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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vagner Love (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flagon Sackett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sackett is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by RATM: Killing in the Name. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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216 lbs
22 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vagner Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Flagon Sackett!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sackett throws a lazy uppercut
letting Love counter with a right hand.
It looks like Flagon Sackett has been cut.
Vagner Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love circles away from the clinch attempt.
Love fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sackett takes one to the side of the head.
Sackett avoids the body shot from Love.
Love throws a right hand that Sackett ducks under and follows up with a left that Sackett also avoids with ease.
Love throws a series of strikes that have Sackett backpedaling.
Love finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Love missing with a left hand there. Sackett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sackett is trying to counter with his kicks.
Sackett steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Love.
Love dips to his left and cracks Sackett with an uppercut!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Sackett - that will leave a mark!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love throws a right hand that misses
and Sackett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Love scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love tries to clinch but Sackett is having none of it.
Sackett steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Love.
Jab from Love.
That has opened up Flagon Sackett's cut even more.
Love misses with a hook.
Sackett throws out a powerful jab.
Love fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sackett manages to avoid it.
Love moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromSackett.
Jab, jab by Love - just one landing.
Sackett looks to land a combination but Love avoids it well.
Love lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sackett tries to clinch up.
Sackett takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Love tries to work over Sackett's front leg with a kick but Sackett checks it.
Sackett thinks about the counter body kick.
Nice body punch from Sackett.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sackett closes the distance and clinches.
I was talking to Love's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sackett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Love manages to break the clinch.
Love cracks the inside of Sackett's front leg.
Sackett doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Love moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The cut above Flagon Sackett's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Love will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sackett steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Love.
Love misses with a hook. Sackett ducked under it nicely.
Sackett keeps Love at a distance using the push kick.
Love throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Love connects with a crisp jab.
Love looks for the body kick but Sackett saw that one coming.
Sackett cracks the inside of Love's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sackett cracks Love with an open hand slap.
Love lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Love misses with a kick to the body.
Sackett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Love bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A big left from Love misses.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Sackett is just out of range.
Love tries to clinch up but Sackett circles away and keeps his distance.
Sackett throws a body kick that misses.
Love misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Love.
Love is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sackett.
Sackett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.
Love throws a leg kick but Sackett sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sackett lands a leg kick that knocks Love off balance momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sackett throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
As Sackett tries to get set, Love tries to push him back and clinch up but Sackett manages to avoid the attempt.
Love throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A clash of legs there as Sackett blocks the low kick.
Sackett doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sackett blocks a low kick nicely.
Love takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A punch lands to the side of Sackett 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Flagon Sackett's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Love takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vagner Love dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Flagon Sackett's cut.
That's time! Love's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Love connects with a leg kick. Sackett looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Love looks to throw the jab but Sackett is out of range.
Sackett throws a counter combo.
Love changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Sackett misses.
Sackett ducks under a wild hook from Love.
Sackett checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Love swinging wildly here.
Sackett misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sackett.
Love chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A solid body kick from Sackett.
Love chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sackett can pounce on him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Love throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Love takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Sackett is just out of range.
Sackett connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sackett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Sackett tries to score with a low kick but Love moves his leg out of the way.
Sackett throws a chopping leg kick but Love manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Sackett moves forwards but Love connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Love closes the distance and clinches.
Love throws a punch but it's blocked by Sackett.
Love lands with a light punch inside.
Love misses with some punches.
Love lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sackett backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Love tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love throws a head punch that misses.
Sackett fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Love's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Sackett struggles to land a body shot inside as Love controls his hands.
Sackett makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sackett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sackett swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Love tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sackett working aggressively here.
Love throws a punch but it's blocked by Sackett.
Good body shot from Love.
Love misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Love.
A body shot lands from Love.
Sackett working aggressively here.
Sackett tries to throw a body punch but Love avoids it by throwing Sackett back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love scores with a shoulder strike.
Sackett throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Loves head.
Sackett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Love lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Love breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Love swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sackett.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Flagon Sackett's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Vagner Love!
Vagner Love seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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hype
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RATING
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