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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roosevelt Coleman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roberts comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Wild Boy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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260 lbs
21 - 11 - 1 |
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275 lbs
13 - 6 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Roosevelt Coleman!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ray Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts throws an off balance right hand
and Coleman makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Coleman staying out of range there.
Coleman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Coleman, right into the meat.
Coleman lands a really nice looking cross but Roberts seems unphased.
Coleman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Roberts scores with a nice strike.
Roberts misses with a hook.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up but Coleman swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roberts has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from Coleman.
Roberts throws a punch but it's blocked by Coleman.
Coleman tries to work over Roberts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've been informed that Roberts 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.
Roberts has a couple of punches blocked by Coleman.
Coleman blocks an uppercut.
Coleman blocks an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Coleman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roberts blocks a body shot from Coleman.
Roberts escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Coleman, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coleman slips a straight right by Roberts.
Roberts throws a jab when Coleman was well out of range.
Coleman appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Roberts swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roberts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Coleman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roberts manages to avoid it.
Coleman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roberts throws a hook but Coleman blocks it.
Coleman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Roberts.
Ray Roberts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coleman ducks under a wild hook from Roberts.
Roberts connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Roosevelt Coleman has been cut.
Coleman lands a body shot.
Coleman cracks Roberts with an open hand slap.
Coleman turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A jab from Coleman finds it's way through Roberts's defenses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Roberts is starting to get sloppy and is letting his hands down. Coleman just took advantage and landed a stinging jab. Oh! Now a right hook, right on the button! Roberts has gone limp and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Roosevelt Coleman!
Roosevelt Coleman retains his heavyweight title!
A victorious Roosevelt Coleman thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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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