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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cage McCoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nicolas Arenas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McCoy comes into the arena with Addresses by:T.I. blaring out of the sound system. Arenas has chosen Alive-Krewella as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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191 cm
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195 lbs
7 - 9 - 0 |
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188 cm
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197 lbs
11 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cage McCoy! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nicolas Arenas! The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Arenas smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Arenas lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. McCoy throws a head kick but Arenas moves out of range.
Arenas scores with a jab. Arenas lands the left hand. Arenas lands a lovely overhand right. Arenas throws a quick inside leg kick. McCoy ducks right into an uppercut from Arenas. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Arenas, right into the meat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Arenas lands a nice shot to the body.
Arenas works the jab nicely. We've been informed that Arenas has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. McCoy just misses with a punch to the body.
Arenas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. McCoy throws a body punch but Arenas moves out of range. Arenas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. McCoy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round. Arenas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. McCoy seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter. McCoy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Arenas.
We've been told by McCoy's head coaches at The Warehouse that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. McCoy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
McCoy is rocked! Nicolas Arenas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Arenas is stalking McCoy. McCoy circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Arenas, and it's lights out! McCoy really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nicolas Arenas! Nicolas Arenas was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed. In defeat, Cage McCoy stepped up to the mic, saying 'It's how you bounce back! I'll be back!!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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