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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and DJ Palmer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph Wright could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to DJ Palmer's chin.
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195 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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 The Island, Joseph Wright!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, DJ Palmer!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palmer avoids the body shot from Wright.
Palmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wright darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Palmer misses with a takedown attempt - Wright sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Palmer throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wright pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wright lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Palmer circles away quickly and effectively.
Wright keeps the fight on the outside.
Wright swings for the body but Palmer moves out of range.
Palmer takes a swing at Wright's ribcage but misses.
Wright seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wright swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wright avoids the body shot from Palmer.
No joy there for Palmer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wright rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Palmer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palmer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wright lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Nice jab there from Wright.
Wright will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Palmer ducks under a wild hook from Wright.
Palmer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Wright swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No joy there for Wright, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wright looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wright throws a body punch but Palmer moves out of range.
Wright swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Palmer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Palmer ducks right into an uppercut from Wright.
Palmer throws a body punch but Wright moves out of range.
Wright swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Joseph Wright is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wright takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Nice body punch from Wright.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Wright there as he acknowledges the shot.
Wright misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Palmer.
Wright throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wright looks to land a combination but Palmer avoids it well.
Wright closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Palmer is rocked!
Palmer connects with a body shot that sends Wright's belly button to the back.
Palmer is still on wobbly legs! Can Wright finish him?
Palmer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wright throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sloppy strikes from Wright. Those never looked like landing.
Palmer seems to have recovered his senses.
Palmer misses the shot to the body.
Wright fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Palmer manages to avoid it.
Wright throws a body shot but no joy.
Wright throws a shot from downtown. Palmer moves away and avoids it.
A countering left hand to the body from Palmer misses.
Palmer shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wright sprawls well. Wright wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Palmer gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright takes a swing at Palmer's ribcage but misses.
Wright misses the shot to the body.
Wright fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Joseph Wright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palmer takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Palmer takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wright misses with a double jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wright. Palmer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wright misses with the combination.
Wright's jab looks to have found its range, popping Palmer under the eye.
Nice takedown defense from Wright. No joy for Palmer on that attempt.
Joseph Wright has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of DJ Palmer.
Palmer ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wright moves away.
Wright looks to land a combination but Palmer avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palmer lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Palmer tries for a takedown but Wright sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Wright takes a jab right on the kisser.
Wright throws a body shot but no joy.
Wright just misses with a punch to the body.
Wright lands a body shot.
Palmer takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wright takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wright throws a series of punches but Palmer moves out of range.
Wright uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palmer.
Wright misses the body punch
and Palmer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wright looks to score with a jab to the body but Palmer is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Palmer bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Wright throws out a powerful jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Wright dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wright works Palmer's body with a nice hook.
Wright misses with a series of wild punches.
Palmer lands a nice hook to Wright's body. Wright takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Palmer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wright.
Wright is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Palmer can do to turn this around?
Wright lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wright lands a left and a right that send Palmer crashing to the mat, dazed. Wright thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palmer misses with a body punch
and Wright counters with a right hand to the body.
Wright will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wright moves out of range as Palmer strikes.
Palmer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wright.
Wright is looking to wear down Palmer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Wright avoids the body shot from Palmer.
Wright looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Palmer can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Wright and Palmer drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Wright.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joseph Wright!
Joseph Wright looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'I told you I was here to take over this division!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
65% |
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