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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Tuup (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris McDoom (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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194 cm
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Carl Tuup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chris McDoom!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tuup is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tuup misses with an uppercut
and McDoom cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Good shot there by McDoom.
McDoom lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Tuup rushes McDoom and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Tuup tries a knee to the head but McDoom blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McDoom.
Tuup definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but McDoom blocks with his arms.
Tuup misses with some punches.
Tuup with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tuup is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tuup with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McDoom looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Still in the clinch, Tuup scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Tuup fails to land.
McDoom looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tuup lands a knee to the head.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McDoom is trying to force a seperation but Tuup has the dominant position.
McDoom wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tuup with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tuup throws a knee to the head but misses.
McDoom on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tuup is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tuup stalling.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Tuup for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McDoom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tuup.
Tuup looking to throw knees to the head but McDoom is blocking nicely.
Tuup connects with a knee to the head.
Tuup throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McDoom blocks it with crossed arms.
Tuup with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tuup can't find room to land a body shot as McDoom controls the action.
Tuup misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tuup throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McDoom blocks it with crossed arms.
McDoom can't break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDoom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tuup looking to slow down the pace here.
Tuup with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tuup tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but McDoom blocks with his arms.
Tuup tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tuup lands a right hand that snaps the head of McDoom backwards.
Tuup with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tuup with a knee to the head.
Tuup tries a knee to the head but McDoom blocks it.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but McDoom blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDoom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tuup with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tuup misses with a knee strike.
McDoom working hard to break the clinch.
McDoom wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tuup misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tuup misses with a knee to the head.
McDoom has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tuup keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McDoom's efforts to push away.
McDoom blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carl Tuup dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
McDoom keeps the fight on the outside.
McDoom throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tuup has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tuup forces McDoom back against the ropes and clinches.
Tuup with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McDoom is trying to force a seperation but Tuup has the dominant position.
A knee to the head by Tuup.
Tuup makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McDoom is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Tuup scores with a knee to the head.
Tuup throws a head punch that misses.
Tuup wants to stall.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but McDoom blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuup keeps control of McDoom as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tuup misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tuup lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tuup lands a left hand that snaps the head of McDoom backwards.
Tuup lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but McDoom blocks with his arms.
Tuup throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McDoom blocks it with crossed arms.
Tuup connects with a knee to the head.
Tuup lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McDoom is trying to push Tuup away but Tuup has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuup lands a knee to the head.
Tuup landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tuup misses with a punch to the body.
Tuup makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tuup keeps the fight in the clinch, despite McDoom's efforts to push away.
Tuup throws a head punch that misses.
Tuup lands a nice knee to the body.
McDoom wants to break free but Tuup has control.
Tuup connects with a knee to the head.
McDoom wants to get back to striking at distance but Tuup won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuup throws a head punch that misses.
Tuup throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but McDoom blocks it with crossed arms.
Tuup throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tuup misses with a knee strike.
Tuup throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tuup connects with a nasty looking knee right to McDoom's face.
Tuup misses with the head strike.
Tuup misses with a body punch.
Tuup lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tuup has a couple of punches blocked by McDoom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Tuup.
McDoom wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tuup with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McDoom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tuup using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McDoom has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tuup with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Tuup.
Tuup tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tuup has a couple of punches blocked by McDoom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carl Tuup dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
McDoom throws a shot from downtown. Tuup moves away and avoids it.
Tuup forces McDoom back against the ropes and clinches.
McDoom can't break the clinch.
McDoom is trying to push Tuup away but Tuup has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
McDoom blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tuup lands a knee to the head.
Tuup looking to stall.
Tuup tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuup looking to slow down the pace here.
McDoom is looking to break free of the clinch but Tuup has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McDoom avoids it.
McDoom blocking some punches.
Tuup has McDoom pressed against the ropes, preventing McDoom from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tuup misses with some punches.
Tuup is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McDoom is keeping busy.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but McDoom blocks with his arms.
Tuup lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tuup lands on the inside with an uppercut.
McDoom is trying to push Tuup away but Tuup has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Tuup misses with a knee to the head.
McDoom wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuup with a knee to the head.
Tuup tries a knee to the head but McDoom blocks it.
Carl Tuup has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tuup.
Tuup connects with a nasty looking knee right to McDoom's face.
Tuup looking to stall.
Tuup swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McDoom has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
McDoom is trying to force a seperation but Tuup has the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but McDoom blocks with his arms.
Tuup misses with a knee strike.
McDoom takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tuup throws a punch but it's blocked by McDoom.
Tuup throws a head punch that misses.
McDoom blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tuup wants to stall.
Tuup landing knees to the head.
Carl Tuup is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tuup tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tuup tries a knee to the head but McDoom blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McDoom wants to break free but Tuup has control.
Tuup lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tuup tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and McDoom avoids it.
Tuup lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tuup is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McDoom can do to turn this around?
Tuup tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tuup looking to slow down the pace here.
Tuup lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McDoom backwards.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McDoom has had enough of the clinch but Tuup keeps him there for the moment.
Tuup misses with a punch on the inside.
Chris McDoom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tuup misses with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carl Tuup showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tuup, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carl Tuup!
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