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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henry Lucas (ranked 3809 p4p, 388 weight class) and Shane Raffington (ranked 7055 p4p, 512 weight class). Shane Raffington has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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189 lbs
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182 cm
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188 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Self confident |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henry Lucas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Raffington!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lucas's corner calls for a 1-2. Lucas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A head kick misses from Lucas.
Raffington wants to counter with a clinch but Lucas pushes him away.
Raffington fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lucas, pushing him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Raffington.
Lucas tries to break free but Raffington pushes him back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Raffington.
Raffington is working Lucas over against the cage.
Lucas wants to break the clinch but can't.
Raffington with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lucas is trying to push Raffington away but Raffington has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Raffington softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lucas is looking to control Raffington's arms but Raffington gets an underhook and turns him. Now Lucas has his back to the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Raffington.
Lucas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Raffington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Raffington feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Lucas sprawling to the canvas! Lucas rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Raffington finish him?!
Lucas is rocked!
It looks like Henry Lucas has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raffington instigates a clinch.
Oh Lucas is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Raffington lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Lucas to his knees! Raffington keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shane Raffington!
Shane Raffington decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
89% |
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