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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Karol Cropp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Wiggins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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209 cm
38
288 lbs
48 - 29 - 0 |
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203 cm
31
249 lbs
16 - 9 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Fast |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
48 - 29 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karol Cropp! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andrew Wiggins! The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice defenses there by Wiggins. Cropp moves into the clinch. Cropp misses with a body punch.
Cropp manages to break the clinch.
Cropp throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Wiggins tries to counter with a clinch but Cropp shakes him off and moves away. Cropp has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Vicious Striking in the buildup to the fight. Cropp shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wiggins defends it nicely. Cropp is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Cropp rushes Wiggins and presses him up against the cage. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Wiggins is pressed up against the cage. Cropp has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Wiggins down to the mat. Wiggins avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Nice defenses there by Wiggins. Wiggins clinches up against the cage. Wiggins throws an elbow but it misses.
Wiggins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cropp backwards. Cropp manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cropp scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. Wiggins tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land. Wiggins throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Wiggins lands with a few short shots to the body. Cropp slows the pace down in half guard. Wiggins taking some punishment here, with Cropp in his half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Cropp seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Wiggins flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Cropp looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wiggins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Wiggins tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land. Wiggins missing with punches from the bottom.
Cropp working Wiggins over with strikes. Cropp blocks the strikes from Wiggins.
Cropp looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wiggins with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. Wiggins on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wiggins is rocked! Cropp 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. Cropp lands a big elbow - Wiggins is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Cropp!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karol Cropp! A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Karol Cropp made sure he mentioned My$tic Clothing ~ (`10%Laundry`), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
53% |
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