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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hector Zorba (ranked 1398 p4p, 192 weight class) and John Makres (ranked 914 p4p, 137 weight class). Makres comes into a darkened arena with his song building. SABATON - Coat of Arms kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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186 cm
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220 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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190 cm
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206 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hector Zorba! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Makres! The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Francis DeMontford and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Zorba fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Zorba shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Makres connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Zorba fails with the takedown. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Hector Zorba. That's going to take a lot out of him. Zorba misses with a takedown and Makres counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Makres scores with a nice head shot. Makres misses with a double jab
and Zorba counters with a takedown into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Zorba throws an elbow but Makres slips to the side and avoids it well. Makres throws Zorba to one side and escapes! The fighters circling - Makres throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Zorba shoots for a takedown but Makres saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Makres cracks Zorba with a right hand to the side of the head. Zorba decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. Makres has one foot on Zorba's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Makres lands a glancing blow to the side of Zorba's head. Zorba throws a wild hook but Makres just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Zorba gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Makres raises his hands in celebration and walks away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Makres! John Makres bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
61% |
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