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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Russell Westbrook (ranked 5777 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Sullivan (ranked 5907 p4p, 604 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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183 cm
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194 lbs
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179 cm
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200 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Russell Westbrook! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Sullivan! The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Eliza Hachem and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sullivan takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Westbrook chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Westbrook cracks the inside of Sullivan's front leg. Sullivan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Westbrook dodges the punch combination from Sullivan.
Sullivan throws a hook but Westbrook blocks it. An inside leg kick lands from Westbrook. Sullivan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Westbrook. Sloppy strikes from Sullivan. Those never looked like landing. Westbrook feints and then cracks Sullivan's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sullivan down. Westbrook throws a sloppy head kick and Sullivan moves out of range easily. Sullivan throws a low kick, looking for Westbrook's leg but Westbrook calmly moves out of range. It appears Westbrook was looking to counter with a kick there. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Nice body kick from Westbrook. Westbrook lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Westbrook throws a nice inside leg kick. Westbrook connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Westbrook throws a quick inside leg kick. Sullivan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Westbrook lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sullivan's sensitive parts. John Sullivan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round. Westbrook slips under a jab from Sullivan. Westbrook throws a leg kick which misses Sullivan's front leg but catches the back leg as Sullivan tries to avoid it. Sullivan tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Sullivan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Westbrook is able to avoid easily. Sullivan's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Westbrook fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Westbrook throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena. A chopping leg kick lands by Westbrook. Sullivan tries to bum rush Westbrook with a series of wild strikes but Westbrook uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Sullivan throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Westbrook tumbling to the canvas! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Sullivan keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Westbrook's head. Westbrook is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Sullivan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Westbrook is rocked! Sullivan arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Westbrook's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). John Sullivan!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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