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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Finn Kowalski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kruger Vance (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kowalski's entrance music is Volbeat - Warriorscall. A fine choice. Vance has chosen Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck as his entrance music. Kruger Vance will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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192 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
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190 cm
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201 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Finn Kowalski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kruger Vance!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Bruno Lombardi and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kowalski drives through and clinches with Vance against the cage.
Kowalski comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kowalski tries a body shot but Vance blocks it.
A short right from Vance on the inside.
Kowalski lands a knee to the body.
Kowalski lands a good knee to the midsection. Vance won't want to take too many of those.
Vance pushes Kowalski back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Vance tries to work over Kowalski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Kowalski.
Nice elbow from Kowalski.
It looks like Kruger Vance has been cut.
Vance lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vance misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kowalski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vance tries a body shot but Kowalski blocks it.
Vance fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vance lands a left hand.
Vance misses with the head strike.
Vance lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vance doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kowalski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Kowalski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Vance misses with a two punch combination.
Kowalski has been working on his boxing with his coaches at V C L training center (HOME OF THE TRUE CHAMPION in the buildup to the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kowalski tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Vance paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vance tries to close the distance and clinch but Kowalski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Vance with a jab.
Vance throws a left and a right that both miss
and Kowalski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Kowalski moves forwards but Vance connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kowalski drops his hands momentarily and Vance takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kowalski throws a push kick but Vance slaps the foot to one side.
A punch lands to the side of Kowalski 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Kowalski darts in trying to clinch
and Kowalski takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kowalski is rocked!
Vance throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kowalski.
Kowalski appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Vance looks to score with a jab to the body but Kowalski is just out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Kowalski.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Vance on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski staying out of range there.
Vance cracks Kowalski with a right hand to the side of the head.
Kowalski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kowalski lands an elbow that stopped Vance in his tracks for a moment.
Kowalski lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Vance scores with a nice short uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vance.
Vance on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vance has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Vance swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kowalski misses with an elbow over the top.
Vance lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kowalski backwards.
Vance tries to work over Kowalski's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vance is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Vance struggles to land a body shot inside as Kowalski controls his hands.
Vance lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vance working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Vance misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kowalski throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Vance.
Kowalski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vance.
Vance scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vance lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Oh Kowalski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vance tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kowalski's elbow.
Kowalski seems to have got his legs back now.
Kowalski trying to control the position but instead, Vance has worked for underhooks and has pushed Kowalski into the cage.
A knee to the head by Kowalski.
Kowalski misses with an elbow over the top.
Kowalski misses with a punch on the inside.
Vance throws a head punch that misses.
Vance lands with a left to the head.
Vance tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kowalski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vance is defending well for now.
Kowalski prevents a body shot from Vance.
Kowalski creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Vance creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Vance fails to land.
Vance on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kowalski tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vance's elbow.
A short left from Vance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Vance.
A left hand lands to the body for Vance.
Kowalski is breathing heavily.
Vance gets through Kowalski's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vance blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vance working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vance looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vance lands a big right hand that drops Kowalski! The killer instinct kicks in and Vance finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Vance!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kruger Vance!
Kruger Vance bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Finn Kowalski spoke after the fight, saying 'That´s the deal of being the underdog, no one cares if you lose. I proved to compete well against much much better guys and I´m on the right way. '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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