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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jack Cherry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leeroy Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jenkins has chosen Rock On as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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160 cm
37
135 lbs
11 - 18 - 0 |
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184 cm
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135 lbs
12 - 14 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
11 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Cherry! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Leeroy Jenkins! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Jenkins scores with a head kick. Cherry tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time. Cherry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Cherry tries to score a body lock takedown but Jenkins shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Cherry is looking to take this one to the mat. Jenkins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Jenkins has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Cherry is landing a low percentage of strikes. Cherry misses with a takedown attempt - Jenkins sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Cherry. That's going to take a lot out of him. Jenkins scores with a leg kick.
Cherry dives in and scores a takedown into Jenkins's guard. Jenkins wants to stand but Cherry is controlling the position. Jenkins is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Jenkins keeping moving, preventing Cherry from controlling successfully. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Jenkins kicks Cherry off and gets to his feet. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Jenkins looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jenkins throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Jenkins with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jenkins gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cherry to score an easy takedown into full guard. Jenkins is looking to stand up but Cherry isn't so interested in that idea. Jenkins seems keen to control Cherry's posture. Cherry might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Jenkins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Cherry content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Cherry trying to control the position from guard on top but Jenkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Jenkins is pulling down on Cherry's head. It's preventing any offense from Cherry, at least for the moment. The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace. Cherry prevents Jenkins from getting back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Jenkins throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jenkins explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Cherry has a takedown stuffed. Cherry has a takedown stuffed.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jenkins throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Cherry. Jenkins throws a nice head kick!
Cherry is rocked! Jenkins stuffs the takedown attempt from Cherry. Cherry gets slowly back to his feet. Oh Cherry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Jenkins circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Cherry drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Jenkins follows Cherry to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leeroy Jenkins! Leeroy Jenkins thanked the fans post fight for their support. Jack Cherry spoke after the fight, saying 'Back to the drawing board to fix what I missed. No more no less. Embrace the grind'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
42% |
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