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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yin Tao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and J J Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tao comes to the cage accompanied by Philip Bailey - Walking on the Chinese Wall. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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180 cm
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160 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yin Tao!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, J J Walker!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Hogan, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tao looks to land a body kick but Walker moved away.
Tao throws a leg kick that is checked
and Walker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tao throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Walker checks a low kick from Tao.
Tao throws a low kick but Walker avoids it.
Nice shot by Tao.
Tao throws a nice looking combination but Walker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Walker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tao gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Tao tries to work over Walker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Walker tries to stall but Tao uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Walker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tao misses the shot to the body.
Yin Tao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tao misses with a wild body shot.
Walker works over Tao's head and body with a nice combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker misses with an uppercut. Tao saw that one coming.
Walker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tao fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Walker misses with a right hand
and Tao counters with a body kick.
Tao ducks under a wild hook from Walker.
Tao loads up on a big right hand but Walker slips the punch.
Tao throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tao pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tao tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Walker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tao shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Walker eats them both and turns towards Tao to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Nice body kick from Tao.
Tao lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tao looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Walker misses with a straight right.
Tao pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Walker misses with an uppercut. Tao saw that one coming.
Tao throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Tao.
Walker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tao.
Tao misses with a low kick.
Walker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tao.
Tao misses with a jab to the body
and Walker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Walker misses with a looping left.
Walker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tao.
Walker is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tao.
Tao misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker misses with a hook. Tao ducked under it nicely.
Tao misses with an attempted mid kick.
Walker moves out of range of the strikes.
Walker takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tao throws a low kick but it's checked well by Walker.
Tao pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tao instigates a clinch.
Tao makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tao makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Walker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tao lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tao throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Walker blocks it with crossed arms.
Walker can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Tao.
Tao trying to land knees to the body.
Walker lands a right hand.
Tao misses with a body punch.
Walker wants to get back to striking at distance but Tao won't allow it.
Tao throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Walkers head.
Walker is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tao unloads a knee to the mid-section. Walker lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Walker stalling in the clinch but Tao improves position.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Tao is controlling him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tao prevents Walker from breaking the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Walker.
Tao lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yin Tao dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tao lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tao on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tao takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tao throws a lazy right hand but Walker sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tao looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Walker misses with an uppercut. Tao saw that one coming.
Walker throws out a powerful jab.
Walker looks to score with a jab to the body but Tao is just out of range.
Tao is looking to slow Walker down with leg kicks.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Walker, as that shot connected.
Tao gets a clinch.
Tao lands an elbow inside that Walker shrugs off.
A shot in the inside from Tao.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tao dips to his left and cracks Walker with an uppercut!
Walker blocks a head kick by Tao.
Walker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tao manages to avoid it.
Tao avoids a punch combination nicely.
A nice combination there by Walker.
Tao falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Walker to counter with a crisp jab.
Tao chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tao lands a nice looking body kick.
Walker lands a jab-cross combination.
Tao closes the distance but Walker moves to the side
and Walker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tao feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Walker's calf.
Tao lands a nice shot to the body.
Tao pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tao explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Tao on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tao fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tao tries to bum rush Walker with a series of wild strikes but Walker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Walker throws a hook but Tao avoids it easily.
Walker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Walker tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Tao looks to land a combination but Walker avoids it well.
Yin Tao is winning the standup battle so far.
Tao fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Walker has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tao fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Walker's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tao dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Walker. That did some damage!
Walker waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tao.
Walker avoids the body shot from Tao.
Tao thows a left - swing and a miss!
Walker on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Tao throws a head kick that misses.
Walker sizes up Tao with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Walker doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Walker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tao manages to avoid it.
Tao scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Good leg kick by Tao there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tao moves out of range as Walker strikes.
Tao tries to land a front kick but Walker steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tao throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tao misses with a low kick.
Walker might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Walker scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walker scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A slow jab from Tao misses its intended target.
Walker chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tao can pounce on him.
Tao is looking to land body kicks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tao fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Walker looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Walker slips a jab from Tao.
Tao is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yin Tao 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.
Tao throws an off balance right hand
and Walker cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some wild striking there from Walker.
Tao tries to score with a low kick but Walker moves his leg out of the way.
Tao tries to clinch but Walker is having none of it.
Walker thuds his right hand into Tao's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Walker misses with a straight right.
Walker tries to keep at a distance but Tao has taken the fight into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Tao - that landed with a thud.
Walker taking a breather.
Tao lands a nice uppercut.
Tao lands a nice shot to the body.
Tao tries a body shot but Walker blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tao lands an uppercut.
Tao struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.
Walker is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Walker leaning against his opponent.
Good body shot from Tao.
Tao has a couple of punches blocked by Walker.
Tao scores with a shoulder strike.
Tao cracks Walker with a nice body shot.
Walker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice body punch from Tao.
Tao slowing the pace effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tao misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Tao.
Tao lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tao misses with some punches.
Walker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tao creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Walker's defenses.
Walker is rocked!
A right hook to the body lands for Tao.
Walker is still on wobbly legs! Can Tao finish him?
Tao lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Walker is trying to maintain a safe position but Tao gets an underhook and turns Walker into the cage.
Walker is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tao.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker prevents a body shot from Tao.
Walker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Walker takes a shot to the head.
Tao lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tao blocks a body shot from Walker.
Tao tries a body shot but Walker blocks it.
Tao gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tao creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Walker's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Walker drops to his knees and Tao pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yin Tao!
Yin Tao retains his lightweight title!
An out of breath Yin Tao thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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