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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rufus McTearson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Battousai The Slasher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Slasher has chosen Boom Boom Oh Yeah as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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200 lbs
16 - 4 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rufus McTearson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 2, fighting out of London, Battousai The Slasher!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McTearson thows a left - swing and a miss!
McTearson works The Slasher's body with a nice hook.
McTearson connects with a good right hand that stumbles The Slasher. The Slasher circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McTearson misses with a wild combination.
McTearson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but The Slasher is out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as The Slasher checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The Slasher slips a jab from McTearson.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from The Slasher, right into the meat.
McTearson has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Beast in the buildup to the fight.
McTearson scores with the left hand. The Slasher knows he should have avoided that one.
The Slasher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McTearson.
McTearson misses with a hook.
McTearson lands a head shot.
McTearson clinches.
McTearson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Slasher misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McTearson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McTearson throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McTearson throws a punch but it's blocked by The Slasher.
With the fighters up against the cage, The Slasher throws an elbow but misses.
McTearson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Slasher throws an elbow but it misses.
Knees to the body from The Slasher.
McTearson wants to break the clinch but can't.
The Slasher has a couple of punches blocked by McTearson.
The Slasher lands a nice knee to the body.
McTearson letting The Slasher take a breather here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Slasher lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Rufus McTearson has been cut.
McTearson tries a body shot but The Slasher blocks it.
The Slasher tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
McTearson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
McTearson takes a knee right on the jaw!
A left hand lands to the body for McTearson.
The Slasher lands a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Slasher throws a punch but it's blocked by McTearson.
McTearson managing to block the knees to the body from The Slasher.
The Slasher misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Slasher landing knees to the body.
The Slasher content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The Slasher continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The Slasher lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Slasher.
McTearson misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Slasher throws an elbow but it misses.
McTearson avoids the elbow strike from The Slasher, against the cage.
McTearson blocks an elbow strike from The Slasher.
The Slasher stalling against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McTearson has a couple of punches blocked by The Slasher.
The Slasher throws an elbow but it misses.
The Slasher lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
McTearson looking to stall.
The Slasher lands a knee to the body.
A short uppercut from The Slasher.
McTearson lands with a left to the head.
The Slasher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McTearson blocks it with crossed arms.
The Slasher lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Slasher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through McTearson's defenses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Slasher crunches a lovely knee into McTearson's ribcage.
The Slasher pushes off an throws an elbow but McTearson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
McTearson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Come on The Slasher - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McTearson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The Slasher looking to throw knees to the head but McTearson is blocking nicely.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
McTearson is trying to stall.
The Slasher lands an elbow that stopped McTearson in his tracks for a moment.
The Slasher blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by McTearson.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from McTearson.
McTearson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The Slasher letting McTearson take a breather here.
The Slasher is trying to maintain a safe position but McTearson gets an underhook and turns The Slasher into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Battousai The Slasher dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Rufus McTearson'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.
McTearson connects with the punch.
McTearson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but The Slasher is out of range.
The Slasher blocks the body kick.
The Slasher steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McTearson.
McTearson lands with a nice body punch.
The Slasher throws a shot from downtown. McTearson moves away and avoids it.
McTearson misses with a body shot.
McTearson lands a jab to the head.
McTearson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The Slasher tries to clinch there but McTearson circles away.
McTearson throws a body punch but The Slasher moves out of range.
The Slasher works McTearson's body with a nice hook.
McTearson throws a right hand that misses
and The Slasher counters with a nice uppercut.
McTearson lands with an overhand left.
A big left from The Slasher misses.
The Slasher avoids the body shot from McTearson.
The Slasher's coach down at ~T~ Troid - Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on The Slasher's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Slasher swings for the body but McTearson moves out of range.
The Slasher blocks a jab.
The Slasher takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A big right from McTearson misses.
The Slasher scores with a leg kick.
McTearson avoids the body shot from The Slasher.
Rufus McTearson is winning the standup battle so far.
McTearson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Slasher.
The Slasher bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McTearson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The Slasher takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big right from McTearson misses.
McTearson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping The Slasher at a distance.
The Slasher blocks a head kick by McTearson.
McTearson misses with a wild body shot.
McTearson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Slasher.
The Slasher throws out a leg kick but McTearson moves out of range and The Slasher only half commits.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTearson throws a low kick but The Slasher avoids it.
McTearson throws a shot from downtown. The Slasher moves away and avoids it.
The Slasher scores with a jab to the body.
The Slasher tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The Slasher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A slow jab from McTearson misses its intended target.
McTearson is looking to score with low kicks.
The Slasher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McTearson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McTearson just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from McTearson.
The Slasher lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McTearson circles away quickly and effectively.
The Slasher tries to work over McTearson's front leg with a kick but McTearson checks it.
McTearson misses with a body shot.
The Slasher lands with a thumping leg kick.
The Slasher lands a jab to McTearson's midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McTearson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
McTearson throws a sloppy body shot
and The Slasher counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by The Slasher.
Battousai The Slasher seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The Slasher pushes McTearson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from McTearson fails to land.
The Slasher unloads a knee to the mid-section. McTearson lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Slasher lands a nice uppercut.
McTearson misses with some punches.
McTearson misses with some punches.
Nice elbow from The Slasher.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Slasher missing with knees to the body.
The Slasher scores with a knee to the head.
The Slasher stalls.
McTearson lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Slasher trying to control the position but instead, McTearson has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Slasher into the cage.
McTearson blocks the elbow strike.
The Slasher slows down the pace here.
McTearson lands with a left to the head.
The Slasher tries to stall but McTearson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as The Slasher takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
McTearson wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The Slasher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Slasher wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Battousai The Slasher.
The Slasher blocks a head kick by McTearson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Battousai The Slasher will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Rufus McTearson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The Slasher lands a jab.
McTearson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by The Slasher.
The Slasher takes a swing at McTearson's ribcage but misses.
McTearson goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
The Slasher tried to score with a low kick but McTearson checks it.
McTearson slips under a jab from The Slasher.
McTearson defending well as The Slasher loads up on a big left hand.
The Slasher misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Slasher misses with a hook.
A right-left combo lands from The Slasher.
McTearson just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from The Slasher misses.
McTearson connects with a single shot there.
McTearson cracks The Slasher with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
McTearson keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McTearson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The Slasher moves out of range as McTearson throws a body kick.
The Slasher takes a jab right on the kisser.
McTearson throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling The Slasher to counter with a crisp jab.
McTearson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Slasher.
McTearson lands the left hand.
McTearson checks a leg kick.
The Slasher connects with a solid leg kick.
Rufus McTearson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Slasher throws a hook but McTearson avoids it easily.
The Slasher looks to throw the jab but McTearson is out of range.
The Slasher swings and misses with a shot to the body
and The Slasher takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McTearson with a nice cross.
McTearson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between The Slasher's hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Slasher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McTearson.
McTearson scores with a punch to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McTearson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
McTearson moves out of range as The Slasher strikes.
The Slasher slips under a jab.
The Slasher slips a jab from McTearson.
An inside leg kick from McTearson misses.
The Slasher throws a lazy right hand but McTearson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McTearson swings for the body but The Slasher moves out of range.
McTearson circles away from the clinch attempt.
McTearson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Slasher throws a right and a left that both miss.
The Slasher on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The Slasher lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The Slasher throws a lazy right hand but McTearson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Slasher throws a right and a left that McTearson avoids nicely.
A head kick misses from The Slasher.
The Slasher misses the jab.
The Slasher throws a series of punches but McTearson avoids them all with ease.
McTearson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McTearson throws a jab when The Slasher was well out of range.
McTearson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Slasher misses with a low kick as McTearson jumps back.
The Slasher forces McTearson back against the cage and clinches.
McTearson managing to block the knees to the body from The Slasher.
McTearson lands a shoulder strike.
It looks like Battousai The Slasher has been cut.
McTearson blocks an elbow strike.
McTearson swings wildly with an uppercut but The Slasher uses good head movement to avoid it.
McTearson blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Slasher lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McTearson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Slasher cracks McTearson with a good jab.
The Slasher punishes McTearson's body with a nice straight punch.
The fighters circling - McTearson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McTearson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as McTearson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
McTearson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The Slasher connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McTearson's hands.
McTearson cracks The Slasher with an open hand slap.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McTearson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McTearson throws a hook to the side of The Slasher's head but The Slasher sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Slasher lands a leg kick that knocks McTearson off balance momentarily.
The Slasher looks to land a left hand but McTearson moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Battousai The Slasher just about did enough to take it.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
The Slasher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McTearson.
McTearson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The Slasher throws a shot from downtown. McTearson moves away and avoids it.
McTearson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
McTearson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
The Slasher moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The Slasher fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt McTearson.
McTearson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Slasher.
The Slasher tests McTearson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The Slasher moves out of range as McTearson throws a body kick.
McTearson moves into the clinch.
The Slasher lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The Slasher lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Slasher scores a nice knee to the body.
The Slasher dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A shot in the inside from McTearson.
The Slasher is looking to control McTearson's arms but McTearson gets an underhook and turns him. Now The Slasher has his back to the cage.
The Slasher just leaning against McTearson, taking a breather.
McTearson avoids a wild elbow strike from The Slasher.
The Slasher missing with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from McTearson as the two fighters clinch.
The referee calls for The Slasher to work.
McTearson misses with a hook to the ribs.
The Slasher misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McTearson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTearson managing to block the knees to the body from The Slasher.
McTearson can't find room to land a body shot as The Slasher controls the action.
McTearson misses with a punch to the body.
The Slasher throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McTearson blocks it with crossed arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Slasher lands with a left to the head.
A nice left hand lands by McTearson.
The Slasher content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The Slasher stalling in the clinch but McTearson improves position.
The Slasher throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Slasher can't find room to land a body shot as McTearson controls the action.
McTearson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The Slasher looking to stall.
McTearson misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by The Slasher.
The Slasher tries to throw a body punch but McTearson avoids it by throwing The Slasher back against the cage.
The Slasher lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
McTearson letting The Slasher take a breather here.
McTearson can't find room to land a body shot as The Slasher controls the action.
The Slasher tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McTearson avoids it.
McTearson misses with a punch on the inside.
The Slasher misses with a body punch.
McTearson misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Slasher misses with a knee to the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McTearson as The Slasher tries to tie him up.
The Slasher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from McTearson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McTearson as The Slasher tries to tie him up.
McTearson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McTearson avoiding damage as The Slasher throws knees to the body.
McTearson lands with a light punch inside.
McTearson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
McTearson moves to clinch but The Slasher breaks away
and The Slasher counters with a left to the body.
The Slasher throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McTearson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McTearson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Slasher.
The Slasher throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck McTearson on the side of the head.
McTearson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
McTearson misses with a looping right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Battousai The Slasher dominated that fourth round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A low kick from The Slasher is predictable there
and McTearson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McTearson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Slasher misses the jab.
The Slasher walks into a stiff left hand from McTearson.
McTearson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? The Slasher is fending him off so far but McTearson persists. Nope, The Slasher circles away and we're back to standing.
McTearson scores with a jab to the head.
The Slasher with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The Slasher lands with a shot to the body.
The Slasher throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Slasher has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
McTearson misses the shot to the body.
McTearson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Slasher.
McTearson is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The Slasher waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McTearson.
A punch combination from McTearson misses.
An inside leg kick lands from The Slasher.
The Slasher lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McTearson misses with an uppercut.
The Slasher with a jab.
McTearson wants to land a leg kick but The Slasher is out of range.
McTearson scores with a jab.
The Slasher swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Slasher slips under a jab from McTearson.
The Slasher connects with a good right hand that stumbles McTearson. McTearson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
McTearson takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The Slasher swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McTearson.
The Slasher misses with a two punch combination.
McTearson throws a body punch but The Slasher moves out of range.
McTearson blocks a head kick by The Slasher.
McTearson lands a jab to the nose.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McTearson defending well as The Slasher loads up on a big left hand.
McTearson throws a head kick but The Slasher moves out of range.
The Slasher scores with a nice strike.
The Slasher forces McTearson back against the cage and clinches.
The Slasher looking to stall.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McTearson misses with a body punch.
McTearson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Slasher using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McTearson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Slasher lands a body punch.
A short left from The Slasher.
McTearson misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Slasher lands a hook that snaps the head of McTearson backwards.
McTearson misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McTearson scores with a shot to the side of The Slasher's head.
The Slasher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Slasher taking a breather.
The Slasher tries to throw a body punch but McTearson avoids it by throwing The Slasher back against the cage.
The Slasher blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McTearson takes an elbow to the temple.
The Slasher is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. McTearson is defending well for now.
The Slasher is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
McTearson has a couple of punches blocked by The Slasher.
McTearson misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Slasher lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt McTearson or not.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - a gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
McTearson wants to stall.
The Slasher using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McTearson avoids a wild elbow strike from The Slasher.
Nice body punch from McTearson - that landed with a thud.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McTearson misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by The Slasher.
The Slasher looking to slow down the pace here.
McTearson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McTearson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Slasher throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The Slasher working some nice short punches in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Slasher misses with the head strike.
Rufus McTearson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Slasher working McTearson over with knees to the body.
A short right from The Slasher on the inside.
McTearson takes a knee to the side of the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Battousai The Slasher comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got The Slasher winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 45:50
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 46:49
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Battousai The Slasher!
Battousai The Slasher is the new middleweight champion!
Battousai The Slasher decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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