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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerry Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Zangiev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zangiev comes into a darkened arena with his song building. DMX - Ain't No Sunshine kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Gerry Kelly could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Victor Zangiev's chin.
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193 cm
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220 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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187 cm
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210 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gerry Kelly! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Victor Zangiev! The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Franklyn Lucas and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Zangiev shoots in for a takedown but Kelly shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. It looked like Kelly wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Kelly scores with a sloppy right hand. Zangiev should have avoided that one. Zangiev takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Zangiev misses the jab. Zangiev misses with a straight right. Zangiev has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kelly. Zangiev throws a body shot but no joy. Zangiev jabs Kelly to the body, keeping him at a distance. Zangiev will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zangiev misses with a straight left. Kelly throws a head kick that Zangiev semi-blocks.
It looks like Victor Zangiev has been cut. Kelly has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. Horrible takedown attempt by Zangiev or perhaps it was just good defense by Kelly, which made it look bad. Kelly chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Nice defenses there by Kelly. Zangiev takes one to the chin there. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Zangiev takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Zangiev shoots and misses and Kelly cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Zangiev is rocked! Gerry Kelly has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Victor Zangiev.
That's one minute gone in the round. Zangiev gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily and Kelly counters with a left and a right... and another left... and another!! That last one turned off the lights! Zangiev has no idea who he is and is as he gazes up at the spotlights. Brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gerry Kelly!
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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
66% |
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