Post by The Sandmen on Dec 26, 2012 17:40:19 GMT -5
Jon Fitch looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Cung Le glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Le launches a furious low kick!
Fitch receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Fitch hyper-extended his left leg
Fitch is holding Cung Le's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Cung Le loses balance and goes to the ground.
Le's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Jon Fitch is in side mount over Cung Le
Jon Fitch looks to mount Cung Le...
Jon Fitch slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Jon Fitch is in full mount over Cung Le
Jon Fitch throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Le's face with those brutal elbows! Le needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Jon Fitch is in full mount over Cung Le
0:52 Round 1 and Le is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Cung Le tries to roll to his side and trap Jon Fitch in his guard...
Cung Le moves to half guard.
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Jon Fitch seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Fitch launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Cung Le is not able to stop Le ground skills and Jon Fitch moves to side mount!
Jon Fitch is in side mount over Cung Le
Jon Fitch moves to better his position on the ground...
Jon Fitch viciously slams hammer blows to Le's face!
Jon Fitch is in side mount over Cung Le
Le tries to stand up!
Fitch doesn't allow him!
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Jon Fitch is in side mount over Cung Le
Cung Le attempts to trap Jon Fitch in his guard.
Cung Le manages to switch to half guard.
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Le tries to stand up!
Fitch doesn't allow him!
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Le tries to stand up!
Fitch doesn't allow him!
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Cung Le doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Fitch's moves.
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Fitch tries to free his leg...
Le doesn't allow any movement here! He's cooling the fight on the ground.
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Jon Fitch keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Crisp uppercut by Le followed by a hard jab
Fitch deflects the blows.
Fitch is trying to counter now!
Fitch moves forward looking for some action
Jon Fitch shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Once Fitch is able to keep you againts the fence in a clinch you must be worried.
Fitch tries to take Cung Le down... Le stumbles backwards and Jon Fitch launches a few punches...
Cung Le dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Cung Le swings...
hard impact to Fitch's face!
Cung Le moves forward looking for some grappling action
Le has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Jon Fitch tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Le is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The fighters are clinching.
Neither fighter's clearly ahead right now.
Jon Fitch slightly pushes Le into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Jon Fitch launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Le blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Cung Le's cheek! Le stumbles and the falls to the mat!
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Fitch is standing while Le is on the ground on his back
Fitch opts to jump inside Le's guard.
Le fights back with his feet, forcing Fitch to try something else.
Fitch clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le tries to hit Jon Fitch with a kick to his knee from the ground.
Fitch dodges that
Fitch is standing while Le is on the ground on his back
Cung Le doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Fitch's moves.
Fitch is standing while Le is on the ground on his back
Jon Fitch decides to jump inside Le's guard.
Le didn't see that coming. Fitch is in open guard over Le now.
Jon Fitch is in open guard over Le
Fitch breaths deeply while on the ground
Jon Fitch is in open guard over Le
Fitch tries to improve position.
Le adjusts and closes his guard.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Le measures the resilience of Fitch's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Fitch blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Jon Fitch is in open guard over Le
Fitch tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Fitch throws a few hammer fists to the face of Cung Le
Blocked by Le.
Fitch misses a step and Cung Le sees an opportunity to counter him!
Cung Le launches a few punches to Fitch's cheek from the guard.
Jon Fitch uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Herb Dean stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Air Canada Centre (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Good front kick from Fitch!
Le stumbles backwards after that one!
Herb Dean tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for Fitch.
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Round 2
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Cung Le tries a hook to the body
but Fitch manages to dodge it
Fitch tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Jon Fitch leans forwards and tries to grapple with Le
Le wants to mantain the distance and ducks that one.
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Cung Le is setting up a throw
He nearly drops Fitch on his head!
The clock says 0:30 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in open guard over Fitch
Le is taking this opportunity to rest.
Cung Le is in open guard over Fitch
Cung Le tries to pass to half guard...
Jon Fitch can't prevent his opponent from passing. Le looks to work from half guard.
The clock says 0:45 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in half guard over Fitch
Le tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
Cung Le is in side mount over Jon Fitch
Cung Le seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Le is taking this opportunity to rest.
Cung Le is in side mount over Jon Fitch
Cung Le looks to mount Jon Fitch...
Cung Le slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Jon Fitch
Fitch measures the resilience of Le's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Le blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le throws a flurry of punches at Fitch...
A lot of them are hitting Fitch's face
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Jon Fitch
Cung Le tries to better his position on the ground...
Le is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Cung Le is in full mount over Jon Fitch
Cung Le fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to Fitch's face!
Cung Le is in full mount over Jon Fitch
Fitch tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Jon Fitch. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Air Canada Centre (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Jon Fitch fakes a punch and launches himself over Le!
Cung Le is smart enough to avoid the clinch game by Fitch and pushes him away!
Cung Le fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Fitch blocks that. It was easy!
Fitch tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Jon Fitch moves forward looking for some grappling action
Le pushes his opponent and keep the fight at striking range
Incredible high kick!
Fitch deflects and sidesteps.
Jon Fitch launches a body shot
Le evades.
Poorly executed technique. Jon Fitch looks to counter!
Cung Le launches a body shot
Fitch dodges and catches him with a hard cross.
Le's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Fitch moves forward looking for some action
Jon Fitch shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Le goes for a scissor takedown. thats unusual
Cung Le is on his back after that attempt
Fitch is standing while Le is on the ground on his back
Le tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Le climbs to his feet and is standing now.
The clock says 3:05 in the 2 round
Jon Fitch tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Jon Fitch who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Cung Le tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Fitch is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The clock says 3:15 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Fitch struggles and launches a few punches to Le's head
Those punches are hitting! Le covers his head!
The fighters are clinching.
Fitch launches a few hard punches to Cung Le's ribs!
Cung Le's ribs shows the damage! Jon Fitch is working his opponent ribs!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
a flying knee from Le towards Jon Fitch's face
hits it, what a strike surely that hurts, Fitch got to be more careful now
The clock says 3:50 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Le grabs Jon Fitch in a clinch and tries to knee him in the face!
They land solid! Good Strikes!
The fighters are clinching.
Fitch doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Cung Le embrace and tries to move away...
Cung Le pushes Fitch forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Jon Fitch tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Le is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Fitch clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le grabs Jon Fitch in a clinch and tries to knee him in the face!
They land solid! Good Strikes!
The fighters are clinching.
One, two, three! Le doesn't stop launching those knees in the clinch!
Devastating knee that lands on Fitch's chin! That pop was heard throughout the arena! The crowd erupts!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Jon Fitch pushes away Le trying to keep the fight at striking range
Le doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Jon Fitch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Cung Le slightly pushes Fitch into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Jon Fitch and Le engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
I don't think either fighter did more than the other that round.
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Round 3
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Cung Le moves forward looking for a hole in his opponent's defense.
Le moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Fitch's thigh!
Fitch hyper-extended his leg
Cung Le tries a high kick!
Fitch was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Fitch hits the ground hard! That crushing blow from Cung Le has left Fitch unconscious! What a finish by Cung Le!
Fitch has a small cut in his Left cheek
Winner is Cung Le by KO (High kick) at 0:30 Round 3
Statistics: Jon Fitch
Punches 5/8 (62%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 5/10 (50%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 8/14 (57%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/2 (0%)
Time on the ground 259 s
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 4/9 (44%)
Kicks 3/4 (75%)
Clinch strikes 6/10 (60%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 5/11 (45%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 298 s
Relatively hard and relatively fast. That's what she said? No. It's not what she fucking said, you 4 year old bastard. It was a fight - a fight between two pretend rock stars. Anyways yeah, good action back and forth.
Cung Le glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
A pretty fair match today. I can't say who will be the one who will be raising his fist after the match.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Le launches a furious low kick!
Fitch receives a hard blow on his left leg!
Fitch hyper-extended his left leg
Fitch is holding Cung Le's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Cung Le loses balance and goes to the ground.
Le's left arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Jon Fitch is in side mount over Cung Le
Jon Fitch looks to mount Cung Le...
Jon Fitch slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Jon Fitch is in full mount over Cung Le
Jon Fitch throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Le's face with those brutal elbows! Le needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
Jon Fitch is in full mount over Cung Le
0:52 Round 1 and Le is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Cung Le tries to roll to his side and trap Jon Fitch in his guard...
Cung Le moves to half guard.
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Jon Fitch seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Fitch launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Cung Le is not able to stop Le ground skills and Jon Fitch moves to side mount!
Jon Fitch is in side mount over Cung Le
Jon Fitch moves to better his position on the ground...
Jon Fitch viciously slams hammer blows to Le's face!
Jon Fitch is in side mount over Cung Le
Le tries to stand up!
Fitch doesn't allow him!
The clock says 1:40 in the 1 round
Jon Fitch is in side mount over Cung Le
Cung Le attempts to trap Jon Fitch in his guard.
Cung Le manages to switch to half guard.
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Le tries to stand up!
Fitch doesn't allow him!
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Le tries to stand up!
Fitch doesn't allow him!
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Cung Le doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Fitch's moves.
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Fitch tries to free his leg...
Le doesn't allow any movement here! He's cooling the fight on the ground.
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Cung Le attempts to move to full guard
Jon Fitch keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Crisp uppercut by Le followed by a hard jab
Fitch deflects the blows.
Fitch is trying to counter now!
Fitch moves forward looking for some action
Jon Fitch shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Once Fitch is able to keep you againts the fence in a clinch you must be worried.
Fitch tries to take Cung Le down... Le stumbles backwards and Jon Fitch launches a few punches...
Cung Le dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
Cung Le swings...
hard impact to Fitch's face!
Cung Le moves forward looking for some grappling action
Le has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Jon Fitch tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Le is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The fighters are clinching.
Neither fighter's clearly ahead right now.
Jon Fitch slightly pushes Le into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Jon Fitch launches a couples of jabs and then a big hook!
Le blocks the jabs but the last punch hits hard on Cung Le's cheek! Le stumbles and the falls to the mat!
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Fitch is standing while Le is on the ground on his back
Fitch opts to jump inside Le's guard.
Le fights back with his feet, forcing Fitch to try something else.
Fitch clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le tries to hit Jon Fitch with a kick to his knee from the ground.
Fitch dodges that
Fitch is standing while Le is on the ground on his back
Cung Le doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of Fitch's moves.
Fitch is standing while Le is on the ground on his back
Jon Fitch decides to jump inside Le's guard.
Le didn't see that coming. Fitch is in open guard over Le now.
Jon Fitch is in open guard over Le
Fitch breaths deeply while on the ground
Jon Fitch is in open guard over Le
Fitch tries to improve position.
Le adjusts and closes his guard.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Le measures the resilience of Fitch's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Fitch blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Jon Fitch is in open guard over Le
Fitch tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
Jon Fitch is in half guard over Le
Fitch throws a few hammer fists to the face of Cung Le
Blocked by Le.
Fitch misses a step and Cung Le sees an opportunity to counter him!
Cung Le launches a few punches to Fitch's cheek from the guard.
Jon Fitch uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Herb Dean stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Air Canada Centre (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Good front kick from Fitch!
Le stumbles backwards after that one!
Herb Dean tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for Fitch.
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Round 2
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Cung Le tries a hook to the body
but Fitch manages to dodge it
Fitch tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Jon Fitch leans forwards and tries to grapple with Le
Le wants to mantain the distance and ducks that one.
The clock says 0:20 in the 2 round
Cung Le is setting up a throw
He nearly drops Fitch on his head!
The clock says 0:30 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in open guard over Fitch
Le is taking this opportunity to rest.
Cung Le is in open guard over Fitch
Cung Le tries to pass to half guard...
Jon Fitch can't prevent his opponent from passing. Le looks to work from half guard.
The clock says 0:45 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in half guard over Fitch
Le tries to free his leg...
He moves to side mount!
Cung Le is in side mount over Jon Fitch
Cung Le seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Le is taking this opportunity to rest.
Cung Le is in side mount over Jon Fitch
Cung Le looks to mount Jon Fitch...
Cung Le slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Cung Le is in full mount over Jon Fitch
Fitch measures the resilience of Le's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Le blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Poorly executed technique. Cung Le looks to counter!
Cung Le throws a flurry of punches at Fitch...
A lot of them are hitting Fitch's face
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Cung Le is in full mount over Jon Fitch
Cung Le tries to better his position on the ground...
Le is in a great position to begin a nice round of pounding!
Cung Le is in full mount over Jon Fitch
Cung Le fakes some punches
then lands a big punch to Fitch's face!
Cung Le is in full mount over Jon Fitch
Fitch tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Jon Fitch. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Air Canada Centre (Toronto, Ontario) are cheering for the fighters.
Jon Fitch fakes a punch and launches himself over Le!
Cung Le is smart enough to avoid the clinch game by Fitch and pushes him away!
Cung Le fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Fitch blocks that. It was easy!
Fitch tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Jon Fitch moves forward looking for some grappling action
Le pushes his opponent and keep the fight at striking range
Incredible high kick!
Fitch deflects and sidesteps.
Jon Fitch launches a body shot
Le evades.
Poorly executed technique. Jon Fitch looks to counter!
Cung Le launches a body shot
Fitch dodges and catches him with a hard cross.
Le's Left cheek is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Fitch moves forward looking for some action
Jon Fitch shows some wrestling skills as he put his opponent in a double overhook!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Le goes for a scissor takedown. thats unusual
Cung Le is on his back after that attempt
Fitch is standing while Le is on the ground on his back
Le tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Le climbs to his feet and is standing now.
The clock says 3:05 in the 2 round
Jon Fitch tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Jon Fitch who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
Cung Le tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Fitch is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
The clock says 3:15 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Fitch struggles and launches a few punches to Le's head
Those punches are hitting! Le covers his head!
The fighters are clinching.
Fitch launches a few hard punches to Cung Le's ribs!
Cung Le's ribs shows the damage! Jon Fitch is working his opponent ribs!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
a flying knee from Le towards Jon Fitch's face
hits it, what a strike surely that hurts, Fitch got to be more careful now
The clock says 3:50 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Le grabs Jon Fitch in a clinch and tries to knee him in the face!
They land solid! Good Strikes!
The fighters are clinching.
Fitch doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Cung Le embrace and tries to move away...
Cung Le pushes Fitch forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Jon Fitch tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Le is determined to work from the clinch. He pummeled through and managed to retain his position.
Fitch clumsily fails here and it's time for Cung Le to fight back!
Le grabs Jon Fitch in a clinch and tries to knee him in the face!
They land solid! Good Strikes!
The fighters are clinching.
One, two, three! Le doesn't stop launching those knees in the clinch!
Devastating knee that lands on Fitch's chin! That pop was heard throughout the arena! The crowd erupts!
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Jon Fitch pushes away Le trying to keep the fight at striking range
Le doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Jon Fitch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Cung Le slightly pushes Fitch into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
Herb Dean sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
Jon Fitch and Le engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Both fighters are connecting and this could be ending soon if either lands a lucky punch.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
I don't think either fighter did more than the other that round.
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Round 3
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Cung Le moves forward looking for a hole in his opponent's defense.
Le moves aside and launches a furious low kick!
Hard blow to Fitch's thigh!
Fitch hyper-extended his leg
Cung Le tries a high kick!
Fitch was covering for a middle kick but that one almost knocked off his head!
Fitch hits the ground hard! That crushing blow from Cung Le has left Fitch unconscious! What a finish by Cung Le!
Fitch has a small cut in his Left cheek
Winner is Cung Le by KO (High kick) at 0:30 Round 3
Statistics: Jon Fitch
Punches 5/8 (62%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 5/10 (50%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 8/14 (57%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/2 (0%)
Time on the ground 259 s
Statistics: Cung Le
Punches 4/9 (44%)
Kicks 3/4 (75%)
Clinch strikes 6/10 (60%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 5/11 (45%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 298 s
Relatively hard and relatively fast. That's what she said? No. It's not what she fucking said, you 4 year old bastard. It was a fight - a fight between two pretend rock stars. Anyways yeah, good action back and forth.
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