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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edward Blake (ranked 1254 p4p, 168 weight class) and Mako Akumba (ranked 1436 p4p, 189 weight class). Blake comes to the cage accompanied by Cry of the Blackbirds. Mako Akumba acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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206 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
28 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edward Blake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mako Akumba!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akumba tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Akumba clinches up with Blake and pushes him back against the cage.
Blake avoids a wild elbow strike from Akumba.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blake.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blake.
It looks like Mako Akumba has been cut.
Blake blocking some punches.
Blake pushes off an throws an elbow but Akumba leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Akumba works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Akumba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Akumba lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Edward Blake has been cut.
Blake throws an elbow that misses.
Akumba tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Blake's elbow.
Akumba scores with a shoulder strike.
Blake looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Akumba gets through Blake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Blake softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Akumba escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Akumba missing with a left hand there. Blake was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blake throwing a counter right hand but Akumba manages to avoid it.
Blake paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Akumba tries to clinch up.
Blake misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Akumba.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akumba on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Blake. Blake obviously looking to wear him down.
Akumba tests Blake's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Blake throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Akumba throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Blake counter with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Akumba.
Blake seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Blake stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Akumba.
Akumba has closed the distance and engaged Blake in a clinch.
Akumba looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Akumba breaks from the clinch.
Nice body kick there by Blake.
Blake really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Akumba scores with a hook to the body. Blake takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Blake takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blake connects with a body shot.
Akumba throws a shot from downtown. Blake moves away and avoids it.
Blake uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Akumba.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akumba throws a body punch but Blake moves out of range.
Blake looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Mako Akumba seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Akumba misses with a hook.
Akumba lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Akumba scores with a crisp jab that stopped Blake in his tracks.
Akumba is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Blake blocks the low kick.
It looked like Blake was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Akumba.
Akumba lands a nice looking body shot.
Akumba jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Akumba misses with a hook.
It looked like Blake was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Akumba keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Akumba lands a nice shot to the body.
Blake takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Akumba lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Blake circles away quickly and effectively.
A little feinted left hand from Blake on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akumba lands an overhand right.
Blake scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Blake takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Akumba misses with a left hand
and Blake counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab, jab by Akumba - just one landing.
Akumba misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blake.
Blake ducks under a wild hook from Akumba.
Blake blocks a head kick by Akumba.
Akumba misses with a kick to the body.
Akumba lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Akumba throws a leg kick
and Blake connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blake misses with a low kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Akumba misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Akumba looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Akumba misses the jab.
Blake was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blake slips a straight right by Akumba.
Blake will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Akumba buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Blake throws an off balance right hand
and Akumba counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Blake misses with a hook. Akumba ducked under it nicely.
Akumba darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A jab from Blake misses.
Akumba takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Blake swats away the attempt to clinch by Akumba.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Akumba with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Akumba throws a sloppy head kick and Blake moves out of range easily.
Blake appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
A slow jab from Blake misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mako Akumba dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Akumba tries to clinch but Blake moves away
letting Blake counter with a right hand.
Akumba throws a big shot that misses.
Blake throws a jab when Akumba was well out of range.
Akumba throws a jab when Blake was well out of range.
Blake was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Mako Akumba seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Akumba bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab from Akumba misses.
Akumba cracks Blake with a right hand to the side of the head.
Blake throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Akumba counters with a nice low kick that buckles Blake's knee momentarily.
Akumba lands a nice shot that snaps Blake's head back.
Akumba moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blake throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Akumba.
Blake works the jab nicely.
Blake avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Akumba tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blake swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akumba scores with a jab to the jaw.
Blake moves out of range of the strikes.
Akumba misses with a straight left.
Akumba lands an overhand right.
Blake misses with a body shot.
Akumba avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blake on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Akumba moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Blake is rocked!
Blake looks to land a left hand but Akumba moved out of range nicely.
Oh Blake is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Akumba misses with a right hand
and Blake counters with a stiff right hand.
That has opened up Mako Akumba's cut even more.
Blake ducks under a wild hook from Akumba.
Blake seems to have got his legs back now.
Akumba dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Blake. That did some damage!
Akumba tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Akumba darts in and clinches Blake up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akumba throws a head punch that misses.
Akumba lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Akumba lands an elbow just above Blake 's eye.
A short right from Blake.
Blake tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blake.
Akumba is rocked!
Blake lands a big right hand that drops Akumba! The killer instinct kicks in and Blake finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Blake!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Edward Blake!
Our winner, Edward Blake, 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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