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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hannibal Lyons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zell Griever (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Griever has chosen X-Files Theme as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Zell Griever has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Hannibal Lyons's chin.
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300 lbs
14 - 1 - 0 |
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285 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight 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 London, Hannibal Lyons!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zell Griever!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Russell Pearce and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lyons buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Lyons tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Griever was well out of range. Poor timing from Lyons.
Griever lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
It looks like Hannibal Lyons has been cut.
Lyons delivers a nice body kick.
Griever ducks under a wild hook from Lyons.
Griever takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
It looks like Zell Griever has been cut.
Griever swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Lyons counters with a shoot takedown. Griever fights it but they end up in guard.
Griever is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lyons is stalling in the full guard.
Lyons is looking to work some ground and pound but Griever has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyons postures up in Griever's guard and throws a big left but Griever blocks it.
Lyons pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Griever is keeping the position for now.
Lyons being controlled here momentarily.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Griever cracks Lyons with an open hand slap.
Griever 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.
Griever uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lyons.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griever looks to land a combination but Lyons avoids it well.
Lyons takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Lyons misses with a hook.
Lyons lands with a cross.
Griever fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lyons has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Griever throws a leg kick which misses Lyons's front leg but catches the back leg as Lyons tries to avoid it.
Griever uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lyons.
Lyons throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lyons drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
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!
Griever lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lyons at a distance.
Griever misses with a body shot.
Griever throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Griever connects with a solid leg kick.
Griever throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lyons motions for Griever to come forward. Lyons throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Griever scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
The fighters circling - Lyons throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lyons lands a nice leg kick that just misses Griever's sensitive parts.
Griever shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lyons uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Griever.
Griever scoring well with a low kick there.
Griever lands a big head kick that sends Lyons tumbling to the mat! Griever takes a step backwards and waves Lyons back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Lyons is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lyons tries a head kick but it misses.
Griever misses with a looping right.
Lyons blocks a jab.
Lyons looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Griever moves away from the strike by Lyons.
Lyons defending well as Griever loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Griever ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lyons moves away.
Lyons cracks the inside of Griever's front leg.
Lyons jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Griever lands a left and a right that send Lyons crashing to the mat, dazed. Griever thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Oh Lyons is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Griever misses with a looping left.
Lyons seems to have got his legs back now.
Griever chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Griever throws a low kick but it's checked well by Lyons.
Lyons throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Griever sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lyons throws a lazy right hand but Griever sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lyons - that will leave a mark!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters circling - Griever throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Griever tests Lyons's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lyons is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Griever.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zell Griever dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Griever turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Griever misses with a head kick.
Griever has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Griever wants to land a leg kick but Lyons is out of range.
Lyons throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Griever counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lyons moves away from the strike by Griever.
Lyons throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Lyons scores with the left hand. Griever knows he should have avoided that one.
Griever throws a lazy right hand but Lyons sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Griever takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Griever.
Lyons is looking to score with low kicks.
Griever throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lyons stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Griever.
Lyons delivers a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyons 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.
Lyons lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lyons throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Griever on the side of the head.
Griever stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lyons throws a wild body kick that Griever sees coming a mile off.
Griever misses with a low kick as Lyons jumps back.
Lyons looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice cross by Lyons.
Lyons clinches up with Griever and pushes him back against the cage.
Griever misses with some punches.
Lyons is trying to stall.
Griever lands a body punch.
Griever stalling against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Griever blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lyons tries to work over Griever's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lyons tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Griever's elbow.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Griever misses with some punches.
Griever breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lyons misses with a straight right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lyons misses with a low kick.
Nice shot lands for Lyons.
Griever throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lyons takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Lyons blocks a low kick nicely.
Lyons jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lyons finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
An inside leg kick from Lyons misses.
Lyons is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Griever, as that shot connected.
Griever's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lyons connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Griever scrambles back to his feet.
Zell Griever seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lyons displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Griever throws out the jab.
Lyons misses with a shot to the body
and Griever counters with a crisp right hand that drops Lyons! Griever lets Lyons back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Lyons bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Lyons throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Griever fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lyons is out of range.
Jab, jab by Lyons - just one landing.
Lyons throws a head kick but Griever moves out of range.
Lyons fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Griever.
Griever throws a leg kick but Lyons sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lyons.
Griever throws a leg kick but Lyons sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jab, jab by Griever - just one landing.
Lyons scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lyons dives in and scores a takedown into Griever's guard.
Griever keeping moving, preventing Lyons from controlling successfully.
Griever is pulling down on Lyons's head to control his posture.
Griever preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Griever trying to control the position.
Lyons stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Griever swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hannibal Lyons will probably get the nod.
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!
Lyons throws a predictable looking body shot
and Griever counters with a head kick from the bowels of hell that crumples Lyons! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Zell Griever!
Zell Griever is the new super heavyweight champion!
A victorious Zell Griever thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
The defeated Hannibal Lyons had this to say: 'Congratulations my friend.'.
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energy
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hype
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