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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John Locke (ranked 529 p4p, 78 weight class) and Hannibal Rose (ranked 1299 p4p, 181 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Locke might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to What Makes a Good Man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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183 lbs
19 - 5 - 0 |
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195 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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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
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Locke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hannibal Rose!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch but Locke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Locke takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rose throws a lazy head kick
and Locke connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rose connects with a leg kick. Locke looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Locke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rose throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Locke seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rose avoids the body shot from Locke.
Locke misses the jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rose! But no joy.
Rose swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It looked like Locke wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Locke moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rose misses with some punches.
Locke stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Rose scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hand to the body from Locke.
Rose looks winded!
Rose tries a body shot but Locke blocks it.
Locke is leaning against Rose and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Locke breaks from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rose throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Locke counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Locke, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rose throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Locke cracks Rose with a right hand to the side of the head.
Locke drives through and clinches with Rose against the cage.
Rose working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Locke.
Locke tries to work over Rose's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rose misses with a body punch.
Locke working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Locke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rose.
Rose struggles to land a body shot inside as Locke controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Locke.
Rose can't find room to land a body shot as Locke controls the action.
Locke lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Locke lands a hook that snaps the head of Rose backwards.
Rose scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rose misses with a short punch on the inside.
Locke lands an uppercut.
Rose misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Locke.
Locke breaks the clinch.
Locke connects with a right hand. Rose shakes it off.
It looks like Hannibal Rose has been cut.
Locke clinches up against the cage.
Locke lands with a short shot to the head.
Rose swings wildly with an uppercut but Locke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Locke works on Rose's body with a couple of short punches.
Locke manages to break the clinch.
Rose takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Locke lands with a nice body punch.
Locke lands a nice hook to Rose's body. Rose takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Locke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rose.
Rose chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Locke can pounce on him.
Rose tries to keep at a distance but Locke has taken the fight into the clinch.
Locke lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Locke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Locke scores with a shot to the side of Rose's head.
A left hand lands to the body for Locke.
A shot in the inside from Locke.
Locke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A body shot lands from Locke.
Locke pushes Rose back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Locke.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Locke.
Nice body punch from Locke - that landed with a thud.
Locke lands with a left to the head.
Rose is rocked!
Locke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rose is still on wobbly legs! Can Locke finish him?
A short right from Locke on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Locke lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rose or not.
Nice body punch from Locke.
Locke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rose seems to have recovered his senses.
Locke lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rose circles away quickly and effectively.
Ohhhhh! A huge head kick from Locke! Rose is out on his feet! Locke rushes in and throws more strikes. The ref is looking closely - Rose is covering up but the punishment is just too much and the ref steps in to stop the fight! Rose is staring into space, just thankful that the beatdown has ended. Brutal finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Locke!
Jumping up and down and very excited, John Locke waved his t-shirt featuring King of Clothes's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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