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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vladimir Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Wooooly (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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190 lbs
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205 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined |
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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 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Vladimir Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Wooooly!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Andrew Berry and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake clinches with his opponent.
Wooooly is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Drake pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Wooooly is trying to pull guard but Drake has him pressed against the cage.
Drake throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Drake tries to throw a body punch but Wooooly avoids it by throwing Drake back against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Drake.
Drake gets underhooks to prevent Wooooly's takedown attempt.
Vladimir Drake has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Wooooly.
Wooooly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooly on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short right from Drake on the inside.
Drake lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake misses with a punch to the body.
Drake misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wooooly.
Drake lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooly has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Drake avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake swings wildly with an uppercut but Wooooly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Drake presses Wooooly against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wooooly jumps guard and drags Drake to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Drake sitting in guard here, content to control.
Wooooly is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Drake not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Wooooly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake throws a big elbow that misses.
Wooooly is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wooooly takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Drake waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wooooly.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wooooly.
Drake was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Drake has Wooooly up against the cage in a clinch.
Drake lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake avoiding damage.
Drake stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wooooly tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
I was talking to Drake's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short uppercut from Drake.
Wooooly is trying to pull guard but Drake has him pressed against the cage.
Drake stalls.
Drake lands a body punch in the clinch.
A short left from Drake.
Wooooly avoids a wild elbow strike from Drake.
Drake lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Drake.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Drake lands a right hand.
Wooooly blocking some punches.
Drake effectively controlling the action here.
A shot in the inside from Drake.
Wooooly manages to pull guard.
Wooooly is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wooooly wants to control but Drake passes easily into half guard.
Drake is looking to advance position but Wooooly won't allow it.
Drake content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Wooooly tries to roll over but Drake keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vladimir Drake dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Wooooly takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Drake fails in his attempt to clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Drake.
Drake is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wooooly can do to turn this around?
Wooooly fails with a takedown attempt.
Drake swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Vladimir Drake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Drake has Wooooly up against the cage in a clinch.
Drake lands with a right to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake lands a hook that snaps the head of Wooooly backwards.
Drake scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooly is rocked!
Wooooly blocks an uppercut.
Wooooly is still on wobbly legs! Can Drake finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake misses with a punch to the body.
Drake creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Wooooly's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Wooooly drops to his knees and Drake pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladimir Drake!
Vladimir Drake gave a mention to MMA Hype Apparel in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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