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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rogan Braga (ranked 1831 p4p, 248 weight class) and Abraham Durden (ranked 1296 p4p, 172 weight class). Braga comes to the cage accompanied by Happy. Durden has chosen Pixies - Where is my Mind as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Abraham Durden has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Excellent MT
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Rogan Braga!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham Durden!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durden misses with a looping right.
Durden connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Braga staying out of range there.
Braga was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Braga uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Durden.
Durden throws a right hand that misses
and Braga counters with a nice leg kick.
Durden sizes up Braga with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Durden throws a hook but Braga avoids it easily.
Durden misses with a right hand
and Braga counters with a big head kick but Durden shrugs it off.
Durden paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Braga throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Braga moves away from the strike by Durden.
A jab from Durden misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Braga thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Durden if he has to take too many more of those.
Braga throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Braga staying out of range there.
Durden throws a right hand that misses
and Braga makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Durden really felt that one!
A swing and a miss from Durden.
As Durden backs away, Braga returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Braga scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Durden doesn't seem bothered though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Durden. That did some damage!
Abraham Durden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Durden misses with an uppercut. Braga saw that one coming.
Durden swings widly with a right hand
and Braga counters with a nice leg kick.
Durden throws a lazy right hand but Braga sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Braga appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Braga pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Braga blocks a jab.
Braga cracks a nice hook into Durden's ribs.
Braga slips a jab from Durden.
Durden takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Durden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braga.
Braga gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Durden thows a left - swing and a miss!
Braga throws a quick counter head kick but Durden was just out of range.
Durden misses with a hook.
Durden loads up on a big right hand but Braga slips the punch.
Braga throws a body shot but no joy.
Braga bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Braga appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Braga half committed to a counter leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braga throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Braga blocks a jab.
Durden throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Braga sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Braga appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Durden avoids the head kick by Braga.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Durden! But no joy.
Durden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Braga throws a big counter combination but Durden scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Braga is looking to wear down Durden with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Braga slips a jab from Durden.
Braga throws a big counter combination but Durden scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Braga throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Braga ducks under a wild hook from Durden.
Braga throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Braga blocks a jab.
Braga looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Durden feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Bragas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Braga is rocked!
Durden circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Braga tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Durden wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Abraham Durden!
Abraham Durden was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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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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