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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jack Neely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fatu Tua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Neely comes to the cage accompanied by Cracker - Low. Tua comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Freak on a Leash by Korn kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jack Neely is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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275 lbs
31 - 15 - 0 |
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269 lbs
30 - 17 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Neely!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fatu Tua!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Tua. No joy for Neely on that attempt.
Tua moves into the clinch.
Neely is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tua pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Tua misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tua prevents a body shot from Neely.
Tua misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Tua.
Neely misses with a punch to the body.
Tua lands a nice uppercut.
Neely makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tua misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've been hearing reports that Neely has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Tua working aggressively here.
Tua struggles to land a body shot inside as Neely controls his hands.
Neely tries to throw a body punch but Tua avoids it by throwing Neely back against the cage.
Neely has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Tua is trying to keep an underhook but Neely manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Tua is concentrating on defense, preventing Neely from advancing position.
Neely takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Neely seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Tua gets back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neely wants to control from the top but Tua keeps moving.
Neely postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tua avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Tua wants to get back to his feet but Neely is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Neely passes into half guard.
Neely throwing shots but Tua is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Neely wants to work for an arm triangle but Tua is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Neely seems to be working for a kimura but Tua defends the submission attempt.
Neely throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are battling for position here. Tua manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Neely won't allow Tua to get back to his feet.
Neely is looking to work some ground and pound but Tua has wrist control.
Neely is working Tua over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Neely wants to pass the guard but Tua is keeping the position.
Tua utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neely pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tua is keeping the position for now.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Neely throws a body punch but Tua moves out of range.
Neely avoids the body shot from Tua.
Tua looks to land a right hand but Neely moved out of range.
Tua throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Tua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Neely was well out of range. Poor timing from Tua.
Tua looks to land a left hand but Neely moved out of range nicely.
Danga de danga de dang - Neely scores with a four punch combination!
Neely decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Neely tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tua knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Neely throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Neely passes to side control.
Tua is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Neely has just dragged him back down to the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neely thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Neely has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Tua!
Neely throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tua is looking to improve his position but Neely isn't that keen on the idea.
Neely wants to control the pace but Tua is squirming around nicely.
Tua wants to hold on but Neely pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Neely dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tua scores with a punch to the head.
It looks like Jack Neely has been cut.
Tua looks to throw the jab but Neely is out of range.
Tua lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Neely at a distance.
Neely steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tua.
Neely blocks a jab.
Neely takes one to the side of the head.
Tua getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Neely clinches with his opponent.
Tua blocks a body shot from Neely.
Neely lands with a light punch inside.
Tua lands a left hand that snaps the head of Neely backwards.
Neely tries to work over Tua's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tua misses with a body punch.
Tua swings wildly with an uppercut but Neely uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tua has a couple of punches blocked by Neely.
A head punch on the inside from Tua fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tua just misses with a elbow thrown towards Neely's brow.
Tua misses with a body punch.
A short right from Neely on the inside.
Neely fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tua stops a takedown attempt from Neely.
Neely can't find room to land a body shot as Tua controls the action.
Neely tries to work over Tua's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tua misses with a body punch.
Neely misses with a body punch.
Tua misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tua lands with a right to the head.
Tua misses with some punches.
Neely presses Tua against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Neely misses with a punch to the body.
Neely blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Neely gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Tua keeping moving, preventing Neely from controlling successfully.
Tua preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neely stands up over Tua, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Neely preventing the sweep.
Neely seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Neely's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Neely missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Neely lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Neely stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tua swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Neely postures up in Tua's guard and throws a big left but Tua blocks it.
Neely is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tua can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neely postures up in Tua's guard and throws a big left but Tua blocks it.
Neely trying to control the position from guard on top but Tua is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tua moves into the clinch successfully.
Tua lands a left hand.
Tua is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fatu Tua seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Tua throws a head punch that misses.
Neely tries to throw a body punch but Tua avoids it by throwing Neely back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Neely.
Tua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tua.
Tua pushes Neely back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Neely struggles to land a body shot inside as Tua controls his hands.
A short right from Tua.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neely lands a hook that snaps the head of Tua backwards.
Neely wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Neely. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Neely misses with a punch to the body.
Neely lands with a short shot to the head.
Tua lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Neely jumps guard but Tua stands there with Neely around his waist. Neely gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Neely blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tua misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tua softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Jack Neely's cut is getting worse.
Tua is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Neely goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Neely tries a body shot but Tua blocks it.
Neely is working Tua over against the cage.
Neely doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Neely lands a body punch in the clinch.
Neely tries a body shot but Tua blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fatu Tua showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jack Neely's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Neely shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Tua napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neely lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Tua down.
Tua tries to bench press Neely off him but Neely keeps the position.
Neely swings around for an armbar but Tua sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Neely's guard.
Neely lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Neely 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.
Tua keeping moving, preventing Neely from controlling successfully.
Neely throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Neely distracts Tua with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Neely trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Neely throws a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neely slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Neely trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Neely working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Neely stops Tua from standing up.
Jack Neely overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Neely's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Neely postures up.
Tua keeping moving, preventing Neely from controlling successfully.
Neely will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Neely missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Neely loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Tua is looking to stand up but Neely isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Tua digs a good body shot into Neely's ribs.
Neely shoots in for a takedown but Tua shows good takedown defense.
Neely throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fatu Tua seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Tua misses with a looping left.
Neely swings for the body but Tua moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Tua.
Neely 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.
Tua defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Neely.
Neely looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Neely throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Neely gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fatu Tua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neely connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tua's hands.
Neely misses with a body shot.
Neely looks for a takedown but Tua sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Neely. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Neely darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tua tries to kick Neely off but Neely keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Neely content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Neely throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tua trying to control from the bottom.
Tua is looking to escape.
Neely throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Tua tries to kick Neely off but Neely keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Neely is looking to clinch but Tua is avoiding it.
Neely checks the leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Tua. That snapped Neely's head back.
Neely looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Neely closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Tua tries to improve position but can't.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tua wants to get back to his feet but Neely drags him back down.
Neely wants to control but Tua is keeping him busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Neely showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Neely has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Neely!
Jack Neely really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hellbent logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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hype
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