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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Titus Kahoohalphala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Kahoohalphala might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Diablo Swing Orchestra - Ragdoll Physics. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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210 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Titus Kahoohalphala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Tommy Gunn!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kahoohalphala throws out a loose jab but Gunn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gunn. Kahoohalphala does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gunn doesn't manage to clinch there - Kahoohalphala circles away.
Gunn tries to sprawl but Kahoohalphala drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Kahoohalphala is pressing down on Gunn's thigh, looking to free his foot. Gunn is holding on for now.
Kahoohalphala content to control rather than advance.
Gunn keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kahoohalphala not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Kahoohalphala throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kahoohalphala throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kahoohalphala thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Kahoohalphala wants to control but Gunn is keeping him busy.
Gunn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Kahoohalphala. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Kahoohalphala throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kahoohalphala wants to pass to mount but Gunn is defending the position.
Kahoohalphala working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Gunn's thigh. Gunn counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Kahoohalphala trying to control the position from guard on top but Gunn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kahoohalphala in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Kahoohalphala postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kahoohalphala works over Gunn with some ground and pound from guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn keeping moving, preventing Kahoohalphala from controlling successfully.
Kahoohalphala missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Kahoohalphala trying to control the position from guard on top but Gunn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kahoohalphala 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.
Kahoohalphala throws an elbow that misses. Gunn uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Kahoohalphala's guard. Nice move by Gunn!
Gunn got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kahoohalphala has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gunn has managed to get both his arms back between Kahoohalphala's legs - danger averted.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kahoohalphala wants to sweep but no luck.
Kahoohalphala lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Gunn!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gunn tries to hold on but Kahoohalphala pushes him away.
Kahoohalphala raining down hammerfists from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Kahoohalphala cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Kahoohalphala pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kahoohalphala lands with some strikes.
Kahoohalphala throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gunn is in a horrible position here. Kahoohalphala smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Kahoohalphala sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The referee warns Gunn that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kahoohalphala connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
It looks like Tommy Gunn has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kahoohalphala cracks Gunn with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kahoohalphala working the ground and pound effectively.
Gunn is rocked!
Kahoohalphala lands a big elbow - Gunn is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Gunn is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Titus Kahoohalphala!
Our winner, Titus Kahoohalphala, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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