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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Opie Winston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Frazier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Winston comes to the cage accompanied by Curtis Stigers - This Life. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 cm
34
276 lbs
24 - 15 - 0 |
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225 cm
31
275 lbs
23 - 11 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
24 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Opie Winston! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
23 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Joe Frazier! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Frazier throws a right and a left that both miss. Winston is looking to counter punch. Winston doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Frazier checks a low kick from Winston. Frazier misses with a kick to the body.
Winston chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Frazier is looking to slow Winston down with leg kicks. Winston scores with a punch to the head. Frazier throws the kick towards the body but Winston avoids it. Winston half committed to a counter leg kick. A clash of legs there as Winston blocks the low kick. Frazier gets a clinch. Winston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Winston misses with the head strike.
Winston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Frazier throws a head punch that misses. Frazier with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Winston is pushing Frazier up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Frazier breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Frazier works the jab nicely. Winston scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Donk. Frazier catches Winston right on the button with a cross. Frazier checks a low kick from Winston. As Winston backs off Frazier throws a huge counter combo but Winston manages to avoid it all. Winston staying out of range there. Winston fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Winston blocks a leg kick. Winston tries to move into range but Frazier moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Winston throws a leg kick which misses Frazier's front leg but catches the back leg as Frazier tries to avoid it. Winston looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Winston misses with a low kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Frazier misses. Frazier misses with a hook
and Winston counters with an outside leg kick.
Frazier lands with a straight right. Winston didn't see that one coming. This has been an exciting period of action! Winston throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Frazier stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. A jab from Frazier finds it's way through Winston's defenses. Frazier bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Frazier stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Winston. Frazier misses with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Frazier looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The fight moves into the clinch position. Nice body punch from Frazier - that landed with a thud.
Frazier is trying to break the clinch but Winston is controlling him. Still in the clinch, Winston scores with a nice short uppercut. A head punch blocked on the inside by Frazier. Winston has a couple of punches blocked by Frazier.
Frazier is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. A head punch on the inside from Winston fails to land. Frazier takes a shot to the head. Frazier softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Frazier is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Winston struggles to land a body shot inside as Frazier controls his hands.
Winston lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Winston throws a punch but it's blocked by Frazier. Frazier misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Winston.
Frazier goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Frazier tries to land knees in the clinch but Winston avoids the damage to the body. Winston misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Winston managing to block the knees to the body from Frazier.
Winston is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Frazier is looking to break free of the clinch but Winston has double underhooks. Frazier looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Winston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Winston avoiding damage as Frazier throws knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Winston. A bit of stalling here from Frazier.
Winston pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A decent looking cross lands there for Frazier. Winston scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Frazier thows a left - swing and a miss! Frazier misses the shot to the body. A right-left combo lands from Frazier. Winston looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Winston motions for Frazier to come forward. Winston throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. It seemed like Frazier was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Winston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Winston uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Frazier.
Winston throws a lazy right hand but Frazier sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Frazier misses with an attempted mid kick.
Winston attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. A solid leg kick lands there for Winston.
Frazier scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Winston slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Frazier misses with a lunging right hand
and Winston counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Winston attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Frazier missing with a left hand there. Winston was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. A low kick from Winston is predictable there and Frazier counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Joe Frazier will probably get the nod. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Frazier throws a lazy right hand but Winston sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Joe Frazier seems to be getting the better of the standup. Frazier looks for the body kick but Winston saw that one coming. Frazier changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Winston changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Winston ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Sloppy strikes from Frazier. Those never looked like landing. Winston throws a low kick but it's checked well by Frazier. Frazier looks like he wants to counter punch here. Winston feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Frazier's calf. A leg kick checked by Frazier. Winston walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Frazier checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side. Winston cracks the inside of Frazier's front leg. Frazier throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Winston on the side of the head. Frazier lands with a straight right. Winston didn't see that one coming. Frazier looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. A big left from Winston misses. Winston staying out of range there. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Winston throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Frazier scores with a jab to the head.
Frazier fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Winston throwing a counter right hand but Frazier manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Winston cracks the inside of Frazier's front leg. Winston misses with a wild body shot. Winston instigates a clinch. Frazier lands a nice uppercut. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Winston as Frazier tries to tie him up. Frazier's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Winston tries to work over Frazier's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Frazier is looking to control Winston's arms but Winston gets an underhook and turns him. Now Frazier has his back to the cage. Winston fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Winston tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Opie Winston has scored more points in the clinch so far. Frazier tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Frazier wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Winston avoiding damage as Frazier throws knees to the body.
Frazier tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Winston avoiding damage as Frazier throws knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Frazier lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Winston. A head punch on the inside from Winston fails to land. Frazier tries to land knees in the clinch but Winston avoids the damage to the body. Winston breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Winston ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Frazier moves away. Jab by Winston. Winston doesn't manage to clinch there - Frazier circles away.
Frazier is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. A jab from Frazier finds it's way through Winston's defenses. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Winston throws a front kick aimed at Frazier's knee but Frazier avoids it well. Frazier throws a looping overhand right but Winston ducks down to avoid it. Frazier throws a nice looking combination but Winston bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Frazier throws a right hand that misses
and Winston counters with a left to the body. Winston connects with a right hand. Frazier shakes it off. Winston is looking to clinch but Frazier is avoiding it.
Frazier avoids a kick to the body.
Frazier misses with a looping left. Nice shot by Winston.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Frazier scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Frazier bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. Frazier connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Winston's hands. Winston tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. A slow jab from Winston misses its intended target. A good leg kick by Winston. Frazier throws out a powerful jab.
Winston is rocked! Frazier closes the distance and lands a crisp combination that knocks Winston out cold! Winston corner are devastated, head in hands behind our commentary position. Poor guys.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Joe Frazier! A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Joe Frazier made sure he mentioned Hell's Kitchen Lab Corp (159.49 $75), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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