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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jean Pierre Papin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AJ McKenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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211 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
24
221 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Pierre Papin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, AJ McKenzie!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McKenzie moves away.
Jean Pierre Papin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Papin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting McKenzie counter with a right hand.
Papin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McKenzie was well out of range. Poor timing from Papin.
McKenzie ducks under a wild hook from Papin.
Papin throws a shot from downtown. McKenzie moves away and avoids it.
McKenzie jabs at Papin's body.
Papin loads up on a big right hand but McKenzie slips the punch.
McKenzie avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McKenzie throws a sloppy head kick and Papin moves out of range easily.
Papin throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McKenzie cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McKenzie misses with a hook.
McKenzie throws a head kick that half lands.
McKenzie throws a hook but Papin blocks it.
Papin connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papin tries to close the distance and clinch up but McKenzie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Papin throws a series of punches but McKenzie avoids them all with ease.
McKenzie lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Papin pushes McKenzie up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Papin scores with a nice short uppercut.
McKenzie working aggressively here.
McKenzie slows down the pace here.
McKenzie looking to slow down the pace here.
McKenzie blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Papin misses with a hook from the clinch.
McKenzie digs a right hand underneath Papin's ribcage. Papin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McKenzie lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Papin backwards.
Papin blocks a body shot from McKenzie.
A bit of stalling here from McKenzie.
McKenzie misses with a hook to the ribs.
McKenzie blocks an uppercut.
Papin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, McKenzie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Papin lands a left hand.
Papin misses with the head strike.
McKenzie lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Papin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie effectively controlling the action here.
McKenzie digs a right hand into Papin's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Papin's gas tank.
Papin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McKenzie throws a punch but it's blocked by Papin.
McKenzie scores with a shot to the side of Papin's head.
Papin working aggressively here.
McKenzie misses with the head strike.
McKenzie blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McKenzie wants to stall.
McKenzie misses with a punch on the inside.
McKenzie effectively controlling the action here.
Papin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Papin blocking some punches.
McKenzie has Papin pushed against the cage.
Come on McKenzie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
I was talking to Papin's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Papin misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papin breaks the clinch.
A solid leg kick lands there for McKenzie.
Papin tries to clinch but McKenzie moves out of range.
McKenzie thuds a left hand into Papin's body.
McKenzie lands a hook that stumbles Papin back into the cage. McKenzie follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Papin to the canvas! McKenzie pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Papin has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). AJ McKenzie!
A relieved looking AJ McKenzie thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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