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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Khru Jako (ranked 1857 p4p, 1122 weight class) and Thug Life (ranked 277 p4p, 177 weight class). Jako comes to the ring accompanied by Catch a Fire. Life is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Thug Life will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 19 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Khru Jako!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thug Life!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Life uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jako.
Life throws out a counter right but Jako avoids it with no problem.
Life misses the shot to the body.
Life misses with a left hand
and Jako counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Life lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jako misses with a looping right.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Life.
Jako explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Life steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jako.
Life takes a swing at Jako's ribcage but misses.
Jako misses the jab.
A nice inside leg kick there by Life. That's going to slow Jako down.
Jako misses with a looping right.
Life throws a body shot but no joy.
Jako drives through and clinches with Life against the ropes.
Life fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Life on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Life lands a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Life doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Life misses with a body punch.
Life misses with the head strike.
Jako unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Life lands a left hand.
Jako breaks from the clinch.
Life tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jako was well out of range. Poor timing from Life.
Jako looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Life lands a right hook to the body.
Life throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jako swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jako is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Life's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Good exchange - Life coming out on top.
Life throws a leg kick
and Jako holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Life misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Jako.
Life blocks a body shot from Jako.
Life is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jako.
A nice left hand lands by Life.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Life can't find room to land a body shot as Jako controls the action.
Jako tries to land knees in the clinch but Life avoids the damage to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jako looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Life.
Life lands with a light punch inside.
A shot in the inside from Jako.
Life misses with some punches.
Jako misses with an elbow over the top.
Life doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jako lands a hook to the side of the head.
Life fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jako's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That kick from Life tenderised Jako's leg. Jako is trying to keep his angry face on.
Life misses the jab.
Jako was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nice defenses there by Jako.
Life fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Jako checks it well.
Jako has closed the distance and engaged Life in a clinch.
Jako with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jako digs a right hand underneath Life's ribcage. Life let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jako lands with a light punch inside.
Jako throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Life's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Life tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jako's elbow.
Jako with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Life lands an uppercut.
Life misses with a body punch.
Life blocking some punches.
Jako is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Life is defending well for now.
Life avoids the elbow strike from Jako, against the ropes.
A short left from Life.
Jako lands a nice uppercut.
A body shot lands from Life.
Life on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Life can't find room to land a body shot as Jako controls the action.
Jako looking to throw knees to the head but Life is blocking nicely.
Life tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jako blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Jako.
Life's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Life tries a body shot but Jako blocks it.
Life stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A right hand to the body from Jako.
Jako struggles to land a body shot inside as Life controls his hands.
Jako tries to work over Life's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Jako swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Life has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Jako seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Life can turn it around.
Life fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jako lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jako breaks from the clinch.
Life throws a jab but it's blocked by Jako.
Life pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jako thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jako throws a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jako keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Khru Jako will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Life avoids the head kick by Jako.
Thug Life seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Life does it's job there.
Life throws a body kick that misses.
Life fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jako throws a push kick but Life slaps the foot to one side.
Life ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jako moves away.
Life misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jako.
A telegraphed right hand from Life misses the target.
Jako slips under a jab.
Jako staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jako.
Jako lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Life stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Life scores with a shot to the side of Jako's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jako tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Life misses with a punch on the inside.
Life can't find room to land a body shot as Jako controls the action.
Jako blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Life.
Jako tries to throw a body punch but Life avoids it by throwing Jako back against the ropes.
Jako throws a head punch that misses.
Life tries to throw a body punch but Jako avoids it by throwing Life back against the ropes.
Life tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jako's elbow.
Life misses with a body punch.
Life digs a right hand underneath Jako's ribcage. Jako let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Life blocks the elbow strike.
Life keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Jako's efforts to push away.
A shot in the inside from Life.
Life working aggressively here.
Life takes a knee to the side of the body.
Life takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Life has a couple of punches blocked by Jako.
Jako blocks an uppercut.
Jako lands an elbow just above Life 's eye.
Life tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Life takes a shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Life takes an elbow to the forehead.
Khru Jako has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Jako blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Life blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jako scores with a shot to the side of Life's head.
Jako scores a nice knee to the body.
Jako scores with a nice hook to the head.
Life blocks an elbow strike from Jako.
Jako creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Life's defenses.
Life tries a body shot but Jako blocks it.
Life lands a nice shot to the body.
Jako makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jako throws an elbow that misses.
Life tries to work over Jako's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jako.
Jako breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jako checks a leg kick nicely.
Jako throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Life pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Life lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Thug Life seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jako clinches up with Life and pushes him back against the ropes.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jako.
Jako tries to land knees in the clinch but Life avoids the damage to the body.
Jako misses with a body punch.
Jako lands a knee to the head.
Jako lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Life backwards.
Life misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Life fails to land.
Jako misses with a knee strike.
Nice body punch from Life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jako throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Life misses with some punches.
Jako creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short uppercut from Jako.
Jako lands a hook that snaps the head of Life backwards.
Jako misses with an elbow strike.
Jako has a couple of punches blocked by Life.
Life tries a body shot but Jako blocks it.
Jako misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Life.
Jako blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Life breaks the clinch.
Life scores with a nice right hand.
Life lands a glancing blow to the side of Jako's head.
Jako tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Life was well out of range. Poor timing from Jako.
Nice straight punches there by Life. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Life.
Jako throws out a loose jab but Life uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jako gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khru Jako dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Jako lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jako tries to land a leg kick but Life saw it coming and moves away.
Jako throws a leg kick
and Life counters with a slapping leg kick.
Life looks to throw the jab but Jako is out of range.
Life misses with a lunging right hand
and Jako counters with a leg kick.
Life misses with a right hand
and Jako makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Life is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Jako moves out of range of the strikes.
Life tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Jako moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Life in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Life has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Jako.
Jako gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd cheers as Life lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jako doesn't seem phased though.
Life displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jako throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Life closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Life swings for the body but Jako moves out of range.
Life lands a lovely overhand right.
Life slips under a jab from Jako.
Jako instigates a clinch.
Life tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Life tries to work over Jako's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Life misses with the head strike.
Jako lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jako trying to land knees to the body.
Life misses with some punches.
Jako lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Jako lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Life.
Jako blocks an uppercut.
Life misses with a punch to the body.
Life takes a shot to the head.
Khru Jako is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jako digs a right hand underneath Life's ribcage. Life let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jako lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Life swings wildly with an uppercut but Jako uses good head movement to avoid it.
Life working aggressively here.
A left hand lands to the body for Life.
Life lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jako or not.
Life tries to work over Jako's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Life lands a nice uppercut.
Life goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Life misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jako blocks an uppercut.
Life working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Life misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jako blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jako doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Life fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Jako manages to break the clinch.
Jako walks into a left hand.
Life connects with an inside leg kick.
Jako is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Both fighters circling a little - Life finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Thug Life has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Life keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jako.
Life has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Life throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Jako sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Life swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jako cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jako tries to clinch up but Life circles away and keeps his distance.
A little jabbing left from Life on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Jako fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Life on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Life misses with a left hand
enabling Jako to counter with a crisp jab.
Life throws an overhand right that lands on Jako's shoulder, as Jako tries to avoid the shot.
Life connects with a right hand. Jako shakes it off.
Life misses with a lunging right hand
and Jako counters with a nice uppercut.
Life throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jako on the side of the head.
Jako checks the leg kick.
Jako uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Life.
Life misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Jako.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Thug Life.
I think Jako has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Khru Jako!
Khru Jako was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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