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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Akeen Coker (ranked 3499 p4p, 399 weight class) and Balder Bull (ranked 2058 p4p, 262 weight class). Akeen Coker could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Balder Bull's chin.
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181 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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185 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akeen Coker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Balder Bull!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coker throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Bull fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bull tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Coker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bull clinches with his opponent.
Bull tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Coker's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Bull misses with a punch to the body.
Bull cracks Coker with a nice body shot.
Bull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bull lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Coker or not.
Coker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bull uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bull misses with some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Coker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bull struggles to land a body shot inside as Coker controls his hands.
Coker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bull tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Coker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bull tries a body shot but Coker blocks it.
Bull scores with a shot to the side of Coker's head.
Coker scores with a shot to the side of Bull's head.
Coker working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bull fails to land.
Coker softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Coker lands a hook that snaps the head of Bull backwards.
Bull tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bull lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Coker or not.
Bull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Coker tries to work over Bull's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coker blocking some punches.
Bull lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bull works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Coker is breathing heavily.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bull.
Bull lands an uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Bull.
Nice body punch from Bull.
Bull throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bull lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Coker or not.
Still in the clinch, Bull scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bull misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bull lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bull digs a right hand into Coker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Coker's gas tank.
Bull softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bull working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Bull is leaning against Coker and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bull gets through Coker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bull lands a right hand that snaps the head of Coker backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bull.
Bull working aggressively here.
Bull scores with a nice hook to the head.
Bull misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bull misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bull takes a shot to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Bull.
A short right from Coker on the inside.
A short right from Bull.
Bull misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Bull scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bull blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bull tries to throw a body punch but Coker avoids it by throwing Bull back against the cage.
Bull blocks an uppercut.
Bull misses with a body punch.
Coker breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bull tries to clinch there but Coker circles away.
Coker looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Balder Bull dominated that round.
That's time! Coker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bull tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bull tries to close the distance and clinch up but Coker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bull tries to clinch but Coker moves out of range.
Coker is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Coker throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Coker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bull tries to close the distance and clinch but Coker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That kick from Coker tenderised Bull's leg. Bull is trying to keep his angry face on.
Coker throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Bull on the side of the head.
Bull gets a clinch.
Coker prevents a body shot from Bull.
Coker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bull prevents a body shot from Coker.
Coker tries a body shot but Bull blocks it.
Bull has a couple of punches blocked by Coker.
A hook to the body from Bull.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Coker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Bull's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Coker fails to land.
Bull gets through Coker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bull is working Coker over against the cage.
Coker swings wildly with an uppercut but Bull uses good head movement to avoid it.
Coker misses with some punches.
Coker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bull tries a body shot but Coker blocks it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bull creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Coker misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bull.
Coker blocks a body shot from Bull.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bull.
Bull lands a hook that snaps the head of Coker backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Coker.
Bull lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Coker backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Coker.
Bull blocks an uppercut.
Coker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bull throws a head punch that misses.
Bull working aggressively here.
Bull lands an uppercut.
Bull working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Coker.
Bull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bull stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bull lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Bull lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bull lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Bull as the two fighters clinch.
Bull lands a shot to the body.
Bull lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Coker backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Bull.
Coker takes a shot to the head.
Coker is rocked!
Coker blocks an uppercut.
Oh Coker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bull misses with some punches.
Bull misses with some punches.
Bull misses with a punch on the inside.
Bull throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Bull fails to land.
Bull fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Coker.
Bull misses with a short punch on the inside.
Coker seems to have got his legs back now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bull.
Coker working aggressively here.
Bull blocking some punches.
Good body shot from Bull.
Bull lands a nice shot to the body.
Bull lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Coker to his knees! Bull keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Balder Bull!
After the fight, Balder Bull was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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