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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dean Wakefield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leland Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palmer has chosen Annihilator - Fun Palace as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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182 cm
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186 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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186 cm
36
200 lbs
28 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
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
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dean Wakefield! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
28 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leland Palmer! The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Wakefield connects with the punch. Palmer lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Palmer lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Dean Wakefield has been cut. Wakefield ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Palmer moves away. Wakefield misses with a series of wild punches.
Palmer on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wakefield jabs Palmer to the body, keeping him at a distance. Palmer steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wakefield. Palmer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wakefield lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Wakefield throws a head kick but Palmer moves out of range.
Palmer throws a series of strikes that have Wakefield backpedaling.
Palmer scores with a jab. Palmer scores with a punch to the head. Wakefield tries to score with a low kick but Palmer moves his leg out of the way. Wakefield fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Palmer manages to avoid it. Palmer pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Wakefield misses with a double jab.
Palmer ducks under a wild hook from Wakefield. Wakefield slips under a jab. Wakefield gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Wakefield keeping moving, preventing Palmer from controlling successfully. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Wakefield utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Wakefield wants to sweep but no luck. Palmer trying to control but Wakefield is working from the bottom. Wakefield is looking to stand up but Palmer isn't so interested in that idea. Palmer passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer. Palmer is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Palmer is keen to just control but Wakefield is a slippery customer. Palmer frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Wakefield regains half guard. Wakefield is trying to control but can't.
Wakefield wants to control the action here but instead Palmer manages to pass to full mount! Palmer raining down hammerfists from mount. Wakefield is looking to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Wakefield gets back to half guard. Palmer moves into full mount! Wakefield won't be happy about that! Wakefield is wriggling around trying to escape.
Palmer landing shots from mount. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Wakefield tries to lock up and control but Palmer gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. Wakefield is looking to get to half guard. Palmer wants to control the action but instead Wakefield gets a body lock and reverses into Palmer's guard! Nice work! Palmer has his feet on Wakefield's thighs here. He's pushed Wakefield off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Wakefield screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Leland Palmer! Leland Palmer decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way. Dean Wakefield was interviewed post fight and said 'I need a couple of months off to re-evaluate my MMA career. I will be back.'.
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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
48% |
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