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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Angel Toney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeffrey Sarpong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toney comes to the cage accompanied by Korn - Twisted Transistor. On his way into the cage it seems that Angel Toney has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Angel Toney seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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187 lbs
15 - 19 - 1 |
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187 cm
30
187 lbs
25 - 8 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Great elbows
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Excellent grappler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Angel Toney!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jeffrey Sarpong!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sarpong tries to land a leg kick but Toney saw it coming and moves away.
Sarpong throws a nice head kick!
Sarpong has closed the distance and engaged Toney in a clinch.
Toney avoiding damage as Sarpong throws knees to the body.
Toney can't get the takedown.
Sarpong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sarpong.
It looks like Angel Toney has been cut.
Sarpong crunches a lovely knee into Toney's ribcage.
Toney is breathing heavily.
Sarpong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Toney avoids it.
Toney takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Sarpong.
Toney throws an elbow but it misses.
We've been hearing reports that Toney has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Toney throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Toney tries to pull guard but Sarpong won't allow it.
A short right from Sarpong.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Toney tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sarpong's elbow.
Sarpong lands an elbow inside.
Toney tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Angel Toney. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Toney throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sarpongs head.
Toney drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Toney has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Sarpong avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Sarpong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sarpong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Sarpong lands a knee to the body.
Sarpong lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Toney tries a body shot but Sarpong blocks it.
Sarpong lands a nice knee to the body.
Toney takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sarpong lands an elbow inside that Toney shrugs off.
Sarpong scores a nice knee to the body.
Sarpong's coach down at Russian Fighting Community Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Sarpong's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Sarpong lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A knee to the head by Sarpong.
Toney is rocked!
Sarpong lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Oh Toney is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sarpong lands with a right to the head.
Toney has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sarpong is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Sarpong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Toney takes an elbow to the forehead.
Toney takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sarpong comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Sarpong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Toney seems to have got his legs back now.
Sarpong lands an elbow inside.
Sarpong misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sarpong managing to block the knees to the body from Toney.
Sarpong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sarpong missing with knees to the body.
Sarpong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toney takes an elbow to the temple.
Sarpong with a knee to the head.
Sarpong scores a nice knee to the body.
Sarpong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Toney or not.
Sarpong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Sarpong scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sarpong pushes Toney back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sarpong connects with a knee to the head.
Sarpong pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Toney! Sarpong unloads with more strikes and Toney sinks to his knees! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jeffrey Sarpong!
Jeffrey Sarpong is the new middleweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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