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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fanta Coco (ranked 1359 p4p, 36 weight class) and Paul Starker (ranked 601 p4p, 25 weight class). Starker comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Catrin O'Neill - Ar Lan Y Mor kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Paul Starker enters the cage!
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36
230 lbs
21 - 18 - 0 |
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190 cm
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265 lbs
22 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
Granite chin |
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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
21 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Fanta Coco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Starker!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coco throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Coco throws a right and a left that both miss.
Coco with a nice cross.
Starker wants to clinch.
Coco gets tackled into the cage by Starker. Starker maintains the clinch.
Coco breaks from the clinch.
Starker has managed to clinch.
Starker has a couple of punches blocked by Coco.
Coco breaks from the clinch.
Starker has closed the distance and engaged Coco in a clinch.
Starker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Coco working hard to break the clinch.
Coco dodges an elbow strike from Starker.
Our sources have told us that Coco has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Still in the clinch, Starker scores with a nice short uppercut.
It looks like Fanta Coco has been cut.
Coco wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Starker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coco tries to break free but Starker pushes him back against the cage.
Starker pushes off an throws an elbow but Coco leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Coco is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Starker.
Starker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Coco backwards.
Starker misses with some punches.
Starker throws an elbow but it misses.
Coco wants to get back to striking at distance but Starker won't allow it.
Starker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Coco's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Coco gets tackled into the cage by Starker. Starker maintains the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Starker fails to land.
Coco dodges an elbow strike from Starker.
Starker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Coco looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Starker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Coco backwards.
Starker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Starker.
Starker lands a shoulder strike.
Starker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coco tries a body shot but Starker blocks it.
Starker pushes off an throws an elbow but Coco leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Coco breaks from the clinch.
Starker closes the distance and clinches.
Coco blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coco is looking to break free of the clinch but Starker has double underhooks.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Starker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Coco's brow.
Starker pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Starker lands an elbow that stopped Coco in his tracks for a moment.
Starker lands with a right to the head.
Starker has Coco pressed against the cage, preventing Coco from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Coco can't break the clinch.
Coco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Donk. Coco catches Starker right on the button with a cross.
Coco scores with a head kick. Starker tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Coco connects with a solid leg kick.
Coco ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Starker moves away.
Paul Starker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Starker darts in trying to clinch
and Coco counters with a thumping low kick.
Starker tries to clinch there but Coco circles away.
Coco looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Starker is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Starker has managed to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Starker lands an elbow just above Coco 's eye.
Fanta Coco's cut is getting worse.
Coco blocks an uppercut.
Coco is trying to push Starker away but Starker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Starker scores with a shot to the side of Coco's head.
Starker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cocos head.
Fanta Coco's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Coco breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Starker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice elbow from Starker.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Fanta Coco's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Paul Starker!
Paul Starker 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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hype
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pop
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