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Event:
MMAHKI 64
Date: Jul 08, 2023 |
#R1#
Tucker throws a leg kick that misses.
Tucker throws a head kick but Bridges moves out of range.
Tucker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bridges wants to clinch
letting Tucker counter with a right hand.
Bridges doesn't manage to clinch there - Tucker circles away.
Bridges looks to clinch
and Tucker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tucker works the jab nicely.
Tucker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tucker scores with a nice head shot.
Bridges tries to close the distance and clinch but Tucker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bridges tries to clinch but Tucker moves out of range.
Bridges closes the distance but Tucker moves to the side
and Tucker counters with a lovely straight right hand!#CUT2#It looks like London Bridges has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bridges gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bridges tries to clinch but Tucker moves out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tucker. That's going to slow Bridges down. #T1#
Bridges tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tucker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bridges tries to close the distance and clinch up but Tucker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tucker now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Bridges tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. #CL#
Bridges darts in and clinches Tucker up against the cage.
Bridges tries to circle away but Tucker has him pinned against the cage.
Bridges scores with a shot to the side of Tucker's head.
Tucker lands with a right to the head.
Bridges stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tucker blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Bridges fails to land.
Come on Tucker - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Bridges working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bridges prevents a body shot from Tucker.
Bridges misses with the head strike.
Tucker scores with an uppercut up the middle.#T2#
Tucker throws a punch but it's blocked by Bridges.
Tucker blocking some punches.
Bridges misses with some punches.
Nice body punch from Bridges.
Tucker prevents a body shot from Bridges.
Bridges tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bridges goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tucker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tucker tries to work over Bridges's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #BC#
Bridges breaks from the clinch.
Bridges darts in trying to clinch
and Tucker counters with an outside leg kick.
Tucker connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.#CL#
Bridges clinches with his opponent.
#T3#
Bridges lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Bridges scores with a nice short uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bridges lands with a left to the head.
Bridges swings wildly with an uppercut but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bridges.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tucker.
Bridges swings wildly with an uppercut but Tucker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bridges fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tucker tries to throw a body punch but Bridges avoids it by throwing Tucker back against the cage.
Tucker goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tucker taking a breather.
Tucker tries to stall but Bridges uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tucker is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Bridges has denied him.#T4##BC2#
Tucker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tucker has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.#CL#
Bridges moves into the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Tucker misses with the head strike.
Bridges tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tucker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bridges misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bridges misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bridges throws a head punch that misses.
Tucker throws a head punch that misses.
Bridges is stalling here.
Bridges lands with a short shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bridges tries to throw a body punch but Tucker avoids it by throwing Bridges back against the cage. #BC#
Bridges manages to break the clinch.
Bridges throws a lazy uppercut
and Tucker counters with a nice uppercut.
Bridges wants to clinch but Tucker slips to the side
and Tucker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
George Tucker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on London Bridges's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R2##CL2#
Tucker clinches up with Bridges and pushes him back against the cage.
Tucker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Bridges swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Bridges gets through Tucker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tucker letting Bridges take a breather here.
Tucker holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bridges tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bridges.
Bridges tries to work over Tucker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tucker keeps control of Bridges as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker taking a breather.
Bridges blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tucker misses with an elbow over the top.
Bridges has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bridges creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. #T1#
Bridges misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tucker.
Tucker scores with a shoulder strike.
Bridges throws a head punch that misses.
Bridges tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bridges.
Bridges throws a punch but it's blocked by Tucker.
Tucker lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tucker stalling in the clinch but Bridges improves position.
Bridges misses with a punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Bridges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tucker. #BC#
Bridges breaks the clinch.
Bridges moves to clinch but Tucker breaks away
and Tucker counters with a good low kick that Bridges was not able to check.
Tucker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tucker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
George Tucker seems to be getting the better of the standup.#T2#
Bridges misses with a straight left.
Bridges throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tucker connects with a body shot that sends Bridges's belly button to the back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bridges misses the shot to the body.
Bridges tries to close the distance and clinch but Tucker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tucker only half commits to the counter leg kick.#CL#
Bridges has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bridges scores with a shoulder strike.
Tucker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bridges leaning against his opponent.
Tucker looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tucker throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bridgess head.
A left hand lands to the body for Tucker.
Tucker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tucker dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tucker lands a body shot. #T3#
Bridges tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tucker.
Tucker misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tucker is trying to stall.
#BC#
Bridges escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tucker lands with a slapping head kick.
Bridges tries to clinch up
enabling Tucker to counter with a crisp jab.
Bridges tries to clinch
enabling Tucker to counter with a crisp jab.
Tucker has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tucker scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. #ROC2#Bridges is rocked!
That kick from Tucker tenderised Bridges's leg. Bridges is trying to keep his angry face on.
Oh Bridges is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bridges looks to clinch
and Tucker counters with a crisp right that sends Bridges to the canvas! Tucker follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Tucker! |
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