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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dock Ellis (ranked 2759 p4p, 318 weight class) and Magnus Burnside (ranked 4347 p4p, 483 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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241 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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250 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dock Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Burnside!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Burnside throws a hook but Ellis blocks it.
Burnside tries to keep at a distance but Ellis has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ellis tries a knee to the head but Burnside blocks it.
Burnside is trying to break the clinch but Ellis is controlling him.
Ellis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Burnside in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Burnside looks winded!
Ellis scores a nice knee to the body.
Ellis lands a hook that snaps the head of Burnside backwards.
Ellis landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ellis connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Magnus Burnside has been cut.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Burnside lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ellis lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ellis.
Ellis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ellis scores with a shot to the side of Burnside's head.
Ellis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A right hook to the body lands for Ellis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis lands a good knee to the midsection. Burnside won't want to take too many of those.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Burnside has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Burnside takes a knee right on the jaw!
Burnside is rocked!
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Burnside is still on wobbly legs! Can Ellis finish him?
Ellis lands a big knee to the head and Burnside goes down! Ellis pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dock Ellis!
During a confident post fight interview, Dock Ellis thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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