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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Show Gunn (ranked 5580 p4p, 694 weight class) and Odell Mason (ranked 4825 p4p, 616 weight class). Mason has chosen Koolwhip as his entrance music. Odell Mason has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 cm
25
220 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
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189 cm
25
205 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Show Gunn! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Odell Mason! The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Daniel Franklin and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gunn delivers a nice body kick. Gunn lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mason waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gunn. Mason takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mason throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Mason gets in close and instigates a clinch. Gunn manages to break the clinch.
Mason has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Some wild striking there from Gunn.
Gunn drops his hands momentarily and Mason takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Gunn throws out a leg kick but Mason moves out of range and Gunn only half commits. Gunn looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Gunn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Mason. Gunn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mason swings widly with a right hand
and Gunn counters with a leg kick. Gunn is looking to slow Mason down with leg kicks. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Mason misses with an uppercut. Gunn saw that one coming. A jab from Mason misses. Mason swings away with a leg kick that misses. Gunn turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gunn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Gunn lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Gunn on the wrong end of a nice hook. Mason throws a jab but it's blocked by Gunn. Mason connects with a good right hand that stumbles Gunn. Gunn circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Gunn cracks a nice hook into Mason's ribs. Mason jabs Gunn to the body, keeping him at a distance. Mason lands a right hook to the body.
Mason smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Mason fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mason avoids the body shot from Gunn.
It seemed like Mason was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Mason fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gunn, pushing him back against the cage. Gunn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mason swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Gunn blocks an uppercut.
Gunn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A swing and a miss from Mason.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The fight stays on the outside here - Mason looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Gunn ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mason moves away. Show Gunn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Gunn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Mason takes a swing at Gunn's ribcage but misses. Gunn throws a jab but it's blocked by Mason. Gunn blocks a jab. Gunn loads up on a big right hand but Mason slips the punch. Gunn keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mason. Gunn lands a body shot.
Gunn throws a leg kick letting Mason counter with a right hand. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gunn.
Mason is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gunn. Mason uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gunn. Mason lands a lovely overhand right. Gunn misses with a double jab.
Mason connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gunn misses with a shot to the body and Mason counters with a stiff right hand. Gunn jabbing away but nothing is landing. Mason looks to throw the jab but Gunn is out of range. Gunn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mason.
Mason throws a lazy right hand but Gunn sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Mason tries to clinch up but Gunn circles away and keeps his distance. Gunn connects with a leg kick. Mason looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Jab from Gunn. Mason stuns Gunn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Mason will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Mason has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gunn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gunn misses with a wild body shot. Gunn misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mason looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. A jab lands there for Mason. Gunn throws a low kick but Mason moves out of range easily. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Mason misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gunn.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gunn misses with a straight right. A big left from Mason misses. Mason misses with a body shot.
Mason is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Gunn had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté. Gunn ducks under a wild hook from Mason. Mason throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gunn sees it coming and avoids it easily. Gunn is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Gunn throws a jab but it's blocked by Mason. Mason misses with a left hand and Gunn counters with a nice low kick that buckles Mason's knee momentarily. Mason on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gunn lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Gunn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mason in his tracks.
It looks like Odell Mason has been cut. Gunn staying out of range there. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Mason does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Gunn lands a left and a right that send Mason crashing to the mat, dazed. Gunn thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Mason is rocked! Mason looks winded! Gunn throws an overhand right that has Mason reeling! Gunn follows up with more punches and Mason is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Show Gunn!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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