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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Holbert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Bourdain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
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212 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent MT
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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, William Holbert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Anthony Bourdain!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bourdain.
It looks like William Holbert has been cut.
Bourdain lands a nice looking body kick.
Bourdain misses with a wild body shot.
Holbert is looking to counter punch.
Bourdain blocks a jab.
A big right from Holbert misses.
Bourdain looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bourdain lands a jab to the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Holbert looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bourdain - that will leave a mark!
Holbert gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Holbert takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Holbert misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bourdain tests Holbert's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bourdain misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Holbert counters with a straight right hand.
Bourdain ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holbert moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourdain cracks Holbert with an open hand slap.
Holbert gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bourdain lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bourdain blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Bourdain.
Holbert swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Holbert.
A short right from Bourdain.
Bourdain misses with some punches.
Bourdain has a couple of punches blocked by Holbert.
Holbert misses with the head strike.
Bourdain jumps guard but Holbert turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Bourdain lands a left hand.
Bourdain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bourdain throws a head punch that misses.
Bourdain softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bourdain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bourdain digs a right hand underneath Holbert's ribcage. Holbert let out a lung full of air as it connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bourdain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holbert fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bourdain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bourdain blocks a body shot from Holbert.
Bourdain misses with some punches.
Bourdain misses with the head strike.
Bourdain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bourdain has a couple of punches blocked by Holbert.
Bourdain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Holbert's elbow.
We've been informed that Bourdain 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.
Bourdain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bourdain has a couple of punches blocked by Holbert.
Holbert lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Holbert.
Bourdain tries to throw a body punch but Holbert avoids it by throwing Bourdain back against the cage.
Bourdain is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Holbert makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Holbert.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bourdain.
Holbert misses with some punches.
A hook to the body from Bourdain.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bourdain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Bourdain.
Holbert lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Holbert's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Holbert blocks a body shot from Bourdain.
Holbert tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Holbert lands a shoulder strike.
Holbert prevents a body shot from Bourdain.
A nice left hand lands by Bourdain.
Bourdain blocks a body shot from Holbert.
Bourdain throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Bourdain swings wildly with an uppercut but Holbert uses good head movement to avoid it.
A body shot lands from Bourdain.
Holbert tries to break the clinch but Bourdain is controlling the position.
Holbert misses with a short punch on the inside.
Holbert tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bourdain swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hand to the body from Holbert.
Bourdain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Holbert prevents a body shot from Bourdain.
Holbert working hard to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourdain can't find room to land a body shot as Holbert controls the action.
Bourdain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bourdain pushes Holbert back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bourdain swings wildly with an uppercut but Holbert uses good head movement to avoid it.
Holbert misses with some punches.
Bourdain doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Bourdain.
Holbert blocks a body shot from Bourdain.
Bourdain goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bourdain misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bourdain lands an uppercut.
Holbert blocks a body shot from Bourdain.
Holbert lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Bourdain on the inside.
Holbert wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bourdain works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Holbert is breathing heavily.
Holbert blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bourdain has a couple of punches blocked by Holbert.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holbert prevents a body shot from Bourdain.
Bourdain gets through Holbert's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Bourdain dominated that round.
The cut man is working on William Holbert's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bourdain!
Bourdain throws an overhand right that drops Holbert like a sack of potatoes! Bourdain dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Bourdain!
Our winner, Anthony Bourdain, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
59% |
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