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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zedidiah Goldberg (ranked 3988 p4p, 431 weight class) and Russell Westbrook (ranked 4571 p4p, 470 weight class). Goldberg kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is A Warrior's Call. Russell Westbrook is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zedidiah Goldberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Russell Westbrook!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Ben Hemmingworth and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Westbrook is looking to clinch but Goldberg is avoiding it.
Westbrook wants to clinch but Goldberg slips to the side
letting Goldberg counter with a right hand.
Westbrook tries to clinch up but Goldberg circles away and keeps his distance.
Westbrook connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Goldberg with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Goldberg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Westbrook working aggressively here.
Goldberg wants to get back to striking at distance but Westbrook won't allow it.
Westbrook scores with a shot to the side of Goldberg's head.
Goldberg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Westbrook.
A shot in the inside from Westbrook.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Westbrook creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Westbrook lands a nice uppercut.
Westbrook misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goldberg lands an elbow just above Westbrook 's eye.
Westbrook has a couple of punches blocked by Goldberg.
Westbrook working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldberg misses with a punch to the body.
Westbrook lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Goldberg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Westbrook swings wildly with an uppercut but Goldberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Goldberg.
Westbrook told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Goldberg tries to break the clinch but Westbrook is controlling the position.
Westbrook prevents a body shot from Goldberg.
Goldberg tries to land knees in the clinch but Westbrook avoids the damage to the body.
Goldberg softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Goldberg lands a body shot in the clinch.
Goldberg can't find room to land a body shot as Westbrook controls the action.
Goldberg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Goldberg wants to get back to striking at distance but Westbrook won't allow it.
Westbrook throws a head punch that misses.
Goldberg lands a hook to the side of the head.
Goldberg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Goldberg tries to work over Westbrook's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Westbrook struggles to land a body shot inside as Goldberg controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook struggles to land a body shot inside as Goldberg controls his hands.
Westbrook doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Westbrook prevents a body shot from Goldberg.
Westbrook misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Westbrook can't find room to land a body shot as Goldberg controls the action.
Goldberg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short left from Westbrook.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Goldberg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goldberg wants to get back to striking at distance but Westbrook won't allow it.
Westbrook swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Westbrook throws a punch but it's blocked by Goldberg.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Goldberg.
Westbrook swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Goldberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Goldberg takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Westbrook wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Westbrook throws a jab but it's blocked by Goldberg.
As Westbrook backs away, Goldberg returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
No joy there for Goldberg, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Westbrook has closed the distance and engaged Goldberg in a clinch.
Goldberg tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Westbrook's elbow.
Goldberg scores with a shoulder strike.
Westbrook tries a body shot but Goldberg blocks it.
Goldberg lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Goldberg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Westbrook working aggressively here.
Goldberg goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Westbrook scores with a shoulder strike.
Westbrook misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Goldberg.
Westbrook misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Westbrook fails to land.
Westbrook doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Westbrook blocks a body shot from Goldberg.
Goldberg is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Westbrook is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goldberg misses with a body punch.
Westbrook swings wildly with an uppercut but Goldberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Westbrook pushes Goldberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Westbrook goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Westbrook stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Westbrook.
Westbrook tries to work over Goldberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Westbrook blocks an uppercut.
Westbrook scores with a nice hook to the head.
Westbrook working aggressively here.
Goldberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Goldberg throws a series of punches but Westbrook moves out of range.
Westbrook gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Goldberg.
Goldberg lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Westbrook takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Goldberg fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Westbrook square on the jaw! Damn, Westbrook is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Zedidiah Goldberg!
Zedidiah Goldberg really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Knockdown Clothes logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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hype
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