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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ronnie Hepple (ranked 27 p4p, 4 weight class) and Chris Steve (ranked 91 p4p, 18 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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187 lbs
14 - 1 - 0 |
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181 lbs
21 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ronnie Hepple!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Steve!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hepple lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Steve loads up on a big right hand but Hepple slips the punch.
Hepple throws a lazy right hand but Steve sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hepple feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steve's calf.
Hepple keeps the fight on the outside.
Hepple looks to throw the jab but Steve is out of range.
Steve cracks Hepple with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Hepple throws the left hand but Steve avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Hepple misses.
Hepple misses with a hook.
Hepple looks to land a combination but Steve avoids it well.
Steve tries to clinch but Hepple moves out of range.
Steve misses with a lunging right hand
and Steve takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steve doesn't manage to clinch there - Hepple circles away.
Steve takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Steve scores with a jab to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hepple throws an overhand right that lands on Steve's shoulder, as Steve tries to avoid the shot.
Steve fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Hepple looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Steve moves into range and clinches up with Hepple.
Hepple misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve blocking some punches.
Hepple has a couple of punches blocked by Steve.
Steve misses with some punches.
Hepple scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Steve.
Hepple misses with some punches.
Hepple blocks an uppercut.
Steve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steve.
Steve misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right from Steve on the inside.
I was talking to Hepple's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steve.
Hepple prevents a body shot from Steve.
Hepple fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Steve.
Steve cracks Hepple with a nice body shot.
Hepple is breathing heavily.
Steve misses with the head strike.
Steve lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Steve lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hepple.
Steve lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hepple scores with a shot to the side of Steve's head.
Steve lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hepple swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hepple misses with the head strike.
Hepple misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, Hepple scores with a nice short uppercut.
Steve gets through Hepple's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hepple working aggressively here.
Steve tries to work over Hepple's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hepple lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Steve.
Hepple throws a head punch that misses.
Steve blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hepple.
Hepple lands a right hand that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Hepple misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hepple.
Steve misses with a punch to the body.
Steve lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hepple backwards.
Hepple working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Steve blocks an uppercut.
Steve lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Steve misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steve lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steve fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Hepple fails to land.
Hepple fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steve tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steve lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hepple misses with some punches.
Hepple swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Steve.
Steve has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Hepple seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Steve can turn it around.
Steve has a couple of punches blocked by Hepple.
Steve pushes Hepple back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hepple misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steve misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Steve.
Hepple tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Steve digs a right hand into Hepple's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hepple's gas tank.
Steve throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hepples head.
Hepple goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hepple throws a punch but it's blocked by Steve.
Hepple blocks a body shot from Steve.
Steve pushes Hepple back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Steve lands with a short shot to the head.
Hepple is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Steve fails to land.
Oh Hepple is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hepple.
Hepple blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Steve.
Steve tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Steve lands a body punch.
Steve lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Steve dips a shoulder and cracks Hepple with a mighty uppercut! Hepple falls back against the cage and Steve unloads with a barrage of strikes! Hepple is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Steve screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Steve!
Chris Steve is the new welterweight champion!
Chris Steve bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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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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