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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adam Best (ranked 2077 p4p, 248 weight class) and Dock Ellis (ranked 2120 p4p, 254 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Dock Ellis enters the cage!
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265 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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241 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 Hilo, Adam Best!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dock Ellis!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Best misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Ellis counters with a right hand to the body.
Ellis fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Best.
Ellis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Best.
Adam Best seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ellis darts in and clinches Best up against the cage.
Ellis tries to land a knee to the head but Best blocks with his arms.
Best's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Best wants to take the fight to the mat but Ellis manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Best blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Best wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ellis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Best lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Best is breathing heavily.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Best's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ellis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ellis lands a nice knee to the body.
Ellis scores with a hook to the body.
Best has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Ellis landing knees to the body.
Ellis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis lands with a right to the head.
Ellis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Best in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ellis crunches a lovely knee into Best's ribcage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ellis.
A nice left hand lands by Ellis.
Best takes a knee right on the jaw!
Ellis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ellis using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Ellis connects with a nasty looking knee right to Best's face.
Ellis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Best backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees to the body from Ellis.
Ellis works on Best's body with a couple of short punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ellis.
Ellis crunches a lovely knee into Best's ribcage.
Still in the clinch, Ellis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ellis digs a right hand underneath Best's ribcage. Best let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Ellis landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis pushes Best back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ellis with a knee to the head.
Ellis working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ellis lands a knee to the body.
Ellis crunches a lovely knee into Best's ribcage.
Ellis lands an uppercut.
Ellis lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Ellis on the inside.
Ellis works on Best's body with a couple of short punches.
Ellis unloads a knee to the mid-section. Best lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ellis looking to throw knees to the head but Best is blocking nicely.
Ellis working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Best takes a knee to the side of the body.
Ellis scores a nice knee to the body.
Ellis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Best in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ellis scores with a knee to the head.
Best is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis has Best pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Best is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Ellis - that's hurt Best badly! Oh, another knee lands and Best is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Best doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). 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
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
74% |
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