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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Julian Gniewek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Franklin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Franklin has chosen Tron Cat- Tyler, The Creator as his entrance music. Julian Gniewek has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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155 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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170 cm
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145 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Julian Gniewek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Franklin!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Viktor Lagutenko and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Franklin throws a body shot but no joy.
Gniewek cracks Franklin with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Julian Gniewek seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gniewek throws out a loose jab but Franklin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gniewek darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Franklin.
Franklin tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gniewek swivels and escapes.
Gniewek tries to counter by clinching up but Franklin breaks away and moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Franklin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Gniewek counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gniewek throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Franklin on the side of the head.
Franklin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gniewek scores with a nice right hand.
Franklin is rocked!
Gniewek is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Franklin scores with a jab.
Franklin is still on wobbly legs! Can Gniewek finish him?
Gniewek drops Franklin with a big left hand! Franklin is injured, injured bad! Gniewek jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julian Gniewek!
After winning the bout, Julian Gniewek thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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