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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edwin Jordan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jordan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Excuse Me. Michaels is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Gimme Shelter. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
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212 lbs
26 - 22 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edwin Jordan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Karl Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Eddie Farnsworth and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels lands a jab to Jordan's midsection.
Nice shot by Jordan.
Jordan moves out of range of the leg kick from Michaels.
Michaels misses with a hook. Jordan ducked under it nicely.
Jordan throws a hook to the side of Michaels's head but Michaels sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Edwin Jordan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jordan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Michaels scores with a nice head shot.
Jordan slips under a jab.
Jordan misses with a jab to the body
and Michaels counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jordan scores with a shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Jordan.
Jordan looks to land a left hand but Michaels moved out of range nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A solid body kick from Michaels.
Michaels ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jordan takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Michaels lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Michaels misses with an uppercut. Jordan saw that one coming.
Michaels bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Jordan's head backwards.
Michaels fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Jordan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jordan tried to score with a low kick but Michaels checks it.
Jordan throws a big shot that misses.
Good leg kick by Michaels there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Michaels misses with a jab, cross combination.
Michaels swinging wildly here.
Michaels throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jordan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jordan misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jordan digs a good hook to Michaels's body.
Michaels works the jab nicely.
Michaels lands a nice looking body shot.
Jordan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jordan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jordan paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jordan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Michaels moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jordan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michaels manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jordan. Michaels does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jordan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Michaels is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Michaels just misses with a punch to the body.
Jordan jabs Michaels to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The fighters circling - Jordan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A combination from Jordan does no damage.
Jordan lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jordan throws a body shot but no joy.
Michaels keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Michaels's coach down at Bi-Polar Asylum LV's #1 Public Training Center was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Michaels's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Jordan throws a combination that misses
and Michaels counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Michaels connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Michaels moves out of range as Jordan strikes.
Jordan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Michaels darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Jordan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Michaels.
It looked like Jordan wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Michaels throws a body shot but no joy.
Michaels connects with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Michaels.
Michaels misses the jab.
Jordan misses with a leg kick.
Michaels dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Jordan. That did some damage!
Michaels walks into a straight right hand from Jordan.
It looks like Karl Michaels has been cut.
A bone on bone clash there as Jordan blocks the leg kick.
Michaels takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Michaels scoring well with a low kick there.
Michaels ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jordan moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Michaels. Jordan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jordan looks to land a combination but Michaels avoids it well.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Jordan.
Jordan misses with a jab to the body
and Michaels counters with a nice leg kick.
Michaels is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Jordan had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Jordan looks for the body kick but Michaels saw that one coming.
Michaels doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Jordan looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Michaels showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jordan.
Michaels unleashes a big counter combination but Jordan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jordan swings for the body but Michaels moves out of range.
Michaels lands a slapping body shot.
Jordan does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Jordan.
Michaels misses with a low kick.
Jordan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Michaels was well out of range. Poor timing from Jordan.
A chopping leg kick lands by Michaels.
Michaels will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Jordan fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Jordan misses the target.
Michaels looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice uppercut there from Michaels.
A punch combination from Jordan misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jordan throws a right hand that misses
and Michaels counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jordan throws out a loose jab but Michaels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michaels looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Michaels.
Michaels has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Jordan misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Karl Michaels dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Karl Michaels's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Michaels works the jab nicely.
Jordan is looking to slow Michaels down with leg kicks.
Jordan throws an off balance right hand
and Michaels counters with an outside leg kick.
Michaels defending well as Jordan loads up on a big left hand.
Jordan is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Michaels moves away from the strike by Jordan.
Michaels unleashes a big counter combination but Jordan bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Michaels throws a hook but Jordan blocks it.
Michaels digs a good hook to Jordan's body.
Michaels lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Michaels.
Jordan is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Michaels's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Jordan misses with a wild body shot.
Jordan throws a sloppy body shot
and Michaels counters with a good low kick that Jordan was not able to check.
Jordan looks to land a right hand but Michaels moved out of range.
Michaels bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jordan misses with a straight right.
Jordan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michaels looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jordan throws a hook but Michaels avoids it easily.
Jordan misses with a head kick.
Jordan showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Michaels.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Jordan might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Jordan throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Michaels lands a nice looking body kick.
Jordan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Michaels has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Michaels there as he acknowledges the shot.
Jordan takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
Michaels lands with an overhand left.
Karl Michaels seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Michaels throws a sloppy head kick
and Jordan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jordan misses with a body shot.
Michaels lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Michaels uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jordan.
Jordan misses with a hook.
Michaels connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jordan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Michaels.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jordan changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Michaels throws a shot from downtown. Jordan moves away and avoids it.
Michaels connects with a solid leg kick.
Jordan throws a jab but it's blocked by Michaels.
Jordan scores with a jab to the body.
Karl Michaels is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Michaels cracks the inside of Jordan's front leg.
Jordan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Michaels.
Michaels misses with a double jab.
Jordan moves out of range as Michaels strikes.
Jordan looks for the body kick but Michaels saw that one coming.
Jordan connects with the punch.
Jordan throws an overhand right that lands on Michaels's shoulder, as Michaels tries to avoid the shot.
Michaels takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Michaels is breathing heavily.
Michaels throws an overhand right that lands on Jordan's shoulder, as Jordan tries to avoid the shot.
Michaels takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Michaels connects with a solid leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jordan misses with a hook
and Michaels counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Michaels throws a chopping leg kick but Jordan manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Jordan tries to bum rush Michaels with a series of wild strikes but Michaels uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Michaels scores with a shot to the body.
Michaels looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Michaels closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Michaels is rocked!
BAM! Jordan delivers a spinning backfist that drops Michaels like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Edwin Jordan!
A very excited looking Edwin Jordan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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