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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Strategos Themistokles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Tucker has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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210 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Tucker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Strategos Themistokles!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Joseph Jones and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tucker swings away with a body shot that misses
and Themistokles counters with an inside leg kick.
Tucker looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
A swing and a miss from Tucker.
Tucker takes a swing at Themistokles's ribcage but misses.
A slow jab from Tucker misses its intended target.
Tucker misses with a hook
and Themistokles counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Themistokles misses with the combination.
Tucker stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Themistokles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Themistokles counters with a leg kick.
Themistokles jabs at Tucker's body.
Jab from Themistokles.
John Tucker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Themistokles darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've been hearing reports that Tucker has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Themistokles lands with a kick to the temple. Tucker shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
A slapping leg kick lands for Themistokles.
Tucker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That kick from Themistokles tenderised Tucker's leg. Tucker is trying to keep his angry face on.
Themistokles scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Themistokles connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tucker's hands.
Tucker misses with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Themistokles wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A slapping body kick lands there for Themistokles.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Themistokles looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Themistokles scores with a body shot.
Themistokles feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tucker's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Themistokles takes the fight into the clinch.
Themistokles lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tucker backwards.
Tucker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Themistokles.
Themistokles lands a left hand.
Themistokles lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Themistokles scores with a shot to the side of Tucker's head.
Tucker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Themistokles.
Tucker is rocked!
Themistokles lands with a right to the head.
Oh Tucker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Themistokles lands a big right hand that drops Tucker! The killer instinct kicks in and Themistokles finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Themistokles!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Strategos Themistokles!
Strategos Themistokles bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
John Tucker was interviewed post fight and said 'Thanks my fans for their support.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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