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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Slaughter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Van Buren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Buren is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Blue Monday. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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190 cm
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180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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184 cm
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175 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Magnus Slaughter! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robin Van Buren! The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Fedor Mirinova and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Van Buren is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Van Buren closes the distance and clinches up with Slaughter, looking for a takedown. Van Buren pushes Slaughter against the cage but Slaughter circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Van Buren shoots in for a double leg but Slaughter sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Van Buren shoots in but Slaughter avoids the takedown attempt easily. An attempted straight right counter from Slaughter misses the target. Magnus Slaughter has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robin Van Buren. Van Buren is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Slaughter lands a nice shot that snaps Van Buren's head back.
Slaughter avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Buren fails in his attempt to clinch. Slaughter is looking to counter punch. Slaughter fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Van Buren on the side of the head. Nice sprawl there from Slaughter as Van Buren shoots in. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Van Buren closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Slaughter wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Slaughter lands a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Slaughter lands a body shot.
Slaughter's jab looks to have found its range, popping Van Buren under the eye. Slaughter seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. Van Buren misses with a takedown and Slaughter counters with a nice right hand that sends Van Buren toppling to the canvas! Van Buren scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Slaughter finish him?!
Van Buren is rocked! Van Buren looks winded!
That's one minute gone in the round. A shot to the body from Van Buren misses and Slaughter counters with a nice right hand that sends Van Buren toppling to the canvas! Van Buren scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Slaughter finish him?! Van Buren is still on wobbly legs! Can Slaughter finish him? Van Buren ducks into an uppercut from Slaughter and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Magnus Slaughter! Magnus Slaughter seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. Robin Van Buren spoke after the fight, saying 'I will return. I will be better. My hair will be greener.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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