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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sara McSlamm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ghiorghos Papadopoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papadopoulos has chosen Bloodsport Soundtrack - Fight To Survive (Extended Version) as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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182 cm
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285 lbs
40 - 9 - 1 |
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185 cm
41
266 lbs
23 - 30 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Olympic wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
40 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sara McSlamm! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
23 - 30 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos! The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Chris Saunders and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A telegraphed takedown attempt from Papadopoulos is defended easily by McSlamm. McSlamm appears to be looking for a counter takedown. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Papadopoulos has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Papadopoulos shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. McSlamm is trying to defend but Papadopoulos finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further. McSlamm is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. McSlamm regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Papadopoulos. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. McSlamm utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Papadopoulos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. McSlamm preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. McSlamm looking to hit a scissor sweep but Papadopoulos is one step ahead there. Papadopoulos chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Papadopoulos with a nice head shot there. Papadopoulos throwing strikes but missing. McSlamm looking for a sweep. Not yet McSlamm, not yet. Papadopoulos throws a big elbow that misses. Papadopoulos looking to pass the guard. Papadopoulos connects with a couple of short punches. Papadopoulos postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. Papadopoulos works over McSlamm with some ground and pound from guard. Papadopoulos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Papadopoulos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Papadopoulos chips away with some ground and pound. Papadopoulos won't allow McSlamm to sweep him here. Papadopoulos lands a couple of decent looking shots. Papadopoulos with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
McSlamm is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Papadopoulos postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! McSlamm covers up, he's hurt! Papadopoulos keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Papadopoulos and the ref steps in to end the fight! Papadopoulos can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ghiorghos Papadopoulos! After winning the bout, Ghiorghos Papadopoulos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. In defeat, Sara McSlamm stepped up to the mic, saying 'I made a mental error. when your flipping a burger thats not a big deal. you dont go to the hospital after forgetting to put the pickle on it... I gotta heal up but ill be back.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
42% |
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