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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Christos Eskenpopoludopulos (ranked 2687 p4p, 338 weight class) and Zedidiah Goldberg (ranked 1096 p4p, 143 weight class). Goldberg has chosen A Warrior's Call as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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190 cm
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195 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm
21
203 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Christos Eskenpopoludopulos! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zedidiah Goldberg! The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Bruno Hogan and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Goldberg lands a jab to the nose. Goldberg scores with a jab to the body. A punch combination from Goldberg misses. It looked like Eskenpopoludopulos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Good shot there by Goldberg. Goldberg tries to bum rush Eskenpopoludopulos with a series of wild strikes but Eskenpopoludopulos uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Goldberg swinging wildly here.
Eskenpopoludopulos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Goldberg, pushing him back against the cage. Eskenpopoludopulos misses with a hook from the clinch. Goldberg breaks from the clinch.
Goldberg lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Eskenpopoludopulos circles away quickly and effectively. Goldberg lands a leg kick that knocks Eskenpopoludopulos off balance momentarily. Eskenpopoludopulos defending well as Goldberg loads up on a big left hand. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Goldberg connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Eskenpopoludopulos is rocked! Eskenpopoludopulos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Goldberg swats him away and circles back towards the center. Oh Eskenpopoludopulos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! OH! Eskenpopoludopulos has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Goldberg smells blood and charges in for the finish! Goldberg unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Eskenpopoludopulos sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Zedidiah Goldberg! Zedidiah Goldberg decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
92% |
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