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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marc Spector (ranked 173 p4p, 20 weight class) and Garrick Head (ranked 846 p4p, 92 weight class). Garrick Head is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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166 cm
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143 lbs
22 - 7 - 0 |
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157 cm
33
154 lbs
19 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
22 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marc Spector! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Garrick Head! The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Patrick Alders and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Spector slips a jab from Head. Spector cracks Head with an open hand slap. Good standup being displayed there by Spector as he connects with a hook. Head shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Head connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Head misses with a looping left. Spector misses with a hook to the body
and Head counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Spector keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Head. Spector thows a body kick. Head tries to catch it but that hurt him. Spector cracks Head with an open hand slap. Spector lands with a right hand. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Spector connects with a looping right hand.
Head walks into a straight right hand from Spector. Spector bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Head's head backwards. Spector blocks a jab. Spector thows a left - swing and a miss! Spector with a jab. Spector bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Head's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Spector lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Spector goes for a high kick. It partially lands. Head connects with a single shot there. Head looks to land a right hand but Spector moved out of range. Spector throws a nice outside leg kick. A telegraphed right hand from Spector misses the target. Head throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Spector sees it coming and avoids it easily. Spector misses with an uppercut
and Head cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Spector lands a front kick. A big left from Head misses. The fighters circling - Head throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Spector with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Spector throws a shot from downtown. Head moves away and avoids it. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Spector scores with a kick to the body.
Spector is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. Spector uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Head.
The fighters circling - Spector throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Head looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Spector throws a predictable looking body shot
and Head counters with a nice body shot. Spector thows a left - swing and a miss! Spector misses with a hook. Head ducked under it nicely. Spector connects with a body shot that sends Head's belly button to the back. Spector cracks Head with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Nice straight punches there by Spector. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Spector. Head has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Spector. Spector swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Head connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Head looks to throw the jab but Spector is out of range. Spector throws a body shot but no joy. Spector swings for the body but Head moves out of range.
Head bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Head with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Spector to score with a decent uppercut. Spector lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Head connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Head fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spector manages to avoid it. Head throws a jab when Spector was well out of range. It appears Spector was looking to counter with a kick there.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Spector fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Head manages to avoid it. Spector lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Spector takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Spector loads up on a big right hand but Head slips the punch. Spector misses with a wild combination.
Spector throws a half hearted mid kick. Head looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Head might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable. Head tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Spector with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Head keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Head misses the jab. A good leg kick by Spector. Head jabbing away but nothing is landing. Spector is looking to score with low kicks. A clash of legs there as Head blocks the low kick. Head swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Oooooh!!! Head has knocked Spector down with a huge combo! Head steps away and waves a wobbly Spector back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Marc Spector has been cut. Spector is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round. 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! Head lands with a straight right. Spector didn't see that one coming.
Spector is rocked! Head misses with a looping right. Spector walks into a straight right hand from Head. Oh Spector is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Head circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Spector to the canvas! Spector doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Head keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Garrick Head! Garrick Head is the new featherweight champion! A very excited looking Garrick Head made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. The defeated Marc Spector had this to say: 'Singh is a beast. I am a huge fan'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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