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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Neil Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vinnie Longworth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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145 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
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168 cm
29
145 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Neil Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Vinnie Longworth!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Longworth bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Longworth fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Drake on the side of the head.
Longworth throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Longworth closes the distance and pushes Drake back into the cage.
Drake tries a body shot but Longworth blocks it.
Drake looking to stall.
Drake taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Longworth doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Drake takes a shot to the head.
Longworth lands with a light punch inside.
Drake's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Longworth is leaning against Drake and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Longworth lands a nice uppercut.
Longworth lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Longworth throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Drakes head.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but Longworth uses good head movement to avoid it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Drake misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake trying to control the position but instead, Longworth has worked for underhooks and has pushed Drake into the cage.
A short right from Drake.
A head punch on the inside from Longworth fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Longworth as Drake tries to tie him up.
Longworth throws a punch but it's blocked by Drake.
Drake is trying to pull guard but Longworth turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Drake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Drake is working Longworth over against the cage.
Longworth misses with the head strike.
Drake tries to pull guard but Longworth forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Drake jumps guard but Longworth turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Neil Drake. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Longworth misses with the head strike.
Drake is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Drake blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Drake.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but Longworth uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've been hearing reports that Drake has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Longworth misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Drake fails to land.
Longworth lands a hook that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
Drake throws a punch but it's blocked by Longworth.
A short left from Longworth.
Drake jumps guard but Longworth turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Drake has a couple of punches blocked by Longworth.
Longworth lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Longworth working aggressively here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Longworth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Longworth as the two fighters clinch.
Longworth pushes Drake back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Longworth lands a body shot in the clinch.
A short right from Longworth on the inside.
Drake taking a breather.
Longworth lands a right hand.
Longworth lands with a short shot to the head.
Drake misses with the head strike.
Drake blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Longworth gets through Drake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Longworth misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Longworth scores with a nice short uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Longworth lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Drake backwards.
A short right from Longworth.
Drake is rocked!
Longworth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Drake is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Longworth lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drake or not.
Longworth is leaning against Drake and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Good body shot from Longworth.
Drake is breathing heavily.
Longworth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Longworth lands a body punch.
Longworth lands an uppercut.
Longworth presses Drake against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Drake fails to land.
Drake is trying to pull guard but Longworth turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Drake working aggressively here.
Longworth scores with a shot to the side of Drake's head.
Longworth lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Longworth.
A nice right hand lands inside from Longworth.
Longworth digs a right hand into Drake's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Drake's gas tank.
Drake takes a shot to the head.
Longworth pushes Drake back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Longworth lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longworth gets through Drake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Longworth on the inside.
Drake is trying to pull guard but Longworth has him pressed against the cage.
Longworth creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Drake's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Drake drops to his knees and Longworth pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vinnie Longworth!
A relieved looking Vinnie Longworth thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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