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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Clayton Channings (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kimble Cho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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178 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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147 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clayton Channings!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Kimble Cho!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cho stuffs the takedown attempt from Channings. Channings gets slowly back to his feet.
Channings closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Channings lands in his opponent's guard.
Cho utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Channings loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Channings trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Channings wants to control from the top but Cho keeps moving.
Channings is looking to work some ground and pound but Cho has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Channings trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Channings throws an elbow that misses. Cho uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Channings's guard. Nice move by Cho!
Channings looking for a guillotine here but Cho defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Channings has his foot on Cho's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cho works his way back into a safe position though.
Channings is looking for a triangle but Cho pushes his legs off easily.
Channings working for submissions but it's allowed Cho to get to half guard.
Channings wants to control but Cho is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Channings has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Channings keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Cho prevents Channings from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cho moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Channings.
Cho tries to stand but Channings is controlling his head.
Channings is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Cho's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Channings is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Channings slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Channings trying to keep a closed guard but Cho is proving a slippery customer.
Cho wants to stand but Channings is controlling his posture from full guard.
Channings is trying to keep Cho in close.
Cho wants to stand but Channings has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Channings working a defensive guard but Cho passes into half guard.
Channings is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Channings is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cho's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cho's back!
Cho takes a big shot to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Channings thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Channings throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Channings looking for the RNC.
Cho has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Channings.
Cho avoids the strikes from Channings.
Channings looking for the choke from the back.
Channings throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Channings trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Channings thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Channings missing with punches from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clayton Channings dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cho throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cho just misses with a punch to the body.
Channings gets a double leg takedown into Cho's guard.
Channings in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Channings with a flurry of punches that miss.
Channings is in close to Cho's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cho wants to stand and escape but Channings is having none of it.
Cho working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Channings.
Channings throws a big elbow that misses.
Cho is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cho utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Channings with a nice head shot there.
Channings trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Channings with a flurry of punches that miss.
Clayton Channings overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Channings working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Channings pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cho is keeping the position for now.
Channings working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Channings throwing strikes from guard but Cho blocks nicely.
Channings with a flurry of punches that miss.
Channings throwing strikes from guard but Cho blocks nicely.
Cho keeping moving, preventing Channings from controlling successfully.
Channings wants to pass the guard but Cho is keeping the position.
Channings throws a big right hand that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Channings throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cho has control of Channings's left arm, preventing Channings from doing any damage.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Channings works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Channings is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cho can do to turn this around?
Cho throws a low kick but Channings avoids it.
Channings fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cho has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cho throws a nice head kick!
Cho scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Channings.
Channings fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cho looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cho thows a body kick. Channings tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cho tries a head kick but it misses.
Channings shoots in looking for a takedown. Cho tries to sprawl out of it but Channings keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cho manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cho walks into a stiff left hand from Channings.
Channings waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cho.
Cho throws a big counter head kick but Channings avoids it with no problem.
Cho cracks Channings with an open hand slap.
Cho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Channings swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Kimble Cho is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Channings's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cho connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Channings scrambles back to his feet.
Channings shoots for a double leg takedown but Cho sprawls well. He's pushed Channings's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clayton Channings. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cho ducks under a wild hook from Channings.
Channings ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cho lands a slapping body shot.
Cho jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Channings throws a head kick but Cho moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Channings connects with a jab.
Channings shoots in for a takedown but Cho shows good takedown defense.
Cho gets caught napping as Channings dives in and scores a takedown. Cho manages to retain guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Channings prevents Cho from getting back to his feet.
Channings trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Channings with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cho is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Channings is controlling him.
Channings working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cho utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cho avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Channings trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Channings throws a strike but Cho rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Clayton Channings will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Cho moves out of range as Channings strikes.
Channings cracks the inside of Cho's front leg.
Channings throws a chopping leg kick but Cho manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Channings throws out a loose jab but Cho uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cho throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cho with a jab.
Cho throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Channings tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cho defends well and Channings ends up having to push Cho into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Channings blocks the body kick.
Channings closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cho circles away.
An inside leg kick from Channings misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Channings. Cho does a little dance to reset his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid body kick from Cho.
Channings takes a kick to the side of the head.
Channings tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cho throws a big shot that misses.
A lazy left from Channings finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Channings on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cho stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Clayton Channings. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cho throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cho displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Channings throws out the jab.
Cho connects with a right hand. Channings shakes it off.
Cho steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Channings.
Cho keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Channings loads up on a big right hand but Cho slips the punch.
Channings misses with a straight right.
Cho cracks Channings with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Channings is rocked!
Cho cracks Channings with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Cho has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Channings to stand back up!
Oh Channings is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice defenses there by Cho.
Cho shapes to counter with a head kick.
BAM! Cho delivers a spinning backfist that drops Channings like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Kimble Cho!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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