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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Plouman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papa Asbra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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194 lbs
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196 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Rocky Plouman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papa Asbra!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Asbra throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Plouman on the side of the head.
Asbra moves out of range of the strikes.
Plouman lands a slapping body shot.
Plouman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Plouman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Asbra fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Asbra slips a jab from Plouman.
Plouman misses with a wild body shot.
Asbra looks to land a combination but Plouman avoids it well.
Nice uppercut lands for Asbra. That snapped Plouman's head back.
Asbra punishes Plouman's body with a nice straight punch.
Asbra slips a jab from Plouman.
Plouman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Plouman throws a big counter combination but Asbra scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Plouman displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Plouman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Papa Asbra has been cut.
Plouman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Plouman cracks Asbra with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Plouman throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Asbra on the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Asbra dodges the punch combination from Plouman.
A swing and a miss from Plouman.
Asbra looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Asbra slips a jab from Plouman.
Asbra scores with the left hand. Plouman knows he should have avoided that one.
Plouman tries to bum rush Asbra with a series of wild strikes but Asbra uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Asbra looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Asbra uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Plouman.
Asbra lands with a hook. Plouman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Plouman throws a series of punches but Asbra moves out of range.
Plouman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Asbra.
Asbra misses with a hook
and Asbra takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Asbra misses with a looping left.
Asbra throws the left hand but Plouman avoids the punch easily.
Plouman lands a jab to Asbra's midsection.
Asbra lands with a hook. Plouman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Asbra drops his hands momentarily and Plouman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Plouman clobbers Asbra with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Plouman thuds a left hand into Asbra's body.
Asbra thows a left - swing and a miss!
Plouman looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Asbra jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Asbra jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Plouman seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Asbra walks into a straight right hand from Plouman.
Asbra misses with an uppercut.
Plouman is looking for a counter combo.
Asbra takes one to the side of the head.
Asbra on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A swing and a miss from Plouman.
A looping hook to the body misses from Asbra. Plouman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Asbra might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Asbra scores with a crisp jab that stopped Plouman in his tracks.
Plouman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Plouman lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Asbra loads up on a big right hand but Plouman slips the punch.
Plouman ducks under a wild hook from Asbra.
Asbra misses with a looping right.
Asbra misses with an uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Asbra.
Plouman is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Plouman throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Asbra.
Plouman with a jab.
Plouman takes a swing at Asbra's ribcage but misses.
Plouman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Asbra looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Plouman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Asbra.
Plouman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Plouman wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Asbra throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Plouman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Plouman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Plouman throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Plouman's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Plouman duly obliges.
Plouman avoids the body shot from Asbra.
Plouman misses with a hook. Asbra ducked under it nicely.
Asbra sizes up Plouman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Plouman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Asbra sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Plouman cracks a nice hook into Asbra's ribs.
Plouman tests Asbra's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Plouman misses the jab.
Asbra throws out a counter right but Plouman avoids it with no problem.
Plouman lands with a shot to the body.
Asbra throws a nice looking combination but Plouman bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Asbra lands with a good body shot.
Plouman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Asbra.
Plouman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Plouman misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Plouman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Papa Asbra's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Asbra scores with the left hand. Plouman knows he should have avoided that one.
Plouman misses with a hook.
Asbra misses with a left hand
and Plouman counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Asbra misses with a body shot
and Plouman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Plouman missing with a left hand there. Asbra was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Asbra misses with a right hand
and Plouman counters with a left to the body.
Plouman moves away from the strike by Asbra.
An attempted straight right counter from Plouman misses the target.
Rocky Plouman is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circling - Asbra throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Plouman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Asbra.
Plouman misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Left hook, right uppercut from Plouman.
A slow jab from Plouman misses its intended target.
Asbra slips a straight right by Plouman.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Plouman connects with a right hand. Asbra shakes it off.
Plouman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Asbra throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Plouman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A big right from Asbra misses.
Plouman misses with a straight right.
Plouman lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Plouman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Asbra moves away.
Asbra throws a right and a left that Plouman avoids nicely.
Plouman looks to land a right hand but Asbra moved out of range.
Plouman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for Plouman.
Plouman throws an overhand right that lands on Asbra's shoulder, as Asbra tries to avoid the shot.
Plouman moves out of range as Asbra strikes.
Plouman was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Asbra has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Plouman looks to land a left hand but Asbra moved out of range nicely.
Asbra throws a jab but it's blocked by Plouman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Asbra ducks under a wild hook from Plouman.
Asbra is looking for the big counter here.
Plouman misses with a body punch
and Asbra counters with a nice uppercut.
Plouman misses with a two punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asbra blocks a jab.
Plouman throws a looping overhand right but Asbra ducks down to avoid it.
Asbra misses with an uppercut.
Plouman misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Asbra misses the target.
Asbra throws a right and a left that both miss.
Plouman moves away from the strike by Asbra.
A little feinted left hand from Plouman on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Plouman throws a jab when Asbra was well out of range.
Plouman misses with an uppercut
and Plouman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Asbra throws a lazy uppercut
letting Plouman counter with a right hand.
Plouman takes a swing at Asbra's ribcage but misses.
Plouman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Asbra can do to turn this around?
Asbra is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asbra looks to throw the jab but Plouman is out of range.
Asbra misses with a wild body shot.
Plouman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Plouman fails to land with a series of punches.
Plouman throws a hook but Asbra blocks it.
Asbra lands with a right hand.
Jab by Plouman.
Jab by Asbra.
Plouman scores with a shot to the body.
Plouman looks to score with a jab to the body but Asbra is just out of range.
Plouman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Plouman jabs Asbra to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Asbra throws a big shot that misses.
Plouman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asbra avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Asbra misses with a left hand
and Plouman counters with a stiff right hand.
Plouman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As Plouman backs off Asbra throws a huge counter combo but Plouman manages to avoid it all.
Plouman looks to land a left hand but Asbra moved out of range nicely.
Asbra throws a lazy uppercut
and Plouman connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Asbra moves out of range of the strikes.
Asbra scores with the left hand. Plouman knows he should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheers as Plouman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Asbra doesn't seem phased though.
Asbra defending well as Plouman loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Plouman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Plouman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little feinted left hand from Plouman on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Plouman lands with a shot to the body.
Asbra misses with a looping left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Plouman dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Papa Asbra's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Plouman throws a hook but Asbra blocks it.
Plouman smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Asbra slips a jab and a cross from Plouman.
Asbra looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Plouman throws a hook but Asbra blocks it.
The fighters circling - Asbra throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Plouman jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Plouman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Plouman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Asbra.
Asbra moves out of range as Plouman strikes.
Plouman throws a sloppy body shot
and Asbra counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Danga de danga de dang - Asbra scores with a four punch combination!
Plouman loads up on a big right hand but Asbra slips the punch.
Asbra keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Asbra looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Asbra throws a jab when Plouman was well out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Plouman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Asbra sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plouman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Asbra stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Asbra uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Plouman.
Plouman misses with a body shot.
Asbra uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Plouman.
Nice uppercut lands for Asbra. That snapped Plouman's head back.
Plouman staying out of range there.
Plouman looks to land a left hand but Asbra moved out of range nicely.
Plouman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Asbra.
Plouman was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Plouman moves away from the strike by Asbra.
Asbra slips a straight right by Plouman.
Plouman throws a hook but Asbra avoids it easily.
Plouman throws a jab when Asbra was well out of range.
Asbra throws an overhand right that lands on Plouman's shoulder, as Plouman tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Asbra.
Plouman misses with a wild body shot.
Asbra swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Plouman throws a right and a left that Asbra avoids nicely.
Plouman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Asbra cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Plouman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Plouman. Asbra does a little dance to reset his feet.
Plouman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Plouman throws a hook to the side of Asbra's head but Asbra sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Plouman works Asbra's body with a nice hook.
Plouman scores with the left hand. Asbra knows he should have avoided that one.
A slow jab from Plouman misses its intended target.
Plouman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Asbra.
Asbra waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Plouman.
Asbra throws a hook but Plouman blocks it.
It looked like Plouman wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Papa Asbra has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Asbra scores with a shot to the body.
Plouman takes one to the side of the head.
Asbra misses with a hook.
A little feinted left hand from Plouman on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Asbra tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Plouman was well out of range. Poor timing from Asbra.
Plouman misses with a looping right.
Plouman with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Asbra fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rocky Plouman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Asbra misses with a straight right.
Plouman misses with a few strikes there.
Plouman misses with a two punch combination.
A big left from Plouman misses.
Asbra looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Asbra throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Asbra takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Asbra looks to land a left hand but Plouman moved out of range nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Asbra uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Plouman.
Nice defenses there by Plouman.
A little feinted left hand from Plouman on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Plouman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Asbra throws out the jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Asbra uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Plouman.
Asbra looks to land a combination but Plouman avoids it well.
Asbra misses with a body punch
and Plouman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Asbra takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Plouman lands a nice hook to Asbra's body. Asbra takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A swing and a miss from Plouman.
Plouman lands a nice looking body shot.
Plouman takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Asbra throws a looping overhand right but Plouman ducks down to avoid it.
A little feinted left hand from Plouman on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Asbra thows a left - swing and a miss!
Asbra swings widly with a right hand
and Plouman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rocky Plouman.
Well Plouman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocky Plouman!
Rocky Plouman took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Spartan Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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