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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Li (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ghiorghos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Li comes to the cage accompanied by 2pac - hit em up. Papadopoulos has chosen Bloodsport Soundtrack - Fight To Survive (Extended Version) as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Ghiorghos Papadopoulos has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Li's chin.
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274 lbs
16 - 12 - 0 |
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185 cm
40
266 lbs
21 - 29 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Li!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Papadopoulos. Those never looked like landing.
Papadopoulos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Papadopoulos looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Li fails with a takedown attempt.
Li shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Papadopoulos manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Li thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Li stopping the sweep attempt from Papadopoulos.
Papadopoulos lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Li has control of Papadopoulos's left arm, preventing Papadopoulos from doing any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Papadopoulos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Li preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Li has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Papadopoulos postures up in Li's guard and throws a big left but Li blocks it.
Papadopoulos postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Li lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papadopoulos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Li is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papadopoulos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Li is concentrating on defense, preventing Papadopoulos from advancing position.
Li wants to get back to full guard.
Papadopoulos seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Li makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Li.
Papadopoulos throws a big right hand that misses.
Li is adopting a defensive guard.
Li has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Papadopoulos throws a big elbow that misses.
Papadopoulos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Papadopoulos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papadopoulos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Papadopoulos is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Papadopoulos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Li trying to control the position.
Li pulls Papadopoulos in close to prevent any damage.
Papadopoulos is working Li over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Papadopoulos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Li is rocked!
Papadopoulos throwing strikes from guard but Li blocks nicely.
Li looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Li trying to control the position here.
Papadopoulos arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Li's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Ghiorghos Papadopoulos!
During a confident post fight interview, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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