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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nathan Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Evander Holyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Evander Holyfield is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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220 lbs
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217 lbs
12 - 12 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Nathan Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evander Holyfield!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake looks to land a combination but Holyfield avoids it well.
Despite the aggression on Holyfield's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Drake changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Holyfield has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Drake fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Holyfield checks it well.
Holyfield feints a counter leg kick.
Drake throws a jab but it's blocked by Holyfield.
Holyfield tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Drake walks into a straight right hand from Holyfield.
It looks like Nathan Drake has been cut.
Holyfield looks to land a combination but Drake avoids it well.
Drake scores with a nice head shot.
Drake digs a good hook to Holyfield's body.
Nathan Drake seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holyfield lands a nice shot that snaps Drake's head back.
Drake dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holyfield avoids a punch combination nicely.
Holyfield dodges the punch combination from Drake.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Drake there.
A low kick from Holyfield misses
and Drake counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Evander Holyfield has been cut.
Drake works Holyfield's body with a nice hook.
Drake throws a right and a left that both miss.
Drake connects with the punch.
Holyfield looks to score with a jab to the body but Drake is just out of range.
Holyfield slips under a jab from Drake.
Holyfield misses with a few strikes there.
Holyfield throws a series of punches but Drake avoids them all with ease.
Drake lands with a nice body punch.
A shot to the liver by Drake. Beautiful body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Drake.
Holyfield manages to work his way to half guard, despite Drake's best efforts.
Holyfield kicks off Drake and gets to his feet.
Holyfield looks to land a left hand but Drake moved out of range nicely.
Holyfield is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Drake.
Holyfield connects with a body shot.
Evander Holyfield is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holyfield misses with a looping right.
Holyfield misses the jab.
Drake just misses with a punch to the body.
Holyfield throws a sloppy head kick and Drake moves out of range easily.
Holyfield lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Holyfield throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Drake counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield slips a jab and a cross from Drake.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drake. Holyfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drake dodges the punch combination from Holyfield.
Drake defending well as Holyfield loads up on a big left hand.
Drake closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Holyfield's guard.
Holyfield wants to sweep but no luck.
Drake trying to control but Holyfield is working from the bottom.
Drake advances position into side control!
Holyfield trying to control but Drake flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Drake controlling well, preventing Holyfield from escaping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holyfield trying to control the action but Drake just sinks the hooks in.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Holyfield turns into Drake and is now in his guard.
Holyfield in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Drake has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holyfield throws a strike but Drake rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Drake's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Drake content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Holyfield controls Drake momentarily but Drake frees himself.
Holyfield looking for a guillotine here but Drake defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Drake dominated that 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!
Holyfield lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Holyfield connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Drake. Holyfield does a little dance to reset his feet.
Drake is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Holyfield can do to turn this around?
Holyfield swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Drake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Holyfield.
Drake half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Holyfield on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drake throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Holyfield lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Holyfield.
Drake swings widly with a right hand
and Holyfield counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Drake is rocked!
Drake catches Holyfield with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Holyfield looks to land a combination but Drake avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Holyfield.
Holyfield takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Drake works over Holyfield's head and body with a nice combination.
Drake misses with a right hand
letting Holyfield counter with a right hand.
Oh Drake is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nathan Drake's cut is getting worse.
Holyfield avoids the body shot from Drake.
A telegraphed right hand from Drake misses the target.
Holyfield looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Drake steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Holyfield.
Drake misses with a wild combination.
Holyfield throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Drake seems to have got his legs back now.
Holyfield throws a shot from downtown. Drake moves away and avoids it.
Nathan Drake is winning the standup battle so far.
Holyfield paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Holyfield looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Drake misses with a takedown
and Holyfield counters with a huge left! Drake is in big trouble! He's backing up but Holyfield isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Drake from any more damage. A dominating finish by Holyfield!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Evander Holyfield!
Our winner, Evander Holyfield, 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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RATING
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