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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Huang (ranked 1567 p4p, 184 weight class) and Masada The Zealot (ranked 2028 p4p, 231 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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170 lbs
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162 lbs
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kevin Huang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Masada The Zealot!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Huang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Zealot.
The fighters circling - The Zealot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Huang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Huang takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Huang throws a right hand that misses
and The Zealot counters with a one-two to the body.
Huang misses with a hook.
The Zealot fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The Zealot slips under a jab.
Huang moves into range and connects with a jab.
Huang loads up on a big right hand but The Zealot slips the punch.
Huang has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
The Zealot avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice straight punches there by The Zealot. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of The Zealot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huang looks to land a right hand but The Zealot moved out of range.
The Zealot misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huang shoots and misses
and The Zealot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Huang swings widly with a right hand
and The Zealot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Zealot leaves Huang with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Huang misses with a takedown attempt
enabling The Zealot to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Huang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Zealot takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Huang misses with an uppercut. The Zealot saw that one coming.
Huang shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The Zealot connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Huang's hands.
Huang takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The Zealot lands a jab-cross combination.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that The Zealot 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Huang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Zealot.
The Zealot misses with a jab, cross combination.
A decent looking cross lands there for The Zealot.
Huang shoots in for a double leg but The Zealot sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Huang is really struggling to find his range with his punches. The Zealot's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
A right-left combo lands from The Zealot.
Huang is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Zealot throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Zealot pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Huang back to the cage. The Zealot follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Oh Huang is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Huang goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Huang seems to have got his legs back now.
Huang goes for a double leg but The Zealot avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as The Zealot continues to drive forward.
The Zealot is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The Zealot misses with a double jab.
The Zealot bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
The Zealot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Huang moves away.
Huang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Zealot.
The Zealot looks to land a left hand but Huang moved out of range nicely.
The Zealot lands a glancing blow to the side of Huang's head.
The Zealot might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Huang throws a right hand that misses
and The Zealot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Huang slips a jab and a cross from The Zealot.
The Zealot steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Huang.
The Zealot is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The Zealot moves away from the strike by Huang.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Zealot throws a looping overhand right but Huang ducks down to avoid it.
The Zealot lands a jab to Huang's midsection.
The Zealot moves away from the strike by Huang.
A combination from Huang does no damage.
The Zealot goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Huang throws a looping overhand right but The Zealot ducks down to avoid it.
Huang throws a looping overhand right but The Zealot ducks down to avoid it.
The Zealot lands a jab to the nose.
Huang lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Huang.
The fighters circling - The Zealot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Masada The Zealot is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Huang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Zealot.
The Zealot loads up on a big right hand but Huang slips the punch.
A combination from Huang does no damage.
The Zealot throws a one two combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huang throws an off balance right hand
and The Zealot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
The Zealot misses with a straight right.
Huang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Huang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Zealot throws a right and a left that Huang avoids nicely.
Huang takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Huang tries to bum rush The Zealot with a series of wild strikes but The Zealot uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Zealot misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Zealot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Huang ducks right into an uppercut from The Zealot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Zealot takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Huang takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by The Zealot!
The Zealot slips a jab from Huang.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Masada The Zealot dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A swing and a miss from Huang.
Huang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Zealot has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Huang shoots in looking for a takedown but The Zealot manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Huang's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Huang looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The Zealot throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Zealot on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Huang gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
enabling The Zealot to counter with a crisp jab.
The Zealot scores with a body shot.
Masada The Zealot seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Huang takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Zealot bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Zealot moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Huang uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Zealot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Huang might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The Zealot throws a nice looking combination but Huang bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Huang changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
The Zealot takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Huang lands a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Zealot lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Huang at a distance.
The Zealot slips under a jab from Huang.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Zealot. Huang does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Zealot ducks under a wild hook from Huang.
Huang throws a right hand that The Zealot ducks under and follows up with a left that The Zealot also avoids with ease.
The Zealot gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Huang to score an easy takedown into full guard.
The Zealot kicks Huang off and gets to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Zealot has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Huang misses with a right hand
and The Zealot counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Zealot connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Huang takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Kevin Huang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Huang sizes up The Zealot with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The Zealot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Zealot connects with a good right hand that stumbles Huang. Huang circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Huang missing with a left hand there. The Zealot was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The Zealot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
No joy there for Huang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Zealot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Huang was well out of range. Poor timing from The Zealot.
Some wild striking there from Huang.
The Zealot misses with the combination.
The Zealot connects with the punch.
A slow jab from Huang misses its intended target.
Huang misses with a takedown attempt
and Huang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Huang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The Zealot moves out of range as Huang strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from The Zealot.
The Zealot fails to land with a series of punches.
Huang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Zealot throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Huang on the side of the head.
The Zealot throws a right and a left that Huang avoids nicely.
The Zealot lands with a nice combination. Huang backs away looking to recover.
Masada The Zealot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huang throws a looping overhand right but The Zealot ducks down to avoid it.
The Zealot blocks a jab.
Nice straight punches there by The Zealot. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of The Zealot.
The Zealot rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Huang moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Huang drops down looking for a counter takedown but The Zealot sprawls and moves away.
The Zealot takes a swing at Huang's ribcage but misses.
The Zealot getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huang misses with an uppercut. The Zealot saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Huang blocks a jab.
Huang drops down looking for a counter takedown but The Zealot sprawls and moves away.
Huang moves out of range of the strikes.
Huang misses with a double jab
and The Zealot counters with a stiff right hand.
The Zealot lands with a shot to the body.
The Zealot takes a jab right on the kisser.
The Zealot throws a lazy right hand but Huang sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The Zealot throws a right and a left that Huang avoids nicely.
Huang takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
The Zealot throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Zealot stuffs the takedown attempt from Huang. Huang gets slowly back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Huang shoots in but The Zealot avoids the takedown attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Masada The Zealot showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
The Zealot scores with a nice head shot.
The Zealot throws a right and a left that Huang avoids nicely.
A big left from Huang misses.
The Zealot takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Huang throws a shot from downtown. The Zealot moves away and avoids it.
The Zealot misses with a body shot.
Huang tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but The Zealot swivels and escapes.
The Zealot misses with a series of wild punches.
Huang feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huang closes this distance looking for a takedown but The Zealot circles away.
The Zealot swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Huang.
The Zealot lands a head shot.
Huang has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Zealot wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Zealot throws a combination that misses
and Huang counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The Zealot keeping moving, preventing Huang from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Huang passes The Zealot's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The Zealot tries to kick Huang off but Huang keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Huang thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed The Zealot's head.
The Zealot looks like he's trying to stand up.
Huang is looking for a kimura but The Zealot is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Huang to get the leverage.
Huang trying to mount his opponent but The Zealot defends it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huang trying to control from The Zealot's half guard. The Zealot has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Huang looking to pass the guard.
The Zealot looking for a sweep. Not yet The Zealot, not yet.
Huang trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The Zealot is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Huang looking to pass the guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Huang stands and throws The Zealot's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Kevin Huang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huang tries to advance to mount but The Zealot denies him.
The Zealot is not content to let Huang control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Huang creates some space and throws a big elbow, but The Zealot sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Masada The Zealot is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Huang tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Huang has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Huang landing a few strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Huang throws an elbow but The Zealot slips to the side and avoids it well.
Huang is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, The Zealot has escaped the position, nice work there.
The Zealot prevents Huang from improving position.
You can see the frustration on The Zealot's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Huang working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Huang looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The Zealot is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Masada The Zealot.
I've got The Zealot winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Masada The Zealot!
Masada The Zealot took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Sin City Allstars for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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