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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Earl Jeffries (ranked 1279 p4p, 181 weight class) and Jimmy Cathaway (ranked 866 p4p, 120 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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20 - 11 - 0 |
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195 lbs
25 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Good kicks
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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
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Earl Jeffries !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jimmy Cathaway!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cathaway swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cathaway has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Jeffries is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Cathaway tests Jeffries 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cathaway does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Cathaway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jeffries manages to avoid it.
Cathaway throws the left hand but Jeffries avoids the punch easily.
Cathaway throws an off balance right hand
and Jeffries counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Jimmy Cathaway has been cut.
Jeffries slips under a jab.
Jeffries throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jeffries gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cathaway prevents a body shot from Jeffries .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jeffries comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jeffries .
Cathaway has Jeffries pressed against the cage.
Jeffries 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.
Cathaway breaks the clinch.
Jeffries cracks Cathaway with a good jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cathaway getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cathaway misses with a hook to the body
and Jeffries connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That has opened up Jimmy Cathaway's cut even more.
Cathaway tried to score with a low kick but Jeffries checks it.
Cathaway misses with an uppercut.
Cathaway connects with a crisp jab.
Cathaway motions for Jeffries to come forward. Cathaway throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cathaway on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Jeffries lands with a good body shot.
Cathaway attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cathaway throws out a loose jab but Jeffries uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jeffries jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cathaway swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A leg kick checked by Jeffries .
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cathaway moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jeffries ducks under a wild hook from Cathaway.
Jeffries darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The cut above Jimmy Cathaway's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Cathaway takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Jeffries throws a good cross that connects.
A big left from Cathaway misses.
Jeffries slips under a jab from Cathaway.
Jeffries seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Jeffries cracks Cathaway with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Jeffries has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Cathaway to stand back up!
Cathaway is rocked!
Jeffries throws a pinpoint strike between Cathaway's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Cathaway crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Jeffries scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Earl Jeffries !
A very excited looking Earl Jeffries made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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