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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between St Petersburg Strangler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Terrence Funk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strangler comes into the arena with Let Me Through by The Dead Weather blaring out of the sound system. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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149 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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167 cm
20
145 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, St Petersburg Strangler!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Terrence Funk!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strangler connects with a solid leg kick.
Funk closes the distance but Strangler moves to the side
and Strangler counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Funk has taken the fight to the clinch.
Strangler working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Funk misses with some punches.
Strangler has a couple of punches blocked by Funk.
Strangler works on Funk's body with a couple of short punches.
Funk looking for a takedown.
Funk is looking to take this one to the mat.
Funk drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Strangler gets the underhooks and prevents it.
St Petersburg Strangler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Terrence Funk.
Strangler lands an uppercut.
Funk has a couple of punches blocked by Strangler.
Funk scores with a nice hook to the head.
Funk turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An elbow from Funk crashes against the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funk throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Funk sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Strangler is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Funk throws a strike aimed at the side of Strangler's head but Strangler avoids it well.
Strangler avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Funk.
Funk tries to score with some ground and pound. Strangler controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Funk working the ground and pound from side control.
Strangler dodges the ground and pound from Funk.
Funk throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Funk throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sloppy strikes there by Funk.
Strangler wants to get back to his feet but Funk drags him back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funk landing a few strikes.
Funk trying to control the action but Strangler is working from the bottom.
Strangler avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Funk.
Funk in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Funk lands a few punches from side control.
Funk has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Funk misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Funk slows the pace down.
Funk trying to control the action but Strangler is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strangler takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Funk creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Strangler sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Funk with the ground and pound but Strangler regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Strangler keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Funk not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Funk throwing shots but Strangler is blocking nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Funk is keen to just control but Strangler is a slippery customer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Funk is trying to control the action in half guard but Strangler is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Funk throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Funk wants to take a breather but Strangler is having none of it.
Funk has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Montreal Fighter's Gym (5* Sparring). Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Strangler keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Funk wants to pass the guard but Strangler is defending well.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Funk takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Funk lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Strangler is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Funk scores with a couple of nice shots.
Strangler is rocked!
Funk working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Oh Strangler is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ground and pound from Funk.
Funk moves into full mount! Strangler won't be happy about that!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Terrence Funk dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Funk shoots in and drives through. Strangler sprawls well.
It looked like Strangler wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Funk darts in looking for a takedown but Strangler gets double underhooks and turns Funk into the cage.
Funk has Strangler up against the cage in a clinch.
Strangler blocking some punches.
Funk lands a hook to the side of the head.
Strangler blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Strangler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Strangler tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Funk taking a breather.
A head punch on the inside from Strangler fails to land.
Strangler seems to have got his legs back now.
Funk blocking some punches.
Funk has picked Strangler up - he's going for a ride! Funk dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Funk wants to free his trapped foot but Strangler is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Funk thows a huge punch but Strangler dodges it nicely.
Strangler keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Strangler is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Funk scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strangler wants to control but Funk is keeping busy.
Funk tries to pass the half guard into mount. Strangler knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Funk throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Strangler keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Funk sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Strangler defending well though.
Funk not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Funk controlling the pace.
Funk works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strangler is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Funk unloading with bombs!
Funk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Strangler taking shots to the head.
Strangler avoids a series of strikes thrown by Funk.
Strangler wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Funk.
Funk unloading with bombs!
Funk postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Strangler badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Funk around the waist but Funk pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Funk is the winner by TKO! Funk jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terrence Funk!
Terrence Funk is the new featherweight champion!
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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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