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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carlos Strikes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ward kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Irigy Hónaljmirigy - Rúgj Chuck Norris (Chuck Norris parody by Hungarians) . Carlos Strikes will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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186 lbs
18 - 13 - 1 |
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
Good knees
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World class MT
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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
18 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Tommy Ward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 36 - 2, fighting out of London, Carlos Strikes!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strikes stuffs the takedown.
Ward swinging wildly here.
Ward misses with the body kick
and Strikes counters with a body kick.
Strikes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
It looks like Tommy Ward has been cut.
Ward forces Strikes back against the cage and clinches.
Ward lands a nice uppercut.
Ward tries to score a body lock takedown but Strikes shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Ward lands a right hand.
Ward tries to pull guard but Strikes forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tommy Ward. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Strikes blocks a body shot from Ward.
Strikes lands a nice shot to the body.
Ward connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strikes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've been hearing reports that Ward has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Ward misses with a takedown attempt - Strikes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Strikes tries to keep at a distance but Ward has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ward has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Strikes uses from the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strikes is standing up over Ward. Ward looks to escape but Strikes dives into side control.
Strikes trying to control the action but Ward is working from the bottom.
Strikes tries to score with some ground and pound. Ward controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ward is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Strikes tries to stand and escape but Ward is controlling the position.
Ward tries to get to full guard but Strikes has control of the leg.
Strikes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
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.
Ward wants to improve his position but Strikes is controlling well.
Ward missing with punches from the bottom.
Ward trying to control but Strikes postures up.
Ward manages to get to full guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Strikes tries to clinch up.
Strikes tries to bum rush Ward with a series of wild strikes but Ward uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Strikes has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Ward keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ward throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Strikes.
Strikes ducks under a wild hook from Ward.
Strikes tries to counter with a clinch but Ward shakes him off and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short uppercut from Strikes.
Ward wants a takedown but no success here.
Ward goes for a takedown attempt but Strikes pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Strikes shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Ward as he avoids it easily.
Ward looks to score with a jab to the body but Strikes is just out of range.
Ward shoots and misses
and Strikes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ward gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Strikes counters with a crisp one two that drops Ward! Strikes thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Ward to his feet! Ward is in big trouble!
Ward is rocked!
Strikes lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Ward crumples to the floor! Strikes milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Carlos Strikes!
Carlos Strikes took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Just Fight (Everything 8$) for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Tommy Ward spoke after the fight, saying 'best 2 of 3?'.
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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
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