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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Flores (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holy War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 cm
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215 lbs
21 - 7 - 3 |
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197 cm
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212 lbs
23 - 9 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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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
21 - 7 - 3, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rafael Flores! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
23 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Holy War! The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Flores avoids a lazy jab quite easily. A little feinted left hand from Flores on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. War throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flores with a nice cross.
It looks like Holy War has been cut. War smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Flores has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Wild Card in the buildup to the fight. Flores displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as War throws out the jab. Flores swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. War misses with a hook
letting Flores counter with a right hand. Flores has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from War. Flores cracks War with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Flores has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning War to stand back up!
War is rocked! This has been an exciting period of action! Flores scores with a leg kick.
War throws out a token jab with nothing on it. A slow jab from War misses its intended target. A chopping leg kick lands by War. Flores throws a jab when War was well out of range. War finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
War throws a nice inside leg kick. Flores keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice shot by War. Flores swings for the body but War moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. A telegraphed right hand from War misses the target. War tests Flores's chin there with a solid looking shot. Flores throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
War with a body punch. A glancing blow. War fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Flores manages to avoid it. War lands a jab. Flores uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from War. Flores swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flores throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. War scores with a crisp jab that stopped Flores in his tracks. Flores uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by War.
War looks to throw the jab but Flores is out of range. War looks to throw the jab but Flores is out of range. Flores staying out of range there. War slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round. War is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Flores. Flores appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body. Flores's jab looks to have found its range, popping War under the eye. This has been an exciting period of action! A swing and a miss from Flores. Nice cross by War. Flores bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Flores scores with the left hand. War knows he should have avoided that one. War chopping away at his opponent's legs.
War takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Flores pushes War away with a front kick. War throws a jab when Flores was well out of range. Flores keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from War. War throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A good leg kick by War. Flores tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but War was well out of range. Poor timing from Flores. Flores lands a big right hand that sends War crashing to the mat! Flores stays standing though and waves War back to his feet! War is still on wobbly legs! Can Flores finish him?
That has opened up Holy War's cut even more. Are you kidding me?! Flores ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent War clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rafael Flores! Rafael Flores decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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