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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Russell Lynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elie Sounamana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lynn comes to the cage accompanied by Ready, Set, Go - By: Killer Mike. Russell Lynn is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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180 cm
33
203 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
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188 cm
21
195 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Lynn! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Elie Sounamana! The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lynn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sounamana. We've been told by Lynn's head coaches at LOD: Scrap Squad that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Sounamana pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lynn attempts a counter takedown but Sounamana avoids it well and moves away. Sounamana looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sounamana jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Lynn ducks under a wild hook from Sounamana. Sounamana scores with a nice strike. Sounamana throws a head kick that misses. Sounamana looks to land a combination but Lynn avoids it well. Sounamana has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Lynn is landing a low percentage of strikes. Lynn scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. A jab from Lynn misses. Lynn misses with a hook. Sounamana ducked under it nicely. Sounamana missing with a left hand there. Lynn was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. A head kick misses from Sounamana. Sounamana throws a low kick but Lynn avoids it. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Lynn throws a jab but it's blocked by Sounamana. Lynn throws out a loose jab but Sounamana uses good head movement to avoid it. Sounamana let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Lynn throws a sloppy body shot
and Sounamana counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Sounamana moves away from the strike by Lynn. The fighters circling - Sounamana throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Russell Lynn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Lynn getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Lynn is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Sounamana's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lynn throws an overhand right that lands on Sounamana's shoulder, as Sounamana tries to avoid the shot. Lynn throws a shot from downtown. Sounamana moves away and avoids it. Lynn avoids the body shot from Sounamana.
Sounamana misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lynn looking to score a takedown here. Sounamana is defending well but Lynn drives through and ends up in Sounamana's guard. Lynn passes easily into side control. Nice work. Sounamana tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Lynn presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount! Lynn working the ground and pound effectively.
Sounamana taking shots to the head. Lynn sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lynn lands a big shot there that rocks Sounamana but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
This has been an exciting period of action! BOOM! Lynn connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Lynn landing strikes from the mount. Lynn breaks from Sounamana's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sounamana is rocked! Lynn controlling his opponent. Sounamana is still in real trouble! Can Lynn finish him? Sounamana really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sounamana seems to have recovered his senses. The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Lynn cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lynn drops a big elbow. That's hurt Sounamana! More shots from Lynn and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Russell Lynn! Russell Lynn decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
57% |
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