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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Grunge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hughtavious Mingo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Grunge comes to the cage accompanied by Temple of the Dog - Say Hello To Heaven. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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202 lbs
25 - 0 - 1 |
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193 cm
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223 lbs
17 - 5 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Grunge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Hughtavious Mingo!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grunge does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Grunge swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've been told by Grunge's head coaches at Nelson Fight Camp that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Mingo misses with a body punch
and Grunge counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Grunge misses with a leg kick.
Mingo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice uppercut there from Mingo.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Mingo 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.
Mingo misses with a hook. Grunge ducked under it nicely.
Mingo has managed to clinch.
Mingo misses with a punch to the body.
Grunge is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Mingo throws a punch but it's blocked by Grunge.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grunge misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grunge swings wildly with an uppercut but Mingo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mingo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Grunge fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Grunge throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mingo shoots and misses
and Grunge counters with a low kick, right behind Mingo 's knee.
Mingo chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Grunge can pounce on him.
Mingo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Grunge is fending him off so far but Mingo persists. Nope, Grunge circles away and we're back to standing.
Tommy Grunge has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hughtavious Mingo.
Grunge lands a nice shot that snaps Mingo's head back.
Mingo doesn't manage to clinch there - Grunge circles away.
Grunge fires out a quick counter leg kick but Mingo just manages to avoid it.
Mingo throws a lazy uppercut
and Grunge counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mingo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grunge throws a leg kick that misses.
Grunge throws a series of strikes that have Mingo backpedaling.
Mingo is rocked!
Mingo lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grunge lands a big head kick that sends Mingo to the canvas! Grunge follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Grunge!
Tommy Grunge seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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