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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dave Ysengrin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Askren (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ysengrin comes to the cage accompanied by Cheeky Nandos. Askren is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: wave after wave mr probs. Benny Askren has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dave Ysengrin's chin.
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238 lbs
18 - 4 - 0 |
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274 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Ysengrin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Benny Askren!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, William Gold and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ysengrin pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Askren back to the cage. Ysengrin follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Ysengrin slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Ysengrin lands with a shot to the body.
Askren looks winded!
Ysengrin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice cross by Ysengrin.
Ysengrin lands with a shot to the body.
Askren looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Askren drops his hands momentarily and Ysengrin takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Ysengrin dips to his left and cracks Askren with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Askren slips a jab and a cross from Ysengrin.
Ysengrin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Ysengrin lands with an overhand left.
Ysengrin moves into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Ysengrin.
Ysengrin has a couple of punches blocked by Askren.
Ysengrin misses with a body punch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ysengrin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ysengrin tries to circle away but Askren has him pinned against the cage.
Ysengrin gets through Askren's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ysengrin scores with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ysengrin scores with a hook to the body.
A short right from Ysengrin on the inside.
Nice body punch from Ysengrin - that landed with a thud.
Ysengrin manages to break the clinch.
Ysengrin connects with a body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ysengrin lands with an uppercut that bounces Askren off the cage and back into range.
Askren tries to keep at a distance but Ysengrin has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ysengrin lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ysengrin.
Ysengrin wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ysengrin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
Ysengrin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Askren backwards.
Ysengrin throws a head punch that misses.
Ysengrin breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ysengrin closes the distance and clinches.
A short body shot lands from Ysengrin as the two fighters clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ysengrin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ysengrin is looking to break free of the clinch but Askren has double underhooks.
Ysengrin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
I was talking to Ysengrin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Askren has Ysengrin pressed against the cage, preventing Ysengrin from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Ysengrin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ysengrin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ysengrin is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Ysengrin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Ysengrin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Askren is rocked!
Askren looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Askren is still on wobbly legs! Can Ysengrin finish him?
Ysengrin lands a jab and follows it up with a massive straight that knocks Askren out cold! Askren is crumpled in the corner, his head only propped up by the cage! That's one for the organiziational promos right there! Wow, what a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dave Ysengrin!
Dave Ysengrin bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Benny Askren was interviewed post fight and said 'My chin is glass '.
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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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