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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pepito Manalotto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tonichie Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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170 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm
29
172 lbs
17 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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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
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Pepito Manalotto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tonichie Hong!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manalotto fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hong manages to avoid it.
Manalotto bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hong looks to land a right hand but Manalotto moved out of range.
Manalotto connects with a body shot.
Manalotto tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hong was well out of range. Poor timing from Manalotto.
Hong misses the shot to the body.
Hong moves out of range of the strikes.
Good exchange - Manalotto coming out on top.
Hong swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Manalotto.
Hong throws a leg kick but Manalotto sees it coming and moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good leg kick by Manalotto there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Manalotto scoring well with a low kick there.
Manalotto punishes Hong's body with a nice straight punch.
Hong avoids the head kick by Manalotto.
Manalotto jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hong on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like Tonichie Hong has been cut.
A shot to the liver by Manalotto. Beautiful body shot.
Hong looks gassed!
Hong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Manalotto.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hong misses with a hook. Manalotto ducked under it nicely.
Manalotto just misses with a punch to the body.
Manalotto avoids the body shot from Hong.
Manalotto misses the shot to the body.
Manalotto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hong.
Hong gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hong tries a knee to the head but Manalotto blocks it.
Hong keeps control of Manalotto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hong looking to throw knees to the head but Manalotto is blocking nicely.
Manalotto is trying to push Hong away but Hong has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Manalotto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Manalotto is looking to break free of the clinch but Hong has double underhooks.
Hong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Manalotto blocks it with crossed arms.
Manalotto tries to break the clinch but Hong is controlling the position.
Hong lands a good knee to the midsection. Manalotto won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manalotto is trying to break the clinch but Hong is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Manalotto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A hook to the body from Hong.
Hong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Hong pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manalotto tries to circle away but Hong has him pinned against the cage.
Hong misses with a knee to the head.
Hong looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Manalotto tries to circle away but Hong has him pinned against the cage.
Manalotto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Manalotto tries a body shot but Hong blocks it.
Manalotto avoids a wild elbow strike from Hong.
Manalotto working hard to break the clinch.
Manalotto is trying to break the clinch but Hong has him pressed against the cage.
Hong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hong just misses with a elbow thrown towards Manalotto's brow.
A bit of stalling here from Hong.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manalotto wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Manalotto wants to get back to striking at distance but Hong won't allow it.
Hong tries to land a knee to the head but Manalotto blocks with his arms.
Hong prevents a body shot from Manalotto.
Hong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hong blocking some punches.
Manalotto misses with some punches.
Hong lands a knee to the head.
Manalotto takes a knee right on the jaw!
Manalotto wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Manalotto avoids the elbow strike from Hong, against the cage.
Manalotto looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hong misses with an elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hong just misses with a elbow thrown towards Manalotto's brow.
Hong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Manalotto.
Manalotto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Manalotto blocks an elbow strike from Hong.
Hong blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hong throws an elbow but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hong keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Manalotto's efforts to push away.
Manalotto struggles to land a body shot inside as Hong controls his hands.
Hong misses with a knee to the head.
Hong leaning his opponent against the cage.
Manalotto blocks an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Manalotto's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Manalotto takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hong's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hong throws a hook but Manalotto blocks it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hong breaks the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A head kick misses from Manalotto.
Hong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Pepito Manalotto will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Tonichie Hong's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Manalotto ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Manalotto works the jab nicely.
Manalotto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hong uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Manalotto.
Manalotto is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Hong misses with a hook.
Manalotto throws a lazy right hand but Hong sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hong closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hong scores with a shot to the body.
Manalotto misses the shot to the body.
Manalotto just misses with a punch to the body.
Manalotto lands with a shot to the body.
Manalotto lands a slapping body shot.
Manalotto lands a glancing blow to the side of Hong's head.
Hong misses with a double jab.
Manalotto lands with a nice body punch.
Hong chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Manalotto can pounce on him.
Hong is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Manalotto.
Hong takes one to the side of the head.
Hong avoids the body shot from Manalotto.
Hong takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hong takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manalotto throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Manalotto cracks a nice hook into Hong's ribs.
Manalotto just misses with a punch to the body.
Hong tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Manalotto there.
Manalotto throws a head kick but Hong moves out of range.
Manalotto thows a body shot but no joy.
Manalotto misses with a looping right.
Manalotto gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Manalotto lunges at Hong with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hong's hand.
A head kick by Hong misses
and Manalotto counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Manalotto looking to land some kicks to the body here.
An inside leg kick lands from Manalotto.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Hong in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Donk. Manalotto catches Hong right on the button with a cross.
A jab from Manalotto does it's job there.
That has opened up Tonichie Hong's cut even more.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Manalotto.
Manalotto throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Manalotto jabs at Hong's body.
Manalotto cracks Hong with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Manalotto! Hong is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pepito Manalotto!
Pepito Manalotto really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that 1337 ANZAC logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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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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