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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Meridius (ranked 1978 p4p, 273 weight class) and Jack King (ranked 3975 p4p, 476 weight class). Jack King told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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218 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maximus Meridius!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack King!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King with a poor takedown
and Meridius counters with a straight right hand.
King gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Meridius counters with a left to the body.
Meridius smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from King.
Meridius 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.
Maximus Meridius has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack King.
King takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Meridius throws a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meridius lands a really nice looking cross but King seems unphased.
King takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice cross by Meridius.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meridius scores with a shot to the body.
King misses with a takedown attempt
and Meridius counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Meridius lands a big uppercut and King crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but King looks OK. Meridius waves King back to his feet!
King is rocked!
King misses with a takedown attempt
and Meridius counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
King is still on wobbly legs! Can Meridius finish him?
King looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King has his takedown stuffed
and Meridius counters with a big right hand! Oh King is in trouble here! Meridius follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maximus Meridius!
Our winner, Maximus Meridius, 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.
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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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