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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antero Rokka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rokka might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Twilight Guardians - Out of Our Hands. The crowd seem to be enjoying Murray's choice of entrance music: Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky. Lee Murray is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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188 cm
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197 lbs
30 - 20 - 0 |
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190 cm
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203 lbs
26 - 20 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class 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 middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
30 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Antero Rokka! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
26 - 20 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Murray! The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Chris Dean and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Rokka scores with a hook. Rokka lands a head shot. Rokka shoots in and drives through. Murray sprawls well. Rokka clinches. Rokka is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Murray gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. Rokka throws a punch but it's blocked by Murray. Murray's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Rokka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Murray lands a two punch combo.
Rokka throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murray counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Rokka scores with a hook. Rokka misses with a takedown attempt - Murray sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antero Rokka. That's going to take a lot out of him. Rokka lands with a nice combination. Murray backs away looking to recover. Murray fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rokka, pushing him back against the cage. Our sources have told us that Rokka has been working on his elbows in the gym. Rokka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rokka misses with a lunging right hand
letting Murray counter with a right hand. Rokka misses with an uppercut. Murray saw that one coming. Antero Rokka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round. Murray slaps away a takedown attempt from Rokka, before circling back to the center of the mat. Murray throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murray takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murray is rocked! Rokka steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Murray is out on his feet! Rokka sets himself and nearly takes Murray's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Antero Rokka! Antero Rokka spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant. Lee Murray spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm getting old now, thinking about putting up the gloves soon. Just looking for that last superfight'.
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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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RATING
80% |
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