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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thug Life (ranked 1134 p4p, 148 weight class) and Bronko Strunz (ranked 854 p4p, 109 weight class). Life comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Bronko Strunz told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thug Life!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bronko Strunz!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Life throws out a leg kick but Strunz moves out of range and Life only half commits.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Strunz! But no joy.
A big left from Life misses.
Strunz misses with an uppercut.
Strunz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Life is out of range.
Strunz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Life.
Life walks into a jab.
Life throws a right and a left that Strunz avoids nicely.
Strunz lands a head kick!
Life looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Life lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Life throws a nice outside leg kick.
Strunz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Life sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Life throws a wild body kick that Strunz sees coming a mile off.
Life uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Strunz.
A chopping leg kick lands by Strunz.
Strunz throws a right hand that Life ducks under and follows up with a left that Life also avoids with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strunz misses with a combination
and Life counters with a straight right hand.
Strunz cracks Life with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Life takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Strunz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Life.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strunz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Life.
Strunz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Strunz throws a body shot but no joy.
Life scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Life lands with a hook. Strunz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A jab from Life misses.
Life cracks Strunz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Life keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Strunz.
A little feinted left hand from Life on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Strunz misses with a head kick.
Life throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Strunz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Strunz misses with a series of wild punches.
Strunz misses with a looping right.
Strunz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Life checks a leg kick nicely.
Life fires out a quick counter leg kick but Strunz just manages to avoid it.
Life looks to land a combination but Strunz avoids it well.
Life throws a looping overhand right but Strunz ducks down to avoid it.
Donk. Strunz catches Life right on the button with a cross.
Strunz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Life bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A jab lands there for Life.
A bone on bone clash there as Strunz blocks the leg kick.
Life is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Life swings for the body but Strunz moves out of range.
Strunz moves out of range of the strikes.
Strunz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Life lands an overhand right.
Strunz tried to score with a low kick but Life checks it.
Life ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Life keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Life looks to land a right hand but Strunz moved out of range.
Strunz cracks Life with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Life throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A telegraphed right hand from Strunz misses the target.
Strunz throws a one two combo.
Strunz throws out a loose jab but Life uses good head movement to avoid it.
Life misses with a head kick.
Strunz checks a leg kick nicely.
Strunz misses with a looping right.
Strunz throws out a loose jab but Life uses good head movement to avoid it.
Strunz loads up on a big right hand but Life slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strunz tries to land a leg kick but Life saw it coming and moves away.
Strunz throws the left hand but Life avoids the punch easily.
Life lands a jab to Strunz's midsection.
Strunz throws a looping overhand right but Life ducks down to avoid it.
Strunz tries a head kick but it misses.
Strunz avoids the head kick by Life.
Life misses the shot to the body.
Strunz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Life walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Life is looking to land body kicks.
Strunz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Strunz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Life had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A looping hook to the body misses from Life. Strunz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Strunz misses with a wild body shot.
Life misses with a right hand
and Strunz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Strunz takes one to the chin there.
Strunz moves out of range of the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick by Life misses
letting Strunz counter with a right hand.
Strunz takes one on the button.
Strunz lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strunz looks to throw the jab but Life is out of range.
Strunz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Strunz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Life takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A slow jab from Life misses its intended target.
Strunz throws a lazy right hand but Life sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Life on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Strunz misses with a straight right.
Strunz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Strunz throws a jab when Life was well out of range.
Strunz works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Life moves out of range as Strunz strikes.
Life cracks Strunz with a good jab.
Life connects with a nice looking jab.
Life keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Strunz.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Strunz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Life's sensitive parts.
Strunz looks to throw the jab but Life is out of range.
Life gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Strunz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Life was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Strunz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bronko Strunz dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Life thuds a left hand into Strunz's body.
Jab, jab by Life - just one landing.
Life swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strunz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Life.
As Strunz backs away, Life returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Strunz misses with a straight right.
Life looks to score with a jab to the body but Strunz is just out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Strunz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Life has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Life and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Strunz blocks a head kick by Life.
Strunz slips under a jab.
A slow jab from Strunz misses its intended target.
Life throwing a counter right hand but Strunz manages to avoid it.
Life cracks Strunz with a good jab.
Strunz checks a low kick from Life.
Bronko Strunz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big left from Strunz misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strunz catches Life with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Strunz looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Life defending well as Strunz loads up on a big left hand.
Life wants to land a leg kick but Strunz is out of range.
Strunz with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Strunz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Strunz defending well as Life loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strunz scores with a jab.
Life throws a shot from downtown. Strunz moves away and avoids it.
Strunz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Life moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Strunz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Life.
Strunz on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Life is looking to chop away at Strunz's legs.
Life misses with a hook.
Strunz throws a right and a left that both miss.
A cross from Strunz lands.
A lazy left from Life finds it's target.
Strunz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Strunz scores with a nice strike.
Life avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Life might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Strunz throws a big shot that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters circling - Life throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Strunz misses with a looping right.
Life feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Strunz slips under a jab.
Life looks to throw the jab but Strunz is out of range.
Strunz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strunz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Strunz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Life.
A slow jab from Strunz misses its intended target.
Strunz throws a lazy right hand but Life sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Life throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A jab from Life misses.
Strunz throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick misses from Strunz.
Life went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Life misses with a wild body shot.
Strunz unleashes a big counter combination but Life bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Strunz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Life.
Strunz tries a head kick but it misses.
Life chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Strunz can pounce on him.
Life misses with a wild body shot.
Life thuds a left hand into Strunz's body.
Life moves into range and connects with a jab.
Life sizes up Strunz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Life looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Strunz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Strunz swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strunz scores with a leg kick.
Strunz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Life throws a body shot but no joy.
Strunz misses with a hook. Life ducked under it nicely.
Life half committed to a counter leg kick.
Strunz blocks a jab.
Life misses with a body kick.
Life misses with a body kick.
Life throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Life throws a body punch but Strunz moves out of range.
Life connects with a right hand. Strunz shakes it off.
Life staying out of range there.
Life fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Life pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Life misses with a looping right.
Life throws a right and a left that Strunz avoids nicely.
Life tries to score with a low kick but Strunz moves his leg out of the way.
Strunz stuns Life with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Strunz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Strunz throws a jab but it's blocked by Life.
Strunz misses with a low kick.
Life takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Strunz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Life punishes Strunz's body with a nice straight punch.
Life connects with an inside leg kick.
Strunz throws an overhand right that lands on Life's shoulder, as Life tries to avoid the shot.
A little feinted left hand from Life on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Life scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Strunz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Life.
Life pushes Strunz away with a front kick.
Strunz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Strunz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Life's sensitive parts.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Strunz lands a high kick!
Life slips under a jab from Strunz.
Life lands with a straight right. Strunz didn't see that one coming.
Life is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Strunz.
Life misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Strunz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Thug Life will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Life keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Strunz.
Life staying out of range there.
Life cracks the inside of Strunz's front leg.
Life checks the leg kick.
A little feinted left hand from Life on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Life throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Life looks to land a right hand but Strunz moved out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Strunz.
Strunz avoids the body shot from Life.
Strunz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Life counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Strunz stalks Life and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Life's face. Life staggers backwards, shaken.
A punch lands to the side of Life 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Strunz lands a lovely overhand right.
Strunz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Life.
Life slips under a jab from Strunz.
Strunz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Strunz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Strunz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Life momentarily.
Life thows a leg kick but Strunz checks it
and Strunz counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Life lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Life lands with a left to the head.
A shot in the inside from Life.
Life throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Strunzs head.
A shot in the inside from Strunz.
Life lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Life can't break the clinch.
Strunz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Good body shot from Life.
Life has a couple of punches blocked by Strunz.
Life breaks from the clinch.
Strunz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Life lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Strunz checks the leg kick.
Strunz throws a body shot but no joy.
Strunz digs a good hook to Life's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Life, right into the meat.
Life motions for Strunz to come forward. Life throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Strunz doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Life lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Life throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Strunz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strunz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Life throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Strunz counter with a right hand.
Strunz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Life misses the shot to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Strunz! But no joy.
Life looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Strunz looks to land a right hand but Life moved out of range.
Strunz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Life blocks a head kick by Strunz.
A little feinted left hand from Life on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Strunz misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Life to counter with a crisp jab.
Life moves out of range as Strunz strikes.
Life tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Strunz is able to avoid easily.
Strunz moves out of range of the strikes.
Strunz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Strunz scores with a hook.
Life avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Life tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strunz was well out of range. Poor timing from Life.
Strunz misses with an uppercut. Life saw that one coming.
Life looks to score with a jab to the body but Strunz is just out of range.
Strunz lands with a cross.
Strunz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Strunz loads up on a big right hand but Life slips the punch.
Life is looking to slow Strunz down with leg kicks.
Life misses with a straight right.
Strunz throws out a loose jab but Life uses good head movement to avoid it.
Strunz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Life checks it well.
Good work by Life as he checks the leg kick.
Life thows a left - swing and a miss!
Strunz wants to counter the offense by Life and move into the clinch position.
Strunz lands with an overhand left.
Life avoids a kick to the body.
Life throws a big counter combination but Strunz scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Strunz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Strunz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Life.
Strunz throws a lazy head kick
enabling Life to counter with a crisp jab.
Strunz throws a big shot that misses.
Life misses with a wild body shot.
Strunz raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Life throws a low kick, looking for Strunz's leg but Strunz calmly moves out of range.
Life attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Strunz ducks right into an uppercut from Life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strunz throws a jab but it's blocked by Life.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Life misses the shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Strunz.
Life keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Strunz.
Strunz walks into a stiff left hand from Life.
Life throws a series of strikes that have Strunz backpedaling.
Strunz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Life lands a front kick.
Strunz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Life displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Strunz throws out the jab.
Life uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Strunz.
Life appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Life takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Life tries to land a leg kick but Strunz saw it coming and moves away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Strunz checks a leg kick.
Life throws a jab when Strunz was well out of range.
Life tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strunz was well out of range. Poor timing from Life.
A nice inside leg kick there by Strunz. That's going to slow Life down.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Bronko Strunz.
I think Strunz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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