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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richie Fortune (ranked 1981 p4p, 246 weight class) and Nicky Santoro (ranked 2719 p4p, 329 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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190 cm
26
220 lbs
9 - 8 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
217 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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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
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Richie Fortune! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nicky Santoro! The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Santoro swings widly with a right hand
and Santoro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Nicky Santoro has been cut. Santoro misses with a left hand and Santoro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Santoro bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Fortune's head. Fortune seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. Nicky Santoro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Fortune jabbing away but nothing is landing. Fortune ducks under a wild hook from Santoro. Santoro throws a shot from downtown. Fortune moves away and avoids it. An attempted straight right counter from Fortune misses the target. The fighters circle momentarily. Santoro darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch. Fortune misses with a hook. Santoro ducked under it nicely. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Santoro misses with a right hand and Fortune counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. A looping hook to the body misses from Fortune. Santoro does a little dance to reset his feet. Santoro lands a nice hook to Fortune's body. Fortune takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round. Fortune lands a big right hand that sends Santoro crashing to the mat! Fortune stays standing though and waves Santoro back to his feet!
Santoro is rocked! Santoro misses with an uppercut. Santoro is still on wobbly legs! Can Fortune finish him? Santoro misses with an uppercut. Santoro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fortune.
Santoro is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Fortune with a body shot. Fortune throws a pinpoint strike between Santoro's hands that connects right on the jaw and sends Santoro crashing to the floor! He's out before he even hits the mat and Fortune scores a great knockout victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Richie Fortune! Richie Fortune very nearly forgot to thank UnderGround Clothing Co. amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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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
73% |
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