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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tomyris Celtia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tomyris Celtia is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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205 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Johnny Powers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tomyris Celtia!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Russell Pearce and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Celtia misses with a few strikes there.
Powers connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Powers moves into range and clinches up with Celtia.
Powers wants the takedown. Celtia is fighting it off but Powers persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Celtia's guard against the cage.
Powers is standing up over Celtia. Celtia looks to escape but Powers dives into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Powers.
Powers working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
You can see the frustration on Celtia's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Celtia really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Powers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Celtia managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Powers.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers is putting a hurting on Celtia here, landing some big shots from side control.
Powers 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.
Powers lands some shots froms side control.
Powers lands some shots froms side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Powers cracks Celtia with a big right hand but Celtia just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Celtia on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Celtia on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Celtia wants to control but Powers postures up.
Powers fails to land a wild elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers lands some shots froms side control.
Powers grinds an elbow into Celtia's temple.
Powers in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Powers is working Celtia over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Celtia on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Celtia avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Powers.
Powers is working Celtia over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powers creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Celtia sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Powers lands a decent elbow from side control.
Powers works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Powers grinds an elbow into Celtia's temple.
Celtia looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Powers scoring with punches from side control.
Celtia wants to control but Powers postures up.
Powers working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Celtia takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powers is trying to ground and pound but Celtia uses the momentary lack of control by Powers to regain half guard.
Powers seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Powers is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Powers is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Powers there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Powers throwing shots but Celtia is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Powers dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Powers closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Celtia's guard.
Celtia is wriggling around but Powers manages to pass to half guard.
Powers slips a nice elbow through Celtia's hands, connecting with Celtia's forehead.
Celtia trying to get back to full guard but Powers takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Powers is in the full mount, landing strikes.
BOOM! Powers connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Powers looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Johnny Powers overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Powers lands with some strikes.
Powers scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Powers unloading with bombs!
Powers with shots to the head and body - Celtia looks very uncomfortable down there.
Powers scoring with strikes but Celtia is staying in there.
Powers postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Celtia looks a forlorn figure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Powers working the ground and pound effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Powers working Celtia over with strikes here.
Powers landing strikes, looking to finish!
Powers with a couple of short strikes.
Powers raining down hammerfists from mount.
Powers with a couple of short strikes.
A nice elbow there by Powers.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Celtia taking shots to the head.
Powers raining down shots from the mount!
Celtia wants to control but Powers is having none of it.
Powers cracks Celtia with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Powers working Celtia over with strikes here.
BOOM! Powers connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powers raining down hammerfists from mount.
Celtia in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Celtia is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Powers with good strikes from the mount here!
Celtia is still in real trouble! Can Powers finish him?
Celtia is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Celtia seems to have recovered his senses.
Powers putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Powers! Celtia is hurt baaadly! Powers is firing away with more strikes - Celtia is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johnny Powers!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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