo cracks King Fang with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends King Fang tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Bobo pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! King Fang is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alphonso Bobo! Alphonso Bobo 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
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
80% |
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