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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charlie Austin (ranked 2564 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Neffgen (ranked 24543 p4p, 0 weight class). Christian Neffgen acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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193 cm
25
205 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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195 cm
26
200 lbs
5 - 10 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Charlie Austin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Christian Neffgen! The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Neffgen throws a nice looking combination but Austin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Austin moves into the clinch successfully.
Neffgen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Austin moves into the clinch successfully.
Neffgen jumps guard but Austin turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. Neffgen manages to break the clinch.
Neffgen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Austin's head. Neffgen throws a sloppy head kick and Austin moves out of range easily. Neffgen throws a combination that misses and Neffgen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Neffgen throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Neffgen lands a head kick. Austin smiles back at him and beckons him forward. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Austin rushes Neffgen and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Austin wants to break free but Neffgen has control.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Austin. Neffgen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Austin is keeping busy. Austin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Neffgen's efforts to push away. Neffgen pushes off an throws an elbow but Austin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Neffgen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Neffgen swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Austin closes the distance and pushes Neffgen back into the cage. Neffgen jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Austin walks away with a smile on his face. Neffgen gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. Neffgen's coach down at Cozad The Island was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Neffgen's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight. Neffgen is looking to clinch but Austin is avoiding it.
Austin forces Neffgen back against the cage and clinches. Neffgen throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short right from Austin. A right hook to the body lands for Austin.
Austin presses Neffgen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. Neffgen looks winded! Austin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Neffgen or not. Austin gets through Neffgen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Still in the clinch, Austin scores with a nice short uppercut. Austin creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Neffgen with a big uppercut! Neffgen tries to clinch up but Austin pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Neffgen to the mat! Neffgen covers up and Austin unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Charlie Austin! A very excited looking Charlie Austin rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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G |
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B |
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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
67% |
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