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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake Houghton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Bylund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 cm
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175 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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177 cm
26
174 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jake Houghton! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, David Bylund! The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Houghton misses with a looping left. Houghton swings for the body but Bylund moves out of range.
Bylund blocks a jab. Houghton has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ReVoLuT!oN !sL@nD GYM in the buildup to the fight. Houghton scores with a nice head shot. Bylund tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Houghton was well out of range. Poor timing from Bylund. Houghton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Houghton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bylund throws out the jab. Houghton slips a jab from Bylund. Bylund takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Bylund missing with a left hand there. Houghton was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Houghton closes the distance looking to clinch and Bylund counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A jab from Bylund misses. Houghton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bylund. A countering left hand to the body from Bylund misses. Houghton throws a lazy uppercut
and Bylund counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Bylund looks to throw the jab but Houghton is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nice body punch from Bylund. Houghton ducks under a wild hook from Bylund. Houghton avoids the body shot from Bylund.
Bylund scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Bylund dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Houghton cracks Bylund with a right hand to the side of the head. Bylund throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Bylund jabs Houghton right on the nose. Houghton blinks but takes it well. Bylund scores with a jab to the head.
Houghton throws a nice looking combination but Bylund bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Houghton lands with a cross. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Bylund looks to land a right hand but Houghton moved out of range. Houghton doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Houghton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bylund.
Houghton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bylund tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Houghton was well out of range. Poor timing from Bylund. Houghton tries to close the distance and clinch but Bylund swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Nice shot by Houghton. Houghton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bylund.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bylund! But no joy. Bylund has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight. Bylund digs a good body shot into Houghton's ribs. Bylund looks to score with a jab to the body but Houghton is just out of range. Houghton connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Houghton has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bylund finds it's way round the side to connect with Houghton's head. Houghton staying out of range there. Houghton staying out of range there. The fighters circling - Bylund throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Houghton closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Bylund uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Houghton. Bylund thows a left - swing and a miss! Bylund keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Houghton. It seemed like Bylund was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The fighters circling - Houghton throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Good shot there by Houghton. Houghton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bylund was well out of range. Poor timing from Houghton. Houghton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bylund paws at him with a jab and circles away. Bylund looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Bylund works Houghton's body with a nice hook. A cross from Bylund lands. Jake Houghton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A jab from Bylund misses. Bylund misses with a straight right. Bylund swings for the body but Houghton moves out of range.
Houghton takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Houghton throws a body shot but no joy. Bylund throws a series of strikes that have Houghton backpedaling.
Houghton is rocked! Houghton throws an off balance right hand
and Bylund scores with a counter punch that sends Houghton to the canvas! Bylund smells blood - he's punishing Houghton with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Houghton has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Bylund!
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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
57% |
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