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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Morgan Freedman (ranked 3919 p4p, 131 weight class) and Javier Vasquez (ranked 3503 p4p, 122 weight class). Javier Vasquez is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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283 lbs
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318 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Morgan Freedman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Javier Vasquez!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasquez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Vasquez lands strikes from half guard.
Vasquez is controlling the pace.
Freedman trying to control here.
Vasquez stalling.
Freedman wants to control but Vasquez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasquez working over Freedman with some ground and pound. Freedman looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Vasquez is controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Vasquez scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Freedman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Vasquez scores with a couple of nice shots.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Vasquez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vasquez lands a nice short elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Vasquez connects with a nice short shot to Freedman's temple.
Vasquez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Freedman is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Vasquez decides to stand and escape the position.
Vasquez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Vasquez showed some decent athleticism there.
Vasquez landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Vasquez controlling the action here.
Vasquez lands with a punch from half guard.
Vasquez winds up and cracks Freedman with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vasquez looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Vasquez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Vasquez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Vasquez is nestled in close to Freedman, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Vasquez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Vasquez slips a nice elbow through Freedman's hands, connecting with Freedman's forehead.
Vasquez lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Vasquez working Freedman over with strikes.
Vasquez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Vasquez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Vasquez is controlling the pace.
Vasquez looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Freedman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Vasquez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Vasquez drops an elbow to the side of Freedman's head.
Vasquez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Vasquez stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Vasquez scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Javier Vasquez dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Vasquez shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Vasquez showed some decent athleticism there.
Vasquez lands strikes from half guard.
Freedman is rocked!
Vasquez working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Vasquez connects with a nice short shot to Freedman's temple.
Oh Freedman is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Freedman is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Vasquez scores with a couple of nice shots.
Vasquez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Freedman seems to have got his legs back now.
Vasquez drops an elbow to the side of Freedman's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasquez keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Freedman on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Javier Vasquez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Vasquez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasquez working the head and body with strikes.
Vasquez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vasquez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Vasquez working the head and body with strikes.
Vasquez lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Vasquez lands a nice short elbow.
Vasquez stalling.
Vasquez lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Freedman quite badly. Freedman pulls Vasquez in close trying to recover. Vasquez postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Freedman on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Freedman doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Javier Vasquez!
Javier Vasquez was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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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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