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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Emanuel Thornton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Cormier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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201 cm
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177 lbs
1 - 6 - 0 |
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178 cm
22
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Emanuel Thornton! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anthony Cormier! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Thornton takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Cormier loads up on a big right hand but Thornton slips the punch. Thornton is looking for a counter combo. Cormier misses with a combination
and Thornton counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Thornton really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. A jab from Cormier finds it's way through Thornton's defenses. Cormier drives through and clinches with Thornton against the cage.
Cormier prevents Thornton from breaking the clinch. Thornton wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cormier has him pressed against the cage. Thornton is trying to break the clinch but Cormier is controlling him. Thornton is trying to break the clinch but Cormier has him pressed against the cage. Thornton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round. Cormier has taken the fight to the clinch.
Thornton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Cormier moves into the clinch. Thornton breaks from the clinch.
A right-left combo lands from Cormier.
It looks like Emanuel Thornton has been cut. Cormier throws a series of strikes that have Thornton backpedaling.
Thornton is rocked! Cormier is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Thornton hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Anthony Cormier!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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