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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zackary Finyard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Socha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finyard's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Everlast - What Its Like. Zackary Finyard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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149 lbs
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179 lbs
26 - 10 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zackary Finyard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Karl Socha!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finyard lands a nice shot that snaps Socha's head back.
Finyard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Finyard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Finyard lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Finyard is working Socha over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Finyard is looking to work some ground and pound but Socha has wrist control.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Socha holds on and takes a little breather.
Socha is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finyard throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finyard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Finyard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Socha looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Socha keeping moving, preventing Finyard from controlling successfully.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Socha working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Finyard.
Socha keeping moving, preventing Finyard from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Socha takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Socha throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Finyard has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Datsik's Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Socha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Finyard.
Socha ducks under a wild hook from Finyard.
Socha lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Socha fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A quick step to the side and Finyard tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Finyard fails with the takedown.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Socha checks a leg kick.
Socha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Socha looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Finyard pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Finyard throws a head kick that misses.
A lazy left from Socha finds it's target.
Karl Socha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finyard blocks a leg kick.
Socha misses with a hook.
Finyard lands a nice shot to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Socha throws a lazy head kick
and Finyard counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Socha moves in looking to clinch but Finyard pushes him off.
Finyard shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Socha sprawls well. Socha wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Finyard gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finyard misses with a series of wild punches.
Finyard rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Socha connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Socha moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A combination from Socha does no damage.
An attempted straight right counter from Finyard misses the target.
Socha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Finyard moves away.
Finyard avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Socha misses with a body kick.
Finyard swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Socha scores with a leg kick.
Socha throws a jab when Finyard was well out of range.
Finyard takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Finyard throws a poor cross that misses
and Socha counters with a thumping low kick.
Finyard shoots and misses
and Socha counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zackary Finyard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finyard misses with an attempted mid kick.
Socha steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finyard fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Socha lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Socha slaps away a takedown attempt from Finyard, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Finyard throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Finyard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice straight punches there by Finyard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Finyard.
Socha looks to land a right hand but Finyard moved out of range.
Socha throws the kick towards the body but Finyard avoids it.
Socha lands a nice shot that snaps Finyard's head back.
Finyard moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Socha looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Socha rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Finyard makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Nice cross by Socha.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Finyard throws the kick towards the body but Socha avoids it.
Socha thumps Finyard with a low kick.
Socha fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Finyard manages to avoid it.
Socha stuffs the takedown.
Socha looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Finyard showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Socha.
Finyard connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Finyard throws a head kick but Socha moves out of range.
Socha looks to throw the jab but Finyard is out of range.
Finyard walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Socha with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Socha will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
It looked like Finyard wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Socha slips under a jab from Finyard.
Socha fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Finyard has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Finyard scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Finyard throws a hook to the side of Socha's head but Socha sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Socha defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Finyard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Socha throws an overhand right that lands on Finyard's shoulder, as Finyard tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Socha.
Finyard closes the distance and clinches up with Socha, looking for a takedown. Finyard pushes Socha against the cage but Socha circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Finyard throws a body punch but Socha moves out of range.
Socha let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Socha buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Finyard swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Finyard takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Socha scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Socha scores with a punch to the head.
Finyard with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Socha tries to land a front kick but Finyard steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Socha fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Finyard steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Socha.
Finyard fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Socha does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Finyard walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Finyard misses with a head kick.
Finyard throws a hook to the side of Socha's head but Socha sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Socha goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Finyard stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Socha.
Socha has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Finyard stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Socha.
Finyard is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Finyard throws a sloppy head kick
and Socha counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Socha moves out of range of the leg kick from Finyard.
Socha misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Finyard. Socha does a little dance to reset his feet.
Finyard misses with a looping left.
Socha throws out a leg kick but Finyard moves out of range and Socha only half commits.
Finyard appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Finyard misses its intended target.
Finyard connects with a single shot there.
Finyard throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finyard tries a head kick but it misses.
Socha connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Finyard throws a nice looking combination but Socha bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Finyard takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Finyard stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Socha.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Socha lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Finyard has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Finyard and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Socha uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Finyard.
Socha misses with a low kick as Finyard jumps back.
Finyard lands with an overhand left.
Socha lands with a thumping leg kick.
Socha just misses with a punch to the body.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Finyard throws the left hand but Socha avoids the punch easily.
Socha tries to clinch up.
Finyard swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A right-left combo lands from Finyard.
Finyard looks to throw the jab but Socha is out of range.
Finyard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Socha can pounce on him.
A slapping body kick lands there for Finyard.
Socha is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Finyard had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Finyard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Socha can pounce on him.
Socha avoids the head kick by Finyard.
Socha looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Socha uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Finyard.
Socha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Finyard.
Finyard moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSocha.
Socha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Finyard. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Finyard.
Finyard loads up on a big right hand but Socha slips the punch.
Socha counters with a body kick.
Socha moves forwards but Finyard connects with a nice, crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Socha scores with a hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Karl Socha.
I think Socha has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 9:10
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 9:10
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 9:10
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Karl Socha!
After winning the bout, Karl Socha thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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