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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gerbert Bryant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hongi Hika (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bryant comes to the cage accompanied by I just wanna. Hongi Hika acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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275 lbs
24 - 8 - 0 |
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200 cm
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275 lbs
17 - 1 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
24 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gerbert Bryant!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hongi Hika!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hika misses the shot to the body.
Bryant circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bryant was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hika misses with a hook
and Bryant counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hika scores with a punch to the head.
Bryant looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hika lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like Gerbert Bryant has been cut.
Hika on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hika stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hika wants it to stay on the feet.
Bryant dips to his left and cracks Hika with an uppercut!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bryant gets the takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bryant sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Hika is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Bryant scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hika to see if he's OK.
Hika on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hika gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Bryant is pressing down on Hika's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hika is holding on for now.
Hika is staying active underneath Bryant, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Hika looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Hika slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bryant trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bryant trying to control but Hika is working from the bottom.
Bryant makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hika is pulling down on Bryant's head. It's preventing any offense from Bryant, at least for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Bryant trying to control but Hika is working from the bottom.
Bryant throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bryant scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hika pulls Bryant in close to prevent any damage.
Bryant postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hika seems keen to control Bryant's posture.
Bryant in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bryant in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bryant's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bryant works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hika has hold of Bryant's hands but Bryant slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bryant missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bryant 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.
Hika is trying to maintain the position but Bryant is very close to passing his half guard.
Bryant sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hika defending well though.
Hika tries to get to full guard but Bryant has control of the leg.
Bryant working over Hika with some ground and pound. Hika looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hika is rocked!
Bryant works his way into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hika tries to lock up and control but Bryant gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooh a big shot lands for Bryant! Hika is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Gerbert Bryant!
Gerbert Bryant retains his super heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Gerbert Bryant made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Hongi Hika was interviewed post fight and said 'This is bullshit, that bastard have bribed the judges, i won that fight!'.
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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
RATING
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