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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy West (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Quinn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joe Quinn will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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192 cm
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217 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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188 cm
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208 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Billy West! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joe Quinn! The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Quinn lands a jab to the head.
Quinn has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as West is landing a low percentage of strikes. Quinn is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by West. Quinn throws a jab when West was well out of range. An attempted straight right counter from West misses the target. West feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. West throws a big right hand that misses. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. West postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. West throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quinn works some decent striking defense from the bottom. West has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. West with a flurry of punches that miss. West is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. West loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. West scores with a decent looking elbow strike. West throws a big elbow that misses. West throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quinn works some decent striking defense from the bottom. West missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. West distracts Quinn with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. This has been an exciting period of action! Quinn trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hammerfist, elbow! yells West's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Quinn preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Hammerfist, elbow! yells West's corner. There ya go! There ya go! West content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. West postures up in Quinn's guard and throws a big left but Quinn blocks it. West missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. West throws a big elbow that misses. West connects with a couple of short punches. West is in close to Quinn's body, working some short punches and elbows. West postures up and lands a big shot to Quinn's brow. West is looking to work some ground and pound but Quinn has wrist control. West lands a couple of decent looking shots. West is working Quinn over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round. West trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. West definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. West keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Quinn's head. West is looking to work some ground and pound but Quinn has wrist control. West in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. West throws a big right hand that misses. Quinn trying to control the position.
West is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. This has been an exciting period of action! West working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. West distracts Quinn with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. West in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as West accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. West postures up and lands a big shot to Quinn's brow. West content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round. West throwing strikes from guard but Quinn blocks nicely. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Quinn utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. West is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Quinn is rocked! Quinn controls West momentarily but West frees himself. Quinn is still in real trouble! Can West finish him? West passes into half guard. West scores with a couple of good hammerfists. West lands a big elbow - Quinn is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for West!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Billy West! Billy West 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
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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