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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Travis Bickle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thom Epicosuarez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bickle comes into the arena with Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen blaring out of the sound system. This should be a great matchup!
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191 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Travis Bickle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thom Epicosuarez!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bickle throws a head kick that misses.
Bickle lands with a thumping leg kick.
Bickle fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Epicosuarez on the side of the head.
Bickle showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Epicosuarez.
Bickle tries to land a leg kick but Epicosuarez saw it coming and moves away.
Good work by Epicosuarez as he checks the leg kick.
Bickle walks into a left hand.
Bickle throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Epicosuarez stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bickle.
Bickle misses the jab.
Bickle throws a jab but it's blocked by Epicosuarez.
Epicosuarez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Bickle throws a quick inside leg kick.
Bickle will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Epicosuarez avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bickle throws a poor cross that misses
and Bickle takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bickle ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Bickle looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Epicosuarez throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bickle moves in looking to clinch but Epicosuarez pushes him off.
Bickle scores with a push kick.
Bickle throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bickle misses with a low kick.
Epicosuarez checks a leg kick.
Bickle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A clash of legs there as Epicosuarez blocks the low kick.
Bickle swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Epicosuarez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Epicosuarez looks to land a combination but Bickle avoids it well.
Bickle looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Bickle throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Epicosuarez throws a looping overhand right but Bickle ducks down to avoid it.
As Epicosuarez tries to get set, Bickle tries to push him back and clinch up but Epicosuarez manages to avoid the attempt.
Travis Bickle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bickle lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Epicosuarez misses with a body shot.
Epicosuarez tries to clinch up
and Bickle counters with a series of strikes. Epicosuarez will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bickle circles away from the clinch attempt
and Epicosuarez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Epicosuarez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bickle paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bickle slips under a jab from Epicosuarez.
Bickle connects with a single shot there.
Bickle lands a jab to Epicosuarez's midsection.
Bickle throws a low kick but Epicosuarez avoids it.
Bickle smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Bickle connects with a solid leg kick.
Bickle tries to clinch there but Epicosuarez circles away.
Epicosuarez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bickle misses with a low kick as Epicosuarez jumps back.
Epicosuarez is looking for the big counter here.
Bickle pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Epicosuarez throws an overhand right that lands on Bickle's shoulder, as Bickle tries to avoid the shot.
Bickle takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bickle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bickle fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Epicosuarez.
Epicosuarez moves out of range as Bickle throws a body kick.
Bickle throws a jab when Epicosuarez was well out of range.
Epicosuarez looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Bickle throws a leg kick but Epicosuarez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bickle throws an off balance right hand
and Epicosuarez counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bickle thinking.
Bickle cracks Epicosuarez with a good jab.
Bickle cracks Epicosuarez with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Bickle throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Epicosuarez crashing down! Epicosuarez tries to stagger back to his feet but Bickle just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Epicosuarez asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Travis Bickle!
Travis Bickle decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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