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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mr Joker (ranked 3157 p4p, 437 weight class) and Sanford Fanning (ranked 2935 p4p, 407 weight class). Joker comes into the arena with The Jester of Genocide - Travis Scott blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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205 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
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216 lbs
22 - 14 - 0 |
Great wrestler
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 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mr Joker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Sanford Fanning!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joker lands with a right hand.
Fanning wants to land a leg kick but Joker is out of range.
Joker misses with a lunging right hand
and Fanning counters by clinching up.
Fanning gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Joker slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Joker wants to sweep but no luck.
Joker keeping moving, preventing Fanning from controlling successfully.
Joker 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.
Joker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fanning is one step ahead there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fanning postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joker tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fanning pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Joker is keeping the position for now.
Joker looking to hit a scissor sweep but Fanning is one step ahead there.
Joker manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fanning manages to get himself to full guard.
Fanning keeping moving, preventing Joker from controlling successfully.
Joker with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joker preventing the sweep.
Fanning trying to keep a closed guard but Joker is proving a slippery customer.
Joker advances to half guard.
Fanning is pressing down on Joker's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Fanning has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Joker can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Joker postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fanning is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Fanning trying to keep a closed guard but Joker is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joker is in close to Fanning's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Joker working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fanning preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Fanning looking for subs off his back but Joker has passed one foot through into half guard.
Fanning wants to control but Joker is keeping busy.
Joker working over Fanning with some ground and pound. Fanning looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Joker sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Fanning defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joker scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Joker throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Joker slips a nice elbow through Fanning's hands, connecting with Fanning's forehead.
Fanning has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Joker misses with a head shot. Fanning uses the momentum to regain guard.
Joker throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Joker postures up in Fanning's guard and throws a big left but Fanning blocks it.
Joker throws an elbow that misses. Fanning uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Joker's guard. Nice move by Fanning!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fanning won't allow Joker to sweep him here.
Fanning trying to control but Joker is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Joker dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Fanning is defended easily by Joker.
Joker scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Fanning takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Fanning avoids the body shot from Joker.
Joker scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fanning closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Joker's guard.
Fanning is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Joker looking for a guillotine here but Fanning defends easily.
Joker is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fanning can do to turn this around?
Joker is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fanning avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fanning wants to control from the top but Joker keeps moving.
Joker looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fanning wants to pass the guard but Joker is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fanning wants to control from the top but Joker keeps moving.
Joker is looking to sweep but instead, Fanning has passed into half guard.
Joker tries to roll over but Fanning keeps him under control.
Fanning throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Joker is looking for a sweep. Fanning is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mr Joker overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Joker works his way to full guard. Good work.
Fanning works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joker has a hand on Fanning's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Fanning takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Fanning punishing his opponent with strikes.
Joker is working to get back to half guard.
Fanning raining down hammerfists from mount.
It looks like Mr Joker has been cut.
Fanning scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fanning working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mr Joker's cut is getting worse.
Fanning postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Joker badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Fanning around the waist but Fanning pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Fanning is the winner by TKO! Fanning jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sanford Fanning!
Our winner, Sanford Fanning, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Mr Joker was interviewed post fight and said 'HahaHAAhaaHha haHAhahaHA haha ha Hahaaha ha ha... haHa.. HA!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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