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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zdeno Chara (ranked 2467 p4p, 5072 weight class) and Daxton Wood (ranked 280 p4p, 533 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
Basic striking
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Zdeno Chara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daxton Wood!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shirou Masuda and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wood misses with a body shot.
Chara definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Nice cross by Wood.
Chara closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wood counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Chara moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Chara looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wood is one step ahead there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chara is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wood defends well.
Chara is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chara working the head and body with strikes.
Chara lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Chara seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Wood is trying to control but can't.
Chara is trying to control. Wood wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Wood is positioning himself well to prevent Chara advancing to mount.
Chara lands with a punch from half guard.
Wood wants to control but Chara is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Wood keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Wood is trying to maintain the position but Chara is very close to passing his half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wood can do anything to dispel that myth.
Chara is trying to control the action in half guard but Wood is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Chara will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wood trying to hold on to Chara's head to control him but Chara postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood taking some punishment here, with Chara in his half guard.
Chara working Wood over with strikes.
Wood tries to roll over but Chara keeps him under control.
Wood taking some punishment here, with Chara in his half guard.
Chara takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Chara takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wood is trying to get back to full guard.
Chara seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wood tries to roll over but Chara keeps him under control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chara is thwarting Wood's attempts to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chara working Wood over with strikes.
Wood wants to get back to full guard.
Wood keeps trying to improve his position.
Wood works his way to full guard. Good work.
Chara trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Chara lands a couple of decent looking shots.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Wood is on top in guard.
Wood postures up.
Chara bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wood's guard.
Wood controls Chara momentarily but Chara frees himself.
Wood has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Greedy Fight School. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Chara is fighting to break Wood's control of his arms but Wood is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Chara postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Chara manages to get himself to full guard.
Chara looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wood wants to control from the top but Chara keeps moving.
Wood tries to free his leg and advance position but Chara is retaining full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Chara is on top in guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chara scoring with punches to the head and body.
Chara has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wood is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chara defends well.
Chara postures up and lands a big shot to Wood's brow.
Wood is rocked!
Chara arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Wood's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Zdeno Chara!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Zdeno Chara waved his t-shirt featuring Arcticus University: London's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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