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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Luatua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cedrick Frederick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luatua comes to the cage accompanied by Puff Daddy feat Jimmy Page - Come with me. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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189 cm
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262 lbs
17 - 10 - 0 |
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190 cm
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270 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robbie Luatua! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cedrick Frederick! The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Phil Schofield and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A jab from Frederick misses. Frederick lands with a nice body punch. Frederick misses with an attempted mid kick.
Frederick throws out a leg kick but Luatua moves out of range and Frederick only half commits. It looked like Luatua was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit. Luatua scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Oooooh!!! Luatua has knocked Frederick down with a huge combo! Luatua steps away and waves a wobbly Frederick back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Cedrick Frederick has been cut. We've been informed that Frederick has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Luatua lands a nice looking kick to the body. Frederick takes a step back to recover. This has been an exciting period of action! Frederick throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luatua lands a big uppercut and Frederick crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Frederick looks OK. Luatua waves Frederick back to his feet!
Frederick is rocked! An inside leg kick lands from Frederick. A kick lands to the mid section there for Frederick. Luatua throws a body shot but no joy. Luatua fakes the leg kick and cracks Frederick in the body. Frederick takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Luatua chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Luatua looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. A looping hook to the body misses from Frederick. Luatua does a little dance to reset his feet. Frederick takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Luatua keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luatua blocks the body kick.
Luatua is looking to counter the offense by Frederick and move into the clinch. Frederick drops his hands for a split second and Luatua immediately capitalizes on the opportunity by smashing a powerful hook into Frederick face, sending his mouthguard sailing through the air, much to the delight of the crowd. Luatua follows up with a right hand that knocks Frederick into next week. He's out cold and this fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Robbie Luatua! Robbie Luatua retains his heavyweight title! Robbie Luatua was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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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
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