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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Esposito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Esposito comes to the cage accompanied by Sukh Knight. John Esposito could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to David James's chin.
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285 lbs
34 - 22 - 0 |
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26
240 lbs
15 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
KO power |
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Excellent grappler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Esposito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, David James!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James looks to land a combination but Esposito avoids it well.
James lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Esposito circles away quickly and effectively.
As James backs away, Esposito returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Esposito. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
James shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Esposito.
James shoots in looking for a takedown. Esposito tries to sprawl out of it but James keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Esposito manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
James looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
James staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Esposito scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. James doesn't seem bothered though.
James has his takedown stuffed
and Esposito counters with a straight right hand.
Esposito circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops James to the canvas! James doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Esposito keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Esposito!
John Esposito decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
67% |
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