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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Titor (ranked 2082 p4p, 3119 weight class) and Maki Tantor (ranked 263 p4p, 380 weight class). Titor comes to the cage accompanied by John Titor-Going To Space. John Titor has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Titor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Maki Tantor!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Titor lands a head kick!
Titor chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A left and a right from Titor both land. Nice combination.
Tantor misses with a few strikes there.
Tantor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Titor went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Titor darts in looking for a takedown but Tantor gets double underhooks and turns Titor into the cage.
Tantor jumps guard but Titor turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Titor stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Tantor decides to pull guard.
Titor makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Titor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Titor sitting in guard here, content to control.
Titor throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tantor has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Titor's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Titor slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Titor stops Tantor from standing up.
Tantor looking to hit a scissor sweep but Titor is one step ahead there.
Titor controls from within his opponent's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Titor won't allow Tantor to sweep him here.
Titor seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Tantor manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Titor on his heels. He'll look to pass Titor's guard now, I'm sure.
Tantor tries to stand but Titor is controlling from the bottom.
Tantor controls from within his opponent's guard.
Titor has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titor not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tantor is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Titor looking to control.
Tantor wants to control from the top but Titor keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tantor throws a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Titor shoots in for a takedown but Tantor shows good takedown defense.
Despite the aggression on Tantor's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tantor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Titor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tantor gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Titor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Titor misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tantor drags the fight down to the ground.
Titor slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Titor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Titor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Tantor manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Titor has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Tantor is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Titor. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Titor struggles to land a body shot inside as Tantor controls his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Maki Tantor will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tantor fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tantor tries to close the distance and clinch but Titor swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Titor slaps away a takedown attempt from Tantor, before circling back to the center of the mat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Tantor.
John Titor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maki Tantor.
Tantor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tantor fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Titor slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tantor shoots in but Titor avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Maki Tantor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tantor throws a head kick that misses.
Titor throws a series of punches but Tantor avoids them all with ease.
Titor stuns Tantor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Titor misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Titor defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tantor.
John Titor is winning the standup battle so far.
Tantor checks a low kick from Titor.
Tantor slips under a jab from Titor.
Maki Tantor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Titor shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tantor eats them both and turns towards Titor to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Titor slips under a jab from Tantor.
Titor throws out a powerful jab.
No joy there for Titor, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Titor lands with a right hand.
Titor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Tantor is defended easily by Titor.
Tantor swinging wildly here.
Tantor shoots and misses
and Tantor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tantor with a poor takedown
letting Titor counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tantor walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Titor thuds his right hand into Tantor's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Titor.
A control attempt from Tantor but he's now mounted!
Tantor is squirming around, avoiding Titor's attempts to control the action.
Tantor is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Tantor tries to hold on but Titor postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titor throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Titor wants to control the pace but Tantor is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tantor tries to lock up and control but Titor gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Titor wants to control the pace but Tantor is squirming around nicely.
Titor lands a heavy elbow.
Titor controlling the pace for now.
Titor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tantor can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tantor tries to lock up and control but Titor gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Titor lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Tantor has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Titor's lack of action.
Tantor is staying active underneath Titor, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Titor is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Titor is stalling here. Tantor is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Titor seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Tantor has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Titor dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Tantor fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tantor takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Titor lands with a thumping leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Titor. Those never looked like landing.
Titor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Tantor checks it well.
Titor tries to bum rush Tantor with a series of wild strikes but Tantor uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tantor lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Titor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tantor moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tantor fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Titor avoids it really well and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tantor shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Titor as he jumps to the side.
John Titor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maki Tantor.
Titor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tantor.
Tantor moves out of range as Titor strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tantor shoots in for a takedown but Titor shows good takedown defense.
No luck for Tantor with that takedown attempt.
An inside leg kick from Tantor misses.
Titor lands a jab to the head.
Titor lands a nice looking kick to the body. Tantor takes a step back to recover.
Titor misses with a double jab
and Tantor moves into the clinch.
Titor putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tantor in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Tantor takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Titor escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Titor. Tantor shrugs it off though.
Titor defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tantor.
A decent looking cross lands there for Titor.
Titor swats away the attempt to clinch by Tantor.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tantor gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Titor counters with a stiff right hand.
Titor scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Horrible takedown attempt by Tantor or perhaps it was just good defense by Titor, which made it look bad.
Titor thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tantor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Titor.
Titor swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tantor scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Titor is trying to control but can't.
Tantor thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Titor's head.
Tantor controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tantor wants to stand up but Titor has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Tantor trying to control the pace.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Titor lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tantor or not.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Titor just misses with a elbow thrown towards Tantor's brow.
Tantor misses with a body punch.
Titor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tantor is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Titor to keep the fight standing.
Tantor blocks an elbow strike from Titor.
Tantor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Titor's elbow.
Titor throws a punch but it's blocked by Tantor.
Titor leaning his opponent against the cage.
Tantor wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Titor has him pressed against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Titor showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Titor has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Titor!
John Titor decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
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