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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Issac Hampton (ranked 4830 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Gonzalez (ranked 6128 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ricardo Gonzalez was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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190 cm
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205 lbs
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190 cm
18
205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Issac Hampton! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Gonzalez! The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hampton throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Gonzalez looks like he wants to counter punch here. Hampton shoots in looking for a takedown. Gonzalez tries to sprawl out of it but Hampton keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Gonzalez manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Gonzalez looks like he wants to counter punch here. Hampton rushes Gonzalez and presses him up against the cage. Hampton blocks a body shot from Gonzalez. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Gonzalez swings wildly with an uppercut but Hampton uses good head movement to avoid it. Hampton takes a shot to the head. A right hook to the body lands for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hampton backwards. Hampton is trying to break free. Gonzalez cracks Hampton with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gonzalez lands a hook to the side of the head. A head punch blocked on the inside by Hampton. Gonzalez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Gonzalez misses with a hook from the clinch. Gonzalez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gonzalez misses with the head strike.
Gonzalez lands with a light punch inside. Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.
Gonzalez throws a punch but it's blocked by Hampton. Gonzalez tries to work over Hampton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Gonzalez misses with a short punch on the inside. Gonzalez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Hampton tries to break the clinch but Gonzalez is controlling the position. Gonzalez misses with a body punch.
Gonzalez prevents the takedown attempt.
Hampton taking a breather. Hampton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Issac Hampton. That's going to take a lot out of him. Gonzalez misses with some punches.
Gonzalez misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gonzalez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hampton backwards. Hampton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gonzalez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gonzalez lands a nice shot to the body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Gonzalez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gonzalez lands a nice uppercut. Hampton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gonzalez scores with a shot to the side of Hampton's head. Hampton is looking for a takedown. Gonzalez misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Gonzalez. A right hook to the body lands for Gonzalez.
Gonzalez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hampton backwards. Hampton blocks an uppercut.
Gonzalez keeps control of Hampton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Gonzalez working aggressively here.
Hampton has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gonzalez is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet. Gonzalez on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gonzalez is leaning against Hampton and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Hampton is breathing heavily. Gonzalez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hampton blocking some punches.
Gonzalez scores with a nice hook to the head. Gonzalez swings wildly with an uppercut but Hampton uses good head movement to avoid it. Hampton is trying to break free. Gonzalez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Gonzalez lands a hook that snaps the head of Hampton backwards. Gonzalez lands with a short shot to the head. Gonzalez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Gonzalez has a couple of punches blocked by Hampton.
Gonzalez has a couple of punches blocked by Hampton.
Hampton is trying to pull guard but Gonzalez turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch. Hampton blocking some punches.
Hampton has Gonzalez pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gonzalez manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Gonzalez pushes Hampton back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Gonzalez scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hampton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Gonzalez digs a right hand into Hampton's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hampton's gas tank. Hampton stalling against the cage.
Hampton blocks an uppercut.
Hampton is trying to break the clinch but Gonzalez is controlling him. Hampton tries to break free but Gonzalez pushes him back against the cage. Gonzalez lands with a light punch inside. Gonzalez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Gonzalez working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzalez. Gonzalez lands a right hand. Gonzalez lands a body punch in the clinch. Gonzalez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Gonzalez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Gonzalez lands a shoulder strike. Gonzalez working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Gonzalez dominated that round. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Gonzalez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Gonzalez looks to move away, Hampton throws a big counter combo but Gonzalez just gets out of the way. Gonzalez leaves Hampton with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Despite the aggression on Gonzalez's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter. Hampton lands a two punch combo.
Hampton gets a clinch. Hampton wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. A short body shot lands from Gonzalez as the two fighters clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Gonzalez is pressed up against the cage. Hampton has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gonzalez down to the mat. Gonzalez avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. Gonzalez blocks a head kick by Hampton.
Gonzalez lands a big right hand that sends Hampton crashing to the mat! Gonzalez stays standing though and waves Hampton back to his feet!
Hampton is rocked!
It looks like Issac Hampton has been cut. This has been an exciting period of action! Gonzalez misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Gonzalez flashes Hampton a smile before throwing a beast of a right hand, straight down the pipe. Hampton's eyes follow the hand right onto his nose, taking in it's full glory... and then darkness. Hampton crumples to the floor! He's out cold! Gonzalez punches the air and yells at the top of his lungs - yeeeeeeeeeeah!!!! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ricardo Gonzalez! Ricardo Gonzalez 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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