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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James LaBrie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hank Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hank Hughes has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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178 cm
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178 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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170 cm
22
170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James LaBrie! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hank Hughes! The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A shot to the liver by LaBrie. Beautiful body shot. LaBrie fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
LaBrie throws a body shot but no joy. LaBrie throws a body shot but no joy. Hughes is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here. Hughes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
LaBrie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hughes moves away. LaBrie takes a swing at Hughes's ribcage but misses. Hughes with the counter takedown but LaBrie avoids it easily. LaBrie scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Nice uppercut there from LaBrie. Hughes throws a combination that misses and LaBrie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Hughes walks into a jab. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. LaBrie lands an overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round. LaBrie throws a lazy right hand but Hughes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Hughes looks for a takedown but LaBrie sprawls well. As Hughes looks to move away, LaBrie throws a big counter combo bu Hughes just gets out of the way. LaBrie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot lands for LaBrie. LaBrie throws out a loose jab but Hughes uses good head movement to avoid it. A telegraphed right hand from LaBrie misses the target. Nice defenses there by Hughes. LaBrie sends Hughes crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! LaBrie is motioning to the referee to let Hughes up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Hughes is rocked! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! LaBrie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hughes moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Hughes is still on wobbly legs! Can LaBrie finish him? LaBrie throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Hughes crashing down! Hughes tries to stagger back to his feet but LaBrie just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Hughes asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James LaBrie! A very excited looking James LaBrie made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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