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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Archie Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Greg Plitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Archie Moore!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Greg Plitt!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moore lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Moore.
Plitt looks to land a left hand but Moore moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from Moore misses its intended target.
Plitt is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Moore ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Plitt moves away.
Plitt tries to clinch up.
Moore lands with a shot to the body.
Plitt misses with a straight left.
Plitt clinches.
Plitt taking a breather.
Moore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Plitt is trying to stall.
Moore manages to break the clinch.
Plitt misses with a jab to the body
letting Moore counter with a right hand.
Moore with a hook.
Moore looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moore scores with a body shot.
Moore misses with a body kick.
Moore goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Plitt lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Plitt showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Moore.
Nice defenses there by Moore.
Moore is looking to counter punch.
Plitt throws the left hand but Moore avoids the punch easily.
Moore lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Plitt scores with a crisp jab that stopped Moore in his tracks.
Archie Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moore throws the left hand but Plitt avoids the punch easily.
Plitt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moore moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moore. Plitt does a little dance to reset his feet.
Plitt tries to clinch but Moore moves away
and Moore counters with a nice uppercut.
Plitt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Plitt takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Moore uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Plitt.
Plitt has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Plitt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Moore throws a lazy right hand but Plitt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Plitt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Plitt throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Moore counters with a stiff right hand.
Plitt throws a shot from downtown. Moore moves away and avoids it.
Plitt lands with a nice body punch.
Moore throws an overhand right that drops Plitt like a sack of potatoes! Moore dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Archie Moore!
Archie Moore is the new light heavyweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Archie Moore gave a big smile as he said 'that was no challenge.'.
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FIGHT
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