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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Romeu Sokoudju (ranked 3480 p4p, 378 weight class) and Hatfield McCoy (ranked 3305 p4p, 0 weight class). McCoy has chosen Dueling Banjos as his entrance music. Romeu Sokoudju has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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187 cm
25
158 lbs
5 - 4 - 0 |
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175 cm
27
161 lbs
6 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Romeu Sokoudju! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Hatfield McCoy! The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sokoudju dives in and grabs McCoy's left leg, looking for a takedown. McCoy pushes down on Sokoudju's head and hops out. McCoy drives through with a takedown into Sokoudju's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. McCoy stays in close to Sokoudju's body and controls the position. McCoy with a nice head shot there. Sokoudju will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Sokoudju has momentary wrist control but McCoy slips an elbow through the middle. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. McCoy won't allow Sokoudju to sweep him here. McCoy pushing down on Sokoudju's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. McCoy is nestled in close to Sokoudju, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. McCoy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. McCoy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's one minute gone in the round. McCoy not doing much here.
McCoy looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
McCoy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sokoudju with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. McCoy takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's two minutes gone in the round. McCoy controlling the action here. McCoy landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. McCoy stalling. McCoy scoring with strikes to the body and head. McCoy controlling the action here. Sokoudju taking some punishment here, with McCoy in his half guard.
Sokoudju is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round. McCoy is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sokoudju defends it well. Oh Sokoudju is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Sokoudju is in trouble now - McCoy has advanced to mount! McCoy with good strikes from the mount here! McCoy cracks Sokoudju with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hatfield McCoy! Hatfield McCoy seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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
36% |
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