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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Buster Napoleon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocket Bob Frankels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Frankels has chosen Dawn....Summer Solstice... as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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275 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Buster Napoleon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rocket Bob Frankels!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Frankels has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Napoleon.
Napoleon tries to score with a low kick but Frankels moves his leg out of the way.
Frankels replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Napoleon blocks it well.
Frankels stalks Napoleon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Napoleon's face. Napoleon staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Buster Napoleon has been cut.
Napoleon has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Frankels throws a jab when Napoleon was well out of range.
A big left from Napoleon misses.
Napoleon with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Frankels smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Napoleon throws a solid leg kick but Frankels takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Napoleon.
Buster Napoleon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Frankels throws a wild body kick that Napoleon sees coming a mile off.
Frankels throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Napoleon sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Napoleon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Frankels throws out the jab.
Napoleon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Napoleon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Frankels misses the shot to the body.
Frankels lands with a nice body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frankels drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Napoleon uses the cage to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frankels fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Frankels throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Frankels sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Napoleon misses the shot to the body.
Napoleon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Frankels moves away.
Napoleon backing away here, and Frankels unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Napoleon lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Napoleon takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Frankels throws a chopping leg kick but Napoleon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Napoleon tried to counter with a leg kick but Frankels avoided it.
Frankels attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Napoleon throws a hook but Frankels blocks it.
Frankels misses with a looping right.
Napoleon seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Napoleon throws a head kick but Frankels moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Napoleon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Napoleon throws a poor cross that misses
and Frankels connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Frankels connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've been informed that Frankels 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Frankels lets loose with a powerful body kick. Napoleon will feel that in the morning.
Napoleon looks for the body kick but Frankels saw that one coming.
A punch lands to the side of Napoleon 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Frankels moves out of range of the leg kick from Napoleon.
Napoleon misses with a wild body shot.
Napoleon misses with the body kick
and Frankels counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Napoleon wants to clinch but Frankels slips to the side
and Frankels counters with a nice uppercut.
Napoleon wants to clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Frankels! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Napoleon looks to land a body kick but Frankels moved away.
A cross from Napoleon lands.
Frankels misses with a takedown
and Napoleon counters with a nice uppercut.
Frankels moves out of range of the strikes.
Frankels connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A clash of legs there as Frankels blocks the low kick.
Frankels scores with a nice right hand.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Frankels.
Napoleon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Frankels buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Frankels keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Napoleon.
A nice side step and Frankels releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Frankels avoids the head kick by Napoleon.
Frankels slips under a jab from Napoleon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napoleon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Napoleon moves out of range as Frankels throws a body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Frankels stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A head kick misses from Napoleon.
Napoleon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Frankels moves away.
Frankels swings away with a body shot that misses
and Napoleon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Rocket Bob Frankels has been cut.
Frankels throws a push kick but Napoleon slaps the foot to one side.
Frankels tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Frankels tries to keep at a distance but Napoleon has taken the fight into the clinch.
Frankels scores with a nice hook to the head.
Napoleon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Frankels manages to break the clinch.
Nice body kick there by Frankels.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocket Bob Frankels dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Napoleon throws a lazy right hand but Frankels sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Frankels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Napoleon.
Frankels replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Napoleon blocks it well.
Frankels throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Napoleon is looking to counter with head kicks.
Frankels tries to clinch up.
Napoleon scoring well with a low kick there.
Frankels slips under a jab from Napoleon.
Napoleon throws a head kick that misses
and Frankels counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Napoleon swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Frankels now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Frankels dips to his left and cracks Napoleon with an uppercut!
Napoleon walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Buster Napoleon's cut is getting worse.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Napoleon avoids the body shot from Frankels.
Napoleon misses the shot to the body.
Napoleon instigates a clinch.
A short uppercut from Napoleon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Frankels.
Frankels pushes Napoleon back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Frankels scores with a shot to the side of Napoleon's head.
Frankels tries to throw a body punch but Napoleon avoids it by throwing Frankels back against the cage.
Napoleon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Frankels's elbow.
Frankels has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Frankels lands a hook to the side of the head.
Frankels prevents a body shot from Napoleon.
Frankels blocking some punches.
Napoleon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Napoleon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Frankels drops Napoleon onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Napoleon is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Napoleon is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Napoleon lands a nice uppercut.
Napoleon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Frankels fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Frankels fails to land.
Frankels throws a punch but it's blocked by Napoleon.
Napoleon blocks a body shot from Frankels.
Frankels tries a body shot but Napoleon blocks it.
Frankels misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Frankels creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Napoleon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Frankels throws a punch but it's blocked by Napoleon.
Napoleon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Frankels lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Frankels misses with a hook from the clinch.
Frankels lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Frankels tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Napoleon tries a body shot but Frankels blocks it.
Napoleon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Frankels breaks from the clinch.
Napoleon misses with an attempted mid kick.
Frankels feints a counter leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Napoleon checks a leg kick.
Napoleon tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Frankels misses the shot to the body.
Frankels throws a shot to the body.
Napoleon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frankels just misses with a punch to the body.
Frankels throws a leg kick but Napoleon checks it.
Frankels throws a leg kick but Napoleon sees it coming and moves out of range.
Frankels lands a jab to the head.
Buster Napoleon's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Frankels checks a leg kick.
Frankels shoots in for a takedown but Napoleon shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Napoleon throws a head kick that misses.
Frankels delivers a nice body kick.
Napoleon darts in trying to clinch
and Frankels cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Napoleon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Napoleon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Frankels with the counter takedown but Napoleon avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Napoleon throws a body punch but Frankels moves out of range.
Frankels connects with a leg kick. Napoleon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Napoleon misses with a double jab.
Frankels throws a sloppy head kick and Napoleon moves out of range easily.
Napoleon is looking to clinch but Frankels is avoiding it.
Napoleon walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Frankels lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Napoleon has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Napoleon and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Frankels fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Napoleon manages to avoid it.
Napoleon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Frankels manages to avoid it.
Napoleon looks to score with a jab to the body but Frankels is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Frankels on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Napoleon wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocket Bob Frankels showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Frankels rushes Napoleon and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Napoleon blocks a body shot from Frankels.
Napoleon tries to work over Frankels's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Frankels can't find room to land a body shot as Napoleon controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Frankels.
Napoleon lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Napoleon blocks a body shot from Frankels.
Frankels misses with a body punch.
Napoleon swings wildly with an uppercut but Frankels uses good head movement to avoid it.
Frankels misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Napoleon prevents a body shot from Frankels.
Frankels throws a head punch that misses.
Napoleon manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Napoleon is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Napoleon - that landed with a thud.
Frankels takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Frankels misses with some punches.
Napoleon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Napoleon is trying to maintain a safe position but Frankels gets an underhook and turns Napoleon into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Frankels fails to land.
Napoleon throws a head punch that misses.
Napoleon blocks a body shot from Frankels.
Napoleon prevents a body shot from Frankels.
Frankels tries to throw a body punch but Napoleon avoids it by throwing Frankels back against the cage.
Frankels doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rocket Bob Frankels seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Frankels misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Napoleon tries to work over Frankels's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Frankels lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Frankels - that landed with a thud.
Frankels lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Frankels lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Napoleon backwards.
Napoleon lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Frankels lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Frankels creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Napoleon tries a body shot but Frankels blocks it.
Frankels softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Frankels lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Napoleon misses with a body punch.
Frankels lands a shoulder strike.
Frankels blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Frankels.
Napoleon misses with the head strike.
Napoleon prevents a body shot from Frankels.
Napoleon throws a punch but it's blocked by Frankels.
Napoleon can't find room to land a body shot as Frankels controls the action.
Napoleon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Frankels misses with a body punch.
Frankels lands with a left to the head.
Buster Napoleon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Napoleon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Napoleon scores with a shot to the side of Frankels's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Frankels misses with a hook from the clinch.
Napoleon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Napoleon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Napoleon prevents a body shot from Frankels.
Frankels lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Frankels swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Napoleon blocks an uppercut.
Frankels pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Frankels uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Napoleon.
Napoleon throws a head kick but Frankels moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Frankels! But no joy.
Frankels fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Napoleon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Napoleon throws a head kick but Frankels moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Frankels.
Napoleon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Napoleon takes one to the chin there.
Jeez, Buster Napoleon's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Frankels tries to close the distance and clinch but Napoleon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A clash of legs there as Frankels blocks the low kick.
Buster Napoleon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Frankels takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Napoleon takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Napoleon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Napoleon walks into a straight right hand from Frankels.
Rocket Bob Frankels seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Frankels lands a nice shot that snaps Napoleon's head back.
Napoleon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Frankels swings for the body but Napoleon moves out of range.
Napoleon misses with a kick to the body
and Frankels counters with a low kick, right behind Napoleon 's knee.
Jab by Frankels.
A jab lands there for Frankels.
Rocket Bob Frankels is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Oh Napoleon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Buster Napoleon's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rocket Bob Frankels!
After winning the bout, Rocket Bob Frankels thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Buster Napoleon spoke after the fight, saying 'Holy shit you hit hard. I will go do some neck exercises and come back to MACAW YOU!'.
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hype
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