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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yin Tao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benigno Aquino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tao comes into the arena with Philip Bailey - Walking on the Chinese Wall blaring out of the sound system. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
15 - 3 - 0 |
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180 cm
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182 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yin Tao!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Benigno Aquino!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tao moves out of range of the body kick from Aquino.
Aquino swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Aquino throws a head kick that misses
enabling Tao to counter with a crisp jab.
Aquino moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Tao lands with a shot to the body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Aquino.
Aquino swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Aquino shoots for a double leg takedown but Tao sprawls well. He's pushed Aquino's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Aquino fails to land with a series of punches.
Benigno Aquino seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tao misses with an uppercut.
Tao works Aquino's body with a nice hook.
Aquino on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tao feints and then cracks Aquino's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Aquino down.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Aquino looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yin Tao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benigno Aquino.
Aquino ducks under a wild hook from Tao.
Aquino throws a head kick but Tao moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Tao there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aquino throws a head kick but Tao moves out of range.
Aquino throws a right and a left that both miss.
A head kick by Aquino misses
and Tao counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Aquino fails with the takedown.
Aquino throws a jab but it's blocked by Tao.
Aquino dodges the punch combination from Tao.
Tao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tao keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tao just misses with a punch to the body.
Tao lands a lovely overhand right.
Yin Tao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No luck for Aquino with that takedown attempt.
Tao lands a nice looking body shot.
Aquino throws a poor cross that misses
letting Tao counter with a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tao scores with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tao throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tao moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Tao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aquino.
Aquino takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Aquino doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Aquino takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Aquino throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Aquino misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Aquino looks gassed!
Aquino takes one to the side of the head.
Aquino shoots in looking for a takedown but Tao manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Aquino's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Aquino shoots in looking for a takedown but Tao manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Aquino's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Tao throws a leg kick which misses Aquino's front leg but catches the back leg as Aquino tries to avoid it.
Tao is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tao thuds a left hand into Aquino's body.
Tao lands with a cross.
Aquino is trying desperately to land a takedown but Tao is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Aquino.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aquino on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Aquino throws a sloppy head kick
and Tao connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tao scores with a nice right hand.
Tao moves out of range as Aquino strikes.
A head kick by Aquino misses
and Tao counters with a left to the body.
Tao cracks the inside of Aquino's front leg.
Aquino takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tao scores with a jab to the body.
Tao lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tao pushes Aquino away with a front kick.
Tao thuds his right hand into Aquino's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Aquino takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Aquino steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Tao. That one must have hurt.
Tao moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Aquino takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Aquino on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tao. Tao obviously looking to wear him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tao turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Aquino takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tao lands a nice looking body shot.
Tao stuns Aquino with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Aquino on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Aquino misses with a looping left.
Tao throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Aquino's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Aquino takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Tao connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tao takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A cross from Tao lands.
Aquino has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tao.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Tao. Aquino shrugs it off though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tao lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A lazy left from Tao finds it's target.
Aquino takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yin Tao dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Aquino throws a right and a left that Tao avoids nicely.
Tao dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Aquino does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Aquino moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tao cracks Aquino with an open hand slap.
Aquino misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tao throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tao scores with the left hand. Aquino knows he should have avoided that one.
Tao throws a shot to the body.
Tao stuffs the takedown attempt from Aquino. Aquino gets slowly back to his feet.
Tao lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tao takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Aquino is breathing heavily.
Aquino shoots in for a takedown but Tao shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tao with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aquino takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Tao connects with a good right hand that stumbles Aquino. Aquino circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tao getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tao lands with a hook. Aquino tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Aquino might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tao has got the better of the exchanges.
Tao fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Aquino looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Aquino has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tao keeps Aquino at a distance using the push kick.
A left lands for Tao.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tao lands a front kick.
Tao throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tao lands the left hand.
Tao smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tao throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Aquino stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tao lands with a nice body kick.
Tao lands a nice looking body kick.
Tao throws a one two combo.
Aquino is rocked!
Tao just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tao lands a nice shot to the body.
Tao scores with a jab to the head.
Aquino is still on wobbly legs! Can Tao finish him?
Aquino on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tao. Tao obviously looking to wear him down.
Aquino seems to have recovered his senses.
Tao connects with a body shot.
Tao connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Aquino momentarily.
Aquino looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Yin Tao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benigno Aquino.
Aquino misses with a two punch combination.
Tao throws a good cross that connects.
Tao connects with an inside leg kick.
Aquino on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yin Tao is winning the standup battle so far.
Tao cracks Aquino with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A punch lands to the side of Aquino 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Aquino misses with a right hand
and Tao counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tao lands a nice looking kick to the body. Aquino takes a step back to recover.
Tao with a hook.
Aquino misses with a takedown attempt - Tao sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Tao defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Aquino.
Aquino throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tao counters with a nice body kick.
Tao connects with a high kick.
Aquino tries to land a front kick but Tao steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tao lands with a shot to the body.
Tao connects with a right hand. Aquino shakes it off.
Tao lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Aquino throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tao.
Aquino has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tao finds it's way round the side to connect with Aquino's head.
Nice jab there from Tao.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tao with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tao circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Aquino to the canvas! Aquino doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Tao keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yin Tao!
Yin Tao retains his welterweight title!
Yin Tao seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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