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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kabala Magaluff (ranked 4007 p4p, 439 weight class) and Jushin Thunder (ranked 2286 p4p, 278 weight class). Magaluff comes to the cage accompanied by Shalom. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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11 - 7 - 0 |
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190 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kabala Magaluff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jushin Thunder!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Darius Henderson and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Magaluff throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thunder counters with a nice uppercut.
Thunder uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Magaluff.
Magaluff dives in and grabs Thunder's left leg, looking for a takedown. Thunder pushes down on Magaluff's head and hops out.
Magaluff fails with the takedown
and Thunder counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Thunder looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Magaluff misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Thunder to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kabala Magaluff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Magaluff closes this distance looking for a takedown but Thunder circles away.
Thunder let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Thunder fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Magaluff has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thunder stuns Magaluff with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Thunder dips to his left and cracks Magaluff with an uppercut!
Magaluff has his takedown stuffed
and Thunder counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Magaluff.
Thunder throws out a counter right but Magaluff avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magaluff misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Magaluff takes a jab right on the kisser.
Magaluff throws a lazy uppercut
and Thunder counters with a stiff right hand.
Kabala Magaluff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Magaluff throws a jab when Thunder was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Magaluff. Thunder does a little dance to reset his feet.
Magaluff fails with a takedown attempt.
Thunder scores with a hook.
Magaluff shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Thunder counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thunder uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Magaluff.
Thunder is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Thunder paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Thunder steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Magaluff.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice sprawl there from Thunder as Magaluff shoots in.
Thunder lands a high kick!
Magaluff throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Thunder's waist but Thunder gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Magaluff off to one side.
Thunder defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Magaluff.
Thunder stuffs the takedown attempt from Magaluff. Magaluff gets slowly back to his feet.
Magaluff is breathing heavily.
Thunder lands a jab to the head.
Magaluff shoots for a double leg takedown but Thunder sprawls well. He's pushed Magaluff's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A little jabbing left from Thunder on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Magaluff is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Thunder's half guard.
Thunder has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Magaluff is on him like a limpet, forcing Thunder back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thunder lands an elbow inside.
Thunder lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Kabala Magaluff has been cut.
Thunder pushes Magaluff back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Thunder lands a hook to the side of the head.
Magaluff wants a takedown.
Thunder lands a damaging elbow.
Magaluff looking for a takedown.
Thunder lands a hook to the side of the head.
Magaluff wants a takedown.
The referee is keeping an eye on Thunder - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Thunder working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thunder lands with a light punch inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Thunder.
Thunder is stalling here.
Thunder lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thunder breaks the clinch.
Thunder throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Magaluff.
Magaluff fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Thunder lands a glancing blow to the side of Magaluff's head.
Thunder lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Magaluff circles away quickly and effectively.
Thunder throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Magaluff stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Thunder smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Magaluff shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thunder as he jumps to the side.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Magaluff shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thunder ducks under a wild hook from Magaluff.
A little jabbing left from Thunder on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Magaluff shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Thunder counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jushin Thunder dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kabala Magaluff's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Thunder scores with a sloppy right hand. Magaluff should have avoided that one.
Magaluff with a poor takedown
and Thunder counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Magaluff shoots in for a takedown but Thunder shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Magaluff fails with a takedown attempt.
Thunder looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kabala Magaluff. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Magaluff is trying hard to land a takedown here. Thunder sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Decent striking displayed by Thunder there.
Good standup being displayed there by Thunder as he connects with a hook.
Magaluff fails with the takedown
and Thunder counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thunder lands a jab to the nose.
Magaluff cracks Thunder with an open hand slap.
Thunder lands with an uppercut that bounces Magaluff off the cage and back into range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Magaluff misses with a takedown attempt
and Thunder counters with a nice right hand that sends Magaluff toppling to the canvas! Magaluff scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Thunder finish him?!
Magaluff is rocked!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thunder drops Magaluff with a huge uppercut! Magaluff drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Thunder is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jushin Thunder!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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