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Round 11
0:00 Lane motions the fighters together as the bell sounds to begin Round 11.
0:10 Both fighters need to close the distance between them.
0:18 The two fighters clinch, throwing feeble punches as they grab a quick breather. Now they back away from each other.
0:22 Byrd fires a short, ripping uppercut inside.
0:34 Metzger is forced into his own corner...
0:34 Collin Byrd buries a hook to the body of Metzger.
0:48 Metzger is turning this fight into a clinching and holding affair as he continues to wrap his arms around Byrd.
01:02 Byrd is trying to move in behind the jab, which lands.
01:11 Both fighters ought to be using their jabs more to set up their other punches this round.
01:15 Byrd goes to the head and the body, though neither punch had much on it.
01:32 Collin Byrd has shifted to an orthodox stance. Maybe he believes he can land from this position. No, his jab comes up short as a righty, too. Now, he returns to his natural left handed stance.
01:34 Last round's knockdown doesn't appear to have had any carry over here in Round 11.
01:46 Joseph Metzger leaves the jab just short.
01:53 Byrd seems really focused on what he's doing this round.
02:01 Byrd lands a crushing jab!
02:01 Metzger was stopped in his tracks by that shot…
02:10 The fighters are jockeying for position as both men try to gain the advantage here in the 11th.
02:13 The two men are circling one another, looking for an opening.
02:23 Byrd rips off two quick jabs and one finds the mark.
02:32 A flurry of punches are exchanged between the two fighters. It appears as if Metzger has gotten the better of the exchange.
02:46 Collin Byrd tries a straight right that's blocked by the gloves of Joseph Metzger.
02:48 The two fighters have chosen to work on the inside and it's Metzger who scores with a short hook to the chest.
03:00 Byrd has Joseph Metzger blocked in!
03:00 There's the bell. Metzger wings a parting shot that misses. That was close. Round 11 is history.
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