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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Mckean (ranked 2853 p4p, 1464 weight class) and Tapu Koko (ranked 378 p4p, 207 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Koko's choice of entrance music: Aotearoa. Tommy Mckean is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tommy Mckean!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tapu Koko!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Koko.
Mckean misses the jab.
Mckean slips a jab from Koko.
Mckean definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tommy Mckean seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koko uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mckean.
Koko throws a body shot but no joy.
Mckean misses with a hook.
Koko misses with a wild body shot.
Mckean keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koko.
Koko drives through and clinches with Mckean against the cage.
Koko throws a head punch that misses.
Koko pressing his opponent against the cage.
Koko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Koko blocking some punches.
Koko tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mckean's elbow.
Mckean can't break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Koko fails to land.
Koko lands a hook that snaps the head of Mckean backwards.
Mckean has a couple of punches blocked by Koko.
Mckean is struggling to control the position.
Mckean scores with a shoulder strike.
Mckean prevents a body shot from Koko.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mckean.
Koko throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Koko.
Mckean looking to stall.
Mckean blocks a body shot from Koko.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mckean.
Koko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Come on Koko - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Koko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koko misses with some punches.
Koko misses with a body punch.
Koko is leaning against Mckean and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mckean throws a head punch that misses.
Koko holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Koko.
A short right from Koko 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!
Koko has a couple of punches blocked by Mckean.
Koko throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Mckeans head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Koko.
Koko lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Mckean on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Koko.
Mckean makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mckean blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Koko.
Mckean blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Koko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Mckean's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Koko gets through Mckean's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Koko lands a left hand.
Mckean blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Koko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Koko.
Koko working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Mckean.
A short body shot lands from Koko as the two fighters clinch.
Mckean blocks a body shot from Koko.
Koko cracks Mckean with a nice body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Koko.
Koko looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Koko taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Mckean tries a body shot but Koko blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koko struggles to land a body shot inside as Mckean controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Koko.
Mckean is breathing heavily.
Koko can't find room to land a body shot as Mckean controls the action.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Koko scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Still in the clinch, Koko scores with a nice short uppercut.
Mckean misses with a hook from the clinch.
Koko gets through Mckean's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Koko working aggressively here.
Koko lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Koko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Koko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mckean blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Koko.
Koko misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Koko.
Mckean misses with a hook to the ribs.
Koko digs a right hand underneath Mckean's ribcage. Mckean let out a lung full of air as it connected.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tapu Koko dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Koko throws a shot to the body.
Koko drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Mckean right on the button. Mckean goes down! Koko follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Koko gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tapu Koko!
In his post fight interview, Tapu Koko started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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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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