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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sanford Fanning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angelos Stamatis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stamatis comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Audiomachine - Earth Shaker kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Angelos Stamatis told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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216 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
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183 cm
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193 lbs
4 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Sanford Fanning!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Angelos Stamatis!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stamatis misses with a hook
and Fanning counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Stamatis looks to throw the jab but Fanning is out of range.
Fanning has been working on his boxing with his coaches at O'Brannigans MMA in the buildup to the fight.
Fanning ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Stamatis misses its intended target.
Fanning misses with a double jab.
Stamatis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Fanning's waist but Fanning gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Stamatis off to one side.
Fanning gets a clinch.
Fanning avoids a wild elbow strike from Stamatis.
Fanning working some nice short punches in the clinch.
It looks like Angelos Stamatis has been cut.
Fanning lands a body shot.
Fanning scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stamatis struggles to land a body shot inside as Fanning controls his hands.
Stamatis throws an elbow but it misses.
Fanning stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fanning lands a shoulder strike.
Stamatis is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fanning blocks an elbow strike.
Stamatis is still on wobbly legs! Can Fanning finish him?
Fanning gets through Stamatis's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fanning unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Stamatis! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Fanning is unloading with more strikes now! Stamatis drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sanford Fanning!
A very excited looking Sanford Fanning made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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