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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Peter Potter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rick James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Potter comes to the cage accompanied by Cherry Pie by Warrant. James comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I Love the Cocaine kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Peter Potter could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Rick James's chin.
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180 lbs
14 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
27
184 lbs
18 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Peter Potter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick James!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Potter drives through and clinches with James against the cage.
James blocks an uppercut.
Potter misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from James.
A head punch on the inside from Potter fails to land.
Potter lands with a short shot to the head.
I was talking to Potter's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Potter lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down James.
James blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Potter fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
James lands an elbow just above Potter 's eye.
It looks like Peter Potter has been cut.
Potter misses with some punches.
Potter throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
James looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Potter tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
James manages to break the clinch.
James has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
James takes a jab right on the kisser.
A jab from James misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Potter gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Potter throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
James breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
James's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and James duly obliges.
Potter moves to clinch but James breaks away
and James counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Potter goes down and covers up as James starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick James!
Rick James is the new welterweight champion!
After winning the bout, Rick James thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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