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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paul Poulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Michel Basquiat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Basquiat has chosen Drop It Like It's Hot by Snoop Dog ft. Pharrell Williams as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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171 lbs
40 - 22 - 2 |
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168 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
40 - 22 - 2, fighting out of London, Paul Poulter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Michel Basquiat!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Basquiat takes the fight into the clinch.
Basquiat misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Basquiat.
Poulter misses with a knee strike.
A head punch on the inside from Basquiat fails to land.
Basquiat misses with an elbow strike.
Basquiat told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Basquiat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Basquiat misses with a hook to the ribs.
Poulter wants to stall.
Basquiat lands an uppercut.
Basquiat misses with a knee to the head.
Basquiat misses with a punch on the inside.
Basquiat creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Basquiat lands a nice elbow.
Basquiat fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Basquiat swings wildly with an uppercut but Poulter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poulter takes a knee right on the jaw!
Poulter blocks an elbow strike.
Basquiat tries to land knees in the clinch but Poulter avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Basquiat misses with a hook from the clinch.
Poulter with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Basquiat pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Basquiat throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Basquiat lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Basquiat gets through Poulter's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Basquiat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poulter dodges an elbow strike from Basquiat.
Poulter is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Basquiat misses with some punches.
Basquiat scores with a knee to the head.
Poulter avoids a wild elbow strike from Basquiat.
Poulter scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Basquiat lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Poulter blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Poulter wants to stall.
Basquiat tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Basquiat throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Poulters head.
Basquiat tries to work over Poulter's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Basquiat blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poulter misses with a punch on the inside.
Basquiat lands an uppercut.
Knees to the body from Poulter.
Poulter connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Jean Michel Basquiat has been cut.
Poulter blocks an elbow strike from Basquiat.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Basquiat.
Poulter blocking some punches.
Basquiat lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Poulter backwards.
Basquiat misses with an elbow strike.
Basquiat tries to throw a body punch but Poulter avoids it by throwing Basquiat back against the cage.
Poulter lands with a short shot to the head.
Poulter prevents a body shot from Basquiat.
Basquiat pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Poulter is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Poulter blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poulter throws a knee to the head but misses.
Poulter misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Basquiat.
Poulter is struggling to control the position.
Poulter misses with a knee strike.
Basquiat lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Poulter has Basquiat pressed against the cage.
Basquiat digs a right hand into Poulter's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Poulter's gas tank.
Poulter misses with a knee strike.
Basquiat misses with an elbow over the top.
A right handed body shot lands from Basquiat.
Poulter takes an elbow to the temple.
Poulter takes a shot to the head.
Basquiat lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Poulter throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Basquiats head.
Poulter blocking some punches.
Poulter tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees to the body from Poulter.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Basquiat throws an elbow that misses.
Poulter with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Basquiat misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Poulter.
Basquiat looking to throw knees to the head but Poulter is blocking nicely.
Basquiat lands an elbow inside that Poulter shrugs off.
Poulter takes an elbow to the temple.
Basquiat pushes Poulter back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Poulter tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Poulter is pushing Basquiat up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Poulter crunches a lovely knee into Basquiat's ribcage.
Basquiat lands a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Basquiat.
Poulter blocks an uppercut.
Poulter with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Basquiat creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Poulter's defenses.
Poulter takes an elbow to the forehead.
Poulter takes an elbow to the temple.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jean Michel Basquiat dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Michel Basquiat's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A punch lands to the side of Poulter 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Poulter throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Basquiat looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Basquiat looks to land a left hand but Poulter moved out of range nicely.
Poulter lands with a straight right. Basquiat didn't see that one coming.
Basquiat cracks Poulter with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Poulter falls to his knees and Basquiat doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jean Michel Basquiat!
Jean Michel Basquiat thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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