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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between TheDragon Reborn (ranked 3842 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Faldo (ranked 3998 p4p, 0 weight class). Faldo has chosen Paparazzi Pone - Man Down as his entrance music. Reborn is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
12 - 16 - 0 |
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199 lbs
29 - 18 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent MT
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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
12 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, TheDragon Reborn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nick Faldo!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faldo with a hook.
Reborn is breathing heavily.
Reborn doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Faldo throws a front kick that sends Reborn stumbling back into the cage.
Faldo scoring well with a low kick there.
Reborn has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Faldo is looking to slow Reborn down with leg kicks.
An inside leg kick lands from Faldo.
Faldo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Reborn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Faldo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Faldo scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Reborn uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Faldo.
It looked like Reborn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Faldo misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reborn takes one to the chin there.
Faldo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Reborn.
Reborn takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Faldo throws a shot from downtown. Reborn moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Reborn misses the target.
Faldo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Reborn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Faldo scores with a sloppy right hand. Reborn should have avoided that one.
A punch lands to the side of Reborn 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Reborn is rocked!
Nice defenses there by Reborn.
Faldo connects with a leg kick. Reborn looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faldo lands a big right hand that sends Reborn crashing to the mat! Faldo stays standing though and waves Reborn back to his feet!
Oh Reborn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Faldo lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Reborn up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Faldo from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Reborn's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nick Faldo!
After the fight, Nick Faldo was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
TheDragon Reborn was interviewed post fight and said 'I can do better'.
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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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