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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christian Catipay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Sharpe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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199 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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177 lbs
2 - 9 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Christian Catipay!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, David Sharpe!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Catipay fakes the leg kick and cracks Sharpe in the body.
Sharpe defending well as Catipay loads up on a big left hand.
Sharpe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Catipay.
A looping hook to the body misses from Catipay. Sharpe does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Catipay - that will leave a mark!
Sharpe looks winded!
A good leg kick by Catipay.
Catipay lands a nice looking body kick.
A right-left combo lands from Catipay.
Catipay moves into the clinch successfully.
Catipay misses with a hook to the ribs.
Catipay lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
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!
Catipay tries to land a knee to the head but Sharpe blocks with his arms.
Catipay gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Sharpe avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Catipay.
Catipay working Sharpe over with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Catipay throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Catipay slips a nice elbow through Sharpe's hands, connecting with Sharpe's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Catipay lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Catipay there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Catipay is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Catipay thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sharpe's head.
Catipay thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Sharpe's head.
Catipay is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Catipay lands strikes from half guard.
Sharpe is rocked!
Catipay looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sharpe with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Catipay is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Sharpe is still in real trouble! Can Catipay finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Catipay lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Sharpe quite badly. Sharpe pulls Catipay in close trying to recover. Catipay postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Sharpe on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Sharpe doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christian Catipay!
A victorious Christian Catipay thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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
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