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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eric Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bessarion Alexius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alexius has chosen A Country Boy Can Survive as his entrance music. The key to victory for Eric Brooks has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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182 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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178 cm
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180 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Good kicks
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bessarion Alexius!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexius jabs Brooks to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Brooks has closed the distance and engaged Alexius in a clinch.
Alexius is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Alexius is looking to take this one to the mat.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Alexius has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
A hook to the body from Brooks.
Brooks tries to work over Alexius's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brooks pushes Alexius back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Alexius has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Brooks clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Alexius misses with an elbow to the head.
Alexius missing with strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alexius keeps control of the position as Brooks tries to break free.
Alexius struggling to keep hold of the position.
Alexius scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Alexius is working the ground and pound. Can Brooks escape?
Brooks is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Alexius lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alexius is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexius struggling to land strikes to the head as Brooks covers up.
I really don't envy Brooks right now.
Alexius lands strikes to the head.
Alexius thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Brooks trying to control the position but Alexius manages to sink in the hooks.
Brooks avoids the strikes from Alexius.
Brooks is trapped and Alexius is scoring with shots to the head and body.
A lull in the action here.
Alexius lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Brooks tries to break free.
Alexius is not going to allow Brooks to sit and survive in this position.
Alexius misses with an elbow to the head.
Alexius is looking to control Brooks but Brooks is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Alexius lands a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexius struggling to keep hold of the position.
Alexius throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Alexius lands punches and elbows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alexius throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Brooks!
Brooks is rocked!
Alexius is punishing Brooks with some ground and pound.
Oh Brooks is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Alexius cracks Brooks with a big right hand from the back mount! Brooks immediately covers up and the referee dives in to save him under a barrage of more strikes! Alexius takes this one by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bessarion Alexius!
Post fight, Bessarion Alexius stared into the camera and said 'Yea. This is more like it.'.
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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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