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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Brand (ranked 2478 p4p, 262 weight class) and Franck Kodjia (ranked 2416 p4p, 257 weight class). Daniel Brand looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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270 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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195 cm
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275 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Daniel Brand!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Franck Kodjia!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kodjia scores with a hook.
Kodjia tests Brand's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice defenses there by Kodjia.
Brand misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kodjia.
Brand connects with a nice looking jab.
Kodjia moves away from the strike by Brand.
Daniel Brand seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brand avoids the head kick by Kodjia.
Brand misses with a body shot.
Donk. Brand catches Kodjia right on the button with a cross.
Brand paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Brand throws a shot from downtown. Kodjia moves away and avoids it.
Kodjia throws a fast counter high kick but Brand manages to duck under it in time.
Brand scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Kodjia tries a head kick but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kodjia ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice side step and Kodjia releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brand looks to land a left hand but Kodjia moved out of range nicely.
Brand jabs Kodjia to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Kodjia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brand throws out the jab.
Brand misses with a double jab
and Kodjia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brand blocks a head kick by Kodjia.
Brand misses with a body shot.
Brand works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brand throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Brand is breathing heavily.
A jab from Brand misses.
Kodjia scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kodjia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brand takes a jab right on the kisser.
It looks like Daniel Brand has been cut.
Kodjia with a jab.
Kodjia has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kodjia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brand throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Kodjia counters with a left to the body.
Kodjia throws a sloppy head kick and Brand moves out of range easily.
Brand appears to be looking for a big counter.
Brand throws the left hand but Kodjia avoids the punch easily.
Kodjia drops Brand with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Brand looks back up at him and smiles so Kodjia waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Brand takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The fighters circle, before Kodjia throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Brand's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Kodjia lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Franck Kodjia!
After the fight, Franck Kodjia 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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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
57% |
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