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The Island Season 12, 265+ lbs, Round 1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex King (ranked 4027 p4p, 1261 weight class) and Dwalin Giantslayer (ranked 0 p4p, 42 weight class). The key to victory for Alex King has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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225 cm 25 300 1 - 1 - 0 |
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150 cm 27 265 4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Solid boxing Good chin |
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Good wrestler Brawler Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alex King! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dwalin Giantslayer! The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Daniel Franklin and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Giantslayer swats away the attempt to clinch by King. The fight stays on the outside here - King looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Giantslayer is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch. Giantslayer gets cracked with a nice right hand there by King. King tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Giantslayer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Giantslayer closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Giantslayer lands in his opponent's guard. King will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Giantslayer stands up over King, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. It looks like Alex King has been cut. Giantslayer won't allow King to sweep him here. Giantslayer landing some decent shots from guard. Alex King's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Alex King's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dwalin Giantslayer!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Torraso Fisticuffs (ranked 1993 p4p, 3113 weight class) and Francisco Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 94 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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207 cm 27 290 4 - 1 - 0 |
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191 cm 25 271 5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent MT Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt Counter fighter Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Torraso Fisticuffs! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Francisco Rocha! The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Sandra Marshall and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Fisticuffs lands a really nice looking cross but Rocha seems unphased.
Fisticuffs connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rocha momentarily.
Fisticuffs cracks Rocha on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Rocha falls backwards against the cage. Fisticuffs follows up with more strikes that drop Rocha to his knees. Fisticuffs keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Rocha! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Torraso Fisticuffs!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Babareens Kiely (ranked 2542 p4p, 2075 weight class) and Hiroshima Nagasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hiroshima Nagasaki will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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199 cm 26 281 3 - 2 - 0 |
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224 cm 25 321 4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer KO power |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Babareens Kiely! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Hiroshima Nagasaki! The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Daniel Franklin and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Kiely avoids the body shot from Nagasaki.
A jab from Nagasaki misses. A big right from Nagasaki misses. Kiely is looking for a counter combo. Nagasaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kiely.
Kiely misses with a double jab.
Nagasaki takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Kiely looks to land a combination. Nagasaki sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. Kiely thuds his right hand into Nagasaki's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Kiely keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nagasaki. Kiely looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Kiely rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nagasaki moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Babareens Kiely seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Nagasaki has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Kiely finds it's way round the side to connect with Nagasaki's head. This has been an exciting period of action! Nagasaki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Nagasaki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nagasaki dodges the punch combination from Kiely.
Kiely throws a hook but Nagasaki blocks it. Kiely swinging wildly here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nagasaki looks to land a left hand but Kiely moved out of range nicely. A left and a right from Kiely both land. Nice combination. Nagasaki throws a series of punches but Kiely avoids them all with ease. Nagasaki lands a head kick. Kiely smiles back at him and beckons him forward. It looks like Babareens Kiely has been cut. Kiely fails to land with a series of punches.
Nagasaki swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Kiely throws a series of punches but Nagasaki avoids them all with ease. Nagasaki throws a counter combo. Kiely misses with a few strikes there.
Kiely misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kiely misses with a double jab.
Nagasaki takes the fight into the clinch. Nagasaki lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Nagasaki working hard to break the clinch. Kiely misses with a hook from the clinch. Nagasaki blocks an uppercut.
Nagasaki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Kiely's elbow. Nagasaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nagasaki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Kiely misses with the combination.
Nagasaki lands with a cross. A left and a right from Kiely both land. Nice combination. Nagasaki connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kiely. Kiely circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Nagasaki bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kiely's head backwards. Nagasaki throws a head kick but Kiely moves out of range.
Nagasaki showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kiely.
Kiely changes levels and scores with a jab to the body. Kiely misses with a two punch combination.
Nagasaki scores with a hook. Nagasaki will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kiely throws a nice looking combination but Nagasaki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. It seemed like Nagasaki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Nagasaki throws a right and a left that Kiely avoids nicely. Kiely misses with a few strikes there.
Kiely throws a right and a left that Nagasaki avoids nicely. Nagasaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kiely moves away. No joy there for Kiely, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nagasaki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Kiely defends it well. A combination from Kiely does no damage. Nagasaki drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Kiely defends it well. Kiely misses with a two punch combination.
Kiely walks into a stiff left hand from Nagasaki. Kiely walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Nagasaki lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kiely's sensitive parts. Kiely avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kiely blocks a jab. Kiely misses with a series of wild punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A combination from Kiely does no damage. Nagasaki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Kiely takes a kick to the side of the head. Nagasaki lands with a straight right. Kiely didn't see that one coming. Nagasaki throws a big shot that misses. Nagasaki 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. Kiely scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Nagasaki swings for the body but Kiely moves out of range.
Kiely misses with a wild combination.
Despite the aggression on Nagasaki's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter. Nagasaki throws a nice looking combination but Kiely bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Kiely is working the combinations to good effect here. Nagasaki throws a nice looking combination but Kiely bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Nagasaki moves to clinch but Kiely breaks away and Kiely counters with a straight right hand. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Nagasaki throws a shot from downtown. Kiely moves away and avoids it. Kiely seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter. Kiely misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kiely throws a right hand that Nagasaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Nagasaki also avoids with ease. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Babareens Kiely will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Babareens Kiely's cut. That's time! Kiely's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Kiely swinging wildly here.
Kiely swats away the attempt to clinch by Nagasaki. Kiely misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nagasaki misses the jab. It looked like Kiely was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit. Kiely uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nagasaki.
Kiely avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kiely looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Nagasaki doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Nagasaki avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Kiely falls off balance throwing a combination
and Nagasaki counters with a one-two to the body. Nagasaki tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kiely manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Nagasaki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nagasaki throws out a powerful jab. Some wild striking there from Kiely.
Kiely scores to the head and body with a nice combination! A shot to the liver by Nagasaki. Beautiful body shot. Nagasaki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kiely misses with the combination.
Babareens Kiely is winning the standup battle so far. Nagasaki throws a right and a left that both miss. Kiely moves away from the strike by Nagasaki. Nagasaki throws a right hand that Kiely ducks under and follows up with a left that Kiely also avoids with ease. Kiely appears to be looking for a big counter. Kiely's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nagasaki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kiely scrambles back to his feet. Kiely throws a right and a left that both miss. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Nagasaki throws a right and a left that Kiely avoids nicely. Kiely throws a nice looking combination but Nagasaki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nagasaki throws a quick inside leg kick. Kiely avoids the head kick by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki looks to land a combination but Kiely avoids it well. Nagasaki is breathing heavily. Kiely throws a right hand that Nagasaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Nagasaki also avoids with ease. A little jabbing left from Nagasaki on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Nagasaki on the wrong end of a nice hook. Kiely lands a glancing blow to the side of Nagasaki's head. Kiely misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kiely stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Nagasaki. Kiely lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kiely. A left and a right from Kiely both land. Nice combination. Kiely misses with a combination
and Nagasaki counters with a lovely shot to the body. Babareens Kiely is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Kiely throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nagasaki cracks Kiely with an open hand slap. Kiely throws a series of punches but Nagasaki avoids them all with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nagasaki pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kiely misses with a double jab.
Nagasaki unleashes a big counter combination but Kiely bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Nagasaki throws a jab when Kiely was well out of range. Nagasaki looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Kiely slips a jab from Nagasaki. Kiely swinging wildly here.
Nagasaki lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Kiely closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Some wild striking there from Kiely.
Kiely bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Nagasaki, as that shot connected.
Nagasaki misses with a wild combination.
Kiely went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Kiely misses with a two punch combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Nagasaki misses with a two punch combination.
Nagasaki lands a big head kick that sends Kiely tumbling to the mat! Nagasaki takes a step backwards and waves Kiely back to his feet - he wants the finish! Kiely is rocked! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Nagasaki slips a jab and a cross from Kiely.
Oh Kiely is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Nagasaki throws a nice inside leg kick. Kiely seems to have got his legs back now. Kiely fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kiely misses with a few strikes there.
Kiely throws a series of punches but Nagasaki moves out of range. Kiely throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nagasaki. Kiely rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Nagasaki moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Nagasaki looks to land a right hand but Kiely moved out of range. Kiely throws a body shot but no joy. Kiely swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Nagasaki ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kiely moves away. Kiely showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Nagasaki.
As Nagasaki looks to move away, Kiely throws a big counter combo but Nagasaki just gets out of the way. Nagasaki wants to clinch up but Kiely keeps it at a distance. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hiroshima Nagasaki will probably get the nod - 10:9. The cut man is working on Babareens Kiely's cut. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round! A slapping leg kick lands for Nagasaki.
Kiely throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nagasaki. Kiely fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kiely will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nagasaki is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here. Nagasaki dodges the punch combination from Kiely.
It seemed like Nagasaki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it. Nagasaki dodges the punch combination from Kiely.
Nagasaki is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. Kiely looks to land a combination but Nagasaki avoids it well. Nagasaki throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A punch combination from Kiely misses. Nagasaki throws a quick inside leg kick. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Nagasaki connects with an inside leg kick. Kiely dodges the punch combination from Nagasaki.
Kiely dips to his left and cracks Nagasaki with an uppercut!
That's one minute gone in the round. Kiely lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. Nagasaki looks to score with a jab to the body but Kiely is just out of range. Nagasaki works over Kiely's head and body with a nice combination. Nagasaki tries a head kick but it misses.
Nagasaki bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Nagasaki slips a jab and a cross from Kiely.
Despite the aggression on Nagasaki's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter. Kiely throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Nagasaki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Nagasaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nagasaki misses with a right hand and Kiely counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Kiely moves into range and connects with a jab. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Nagasaki misses with a combination
and Kiely counters with a three punch combo that has Nagasaki backing up. Nagasaki nods at Kiely to acknowledge the strikes. Kiely will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Nagasaki tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kiely lands with an overhand left. Nagasaki misses with a straight right. Nagasaki is looking to clinch but Kiely is avoiding it.
Kiely avoids the head kick by Nagasaki.
Kiely misses with a double jab
and Nagasaki counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Nagasaki throws a low kick but it's checked well by Kiely. Kiely gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Nagasaki tried to score with a low kick but Kiely checks it. Kiely has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him. Kiely moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. Kiely misses with a jab, cross combination.
Nagasaki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. A looping hook to the body misses from Nagasaki. Kiely does a little dance to reset his feet. Kiely throws a big counter combination but Nagasaki scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage. Kiely throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Nagasaki.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Nagasaki lands a brutal head kick. Kiely looks out on his feet and Nagasaki throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Hiroshima Nagasaki! Hiroshima Nagasaki spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mfer Phol (ranked 1166 p4p, 4610 weight class) and Papi Squalli (ranked 36 p4p, 0 weight class). Papi Squalli will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mfer Phol! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Papi Squalli! The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Dirk Anderson and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Squalli uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Phol. Phol connects with a body shot. Phol avoids a punch combination nicely.
Phol swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Squalli lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Squalli staying out of range there. Phol misses with an uppercut. Squalli saw that one coming. Phol throws a hook but Squalli blocks it. Squalli blocks a jab. Some wild striking there from Squalli.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Phol throws the left hand but Squalli avoids the punch easily. Squalli misses with a hook. Phol ducked under it nicely. Squalli tries to clinch there but Phol circles away.
Phol definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Phol lands with a hook. Squalli tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Phol slips a jab and a cross from Squalli.
Squalli moves to clinch but Phol breaks away and Phol counters with a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Squalli throws the left hand but Phol avoids the punch easily. Phol was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Sloppy strikes from Squalli. Those never looked like landing. Squalli swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Phol counters with a straight right hand. Squalli gets tackled into the cage by Phol. Phol maintains the clinch. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Phol. Squalli being controlled against the cage. Phol lands a nice uppercut. Squalli looks winded! Phol is struggling to control the position. Phol scores with an uppercut up the middle. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Phol creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Phol scores with a shoulder strike. Phol lands a hook that snaps the head of Squalli backwards. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A nice left hand lands by Phol.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Phol lands a body punch in the clinch. Phol lands an uppercut. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Phol creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Squalli is rocked! Phol throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Squallis head. Squalli is still on wobbly legs! Can Phol finish him? Phol lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Squalli to his knees! Phol keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mfer Phol!
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