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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Omar Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quincey Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Omar Little has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 cm
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185 lbs
9 - 5 - 1 |
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177 cm
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170 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Omar Little! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Quincey Ferguson! The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Taro Takaoka and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Ferguson misses with a low kick.
Nice defenses there by Little. Ferguson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Littles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! A clash of legs there as Ferguson blocks the low kick. Ferguson motions for Little to come forward. Ferguson throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Little takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Little has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. Little on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Ferguson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. Ferguson throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Ferguson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ferguson connects with a body shot that sends Little's belly button to the back. A nice leg kick lands there from Ferguson. Ferguson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Ferguson throws out a leg kick but Little moves out of range and Ferguson only half commits. Little swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round. Little lands a nice shot that snaps Ferguson's head back.
Little lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ferguson will feel that in the morning. Little throws a low kick but Ferguson avoids it. Ferguson jabs Little to the body, keeping him at a distance. Ferguson lands a high kick!
Ferguson throws a head kick but Little moves out of range.
Ferguson with a nice cross. Good leg kick by Little there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ferguson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Little misses with a left hand and Ferguson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. A jab from Ferguson misses. Little fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ferguson just manages to avoid it. This has been an exciting period of action! Ferguson works Little's body with a nice hook. Ferguson throws a body punch but Little moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ferguson fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Little misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ferguson checks the leg kick. Little ducks under a wild hook from Ferguson. And Little counters with a quick kick to the body but Ferguson blocks it. Ferguson throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Little moves out of range of the body kick from Ferguson.
Ferguson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Ferguson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Ferguson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Ferguson lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Ferguson throws the left hand but Little avoids the punch easily. Little throws a poor cross that misses
and Ferguson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Ferguson avoids a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Ferguson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ferguson there as he acknowledges the shot. Ferguson lands a body shot.
Ferguson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Little if he has to take too many more of those.
Ferguson throws a leg kick which misses Little's front leg but catches the back leg as Little tries to avoid it. Ferguson throws out a loose jab but Little uses good head movement to avoid it. Ferguson avoids a kick to the body.
Ferguson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. Ferguson feints and then cracks Little's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Little down. Little uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ferguson.
Ferguson throws a right hand that Little ducks under and follows up with a left that Little also avoids with ease. Little throws a head kick that half lands.
Little throws a leg kick that misses. Ferguson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Ferguson throws a quick inside leg kick. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Little scoring well with a low kick there.
Ferguson lands a nice looking body shot.
Little lands a nice shot that snaps Ferguson's head back.
Ferguson tries to clinch up but Little circles away and keeps his distance. Little swings away with a leg kick that misses. Ferguson wants to counter with a clinch but Little pushes him away. Ferguson jabs at Little's body. Little lands a big head kick that sends Ferguson to the canvas! Little follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Omar Little! Omar Little decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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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
49% |
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