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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Hope (ranked 3327 p4p, 440 weight class) and Tupa Halloo (ranked 4259 p4p, 509 weight class). Hope comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to the Jungle. Billy Hope has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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216 lbs
12 - 9 - 0 |
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220 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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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
12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Billy Hope!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tupa Halloo!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Roosa Järviläinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halloo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Halloo misses with a body shot.
Halloo is looking to score with low kicks.
Hope blocks a low kick nicely.
Hope throws a head kick but Halloo moves out of range.
Hope misses with a body shot.
Hope has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fight Hard in the buildup to the fight.
Billy Hope seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hope throws an off balance right hand
and Halloo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hope's knee momentarily.
Halloo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Halloo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hope steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Halloo.
Hope looks to land a right hand but Halloo moved out of range.
Halloo is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Hope slips a jab from Halloo.
Good exchange - Hope coming out on top.
Halloo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Halloo throws a head kick that misses.
Hope appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hope misses with a looping right.
Halloo thinks about the counter body kick.
Halloo moves out of range of the strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halloo connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Halloo rushes Hope and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Halloo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hope backwards.
Hope is trying to stall.
Halloo prevents Hope from breaking the clinch.
Halloo misses with some punches.
Hope wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Halloo has him pressed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hope.
Hope breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hope throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Halloo counters with an outside leg kick.
Halloo fails with a takedown attempt.
Halloo misses with a looping left.
A head kick by Hope misses
and Halloo counters with a leg kick.
Halloo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hope swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Halloo scores with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hope tries a head kick but it misses.
Hope misses with a straight right.
Hope scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hope moves out of range as Halloo strikes.
Hope connects with a jab.
The fighters circling - Hope throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Halloo throws a body kick that misses
and Hope counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hope scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Halloo doesn't seem bothered though.
Halloo throws a body shot but no joy.
Hope has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hope there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hope misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hope ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halloo moves away.
Halloo feints a counter leg kick.
Halloo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Halloo drives through and clinches with Hope against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hope pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Halloo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hope connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hope is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Hope on the wrong end of a nice jab.
That kick from Halloo tenderised Hope's leg. Hope is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hope pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Halloo pushes Hope up against the cage in a clinch.
Halloo blocks an uppercut.
Halloo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Halloo.
Hope is rocked!
Halloo throws a head punch that misses.
Oh Hope is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Halloo has a couple of punches blocked by Hope.
Halloo misses with some punches.
Halloo misses with a punch on the inside.
Hope seems to have got his legs back now.
Halloo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hope tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Halloo tries a body shot but Hope blocks it.
Halloo keeps control of Hope as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Halloo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hope ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Halloo moves away.
Halloo defending well as Hope loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Halloo misses.
A shot to the body from Hope misses
and Halloo counters with a huge left! Hope is in big trouble! He's backing up but Halloo isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Hope from any more damage. A dominating finish by Halloo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tupa Halloo!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Tupa Halloo waved his t-shirt featuring Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing's logo in front of the cameras.
The defeated Billy Hope had this to say: 'I want to thank Freebok for sponsoring me. Buy there the have cool stuff!!! FREEBOK!!!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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