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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Steele (ranked 202 p4p, 198 weight class) and Gorgon Zola (ranked 4 p4p, 7 weight class). Zola has chosen For Heavy Metal we will die! as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 35 - 17 - 1, fighting out of London, Jason Steele!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gorgon Zola!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Zola.
Zola misses with a wild combination.
Zola avoids the body shot from Steele.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zola! But no joy.
Steele lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zola circles away quickly and effectively.
Steele scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Gorgon Zola has been cut.
Steele misses the shot to the body.
Steele misses with a jab to the body
and Zola counters with a straight right hand.
A shot to the body from Steele misses
and Zola counters with a stiff right hand.
Steele misses with a hook to the body
and Zola counters with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steele jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Steele throws a lazy uppercut
and Zola connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zola avoids the body shot from Steele.
Zola throws an overhand right that lands on Steele's shoulder, as Steele tries to avoid the shot.
Steele is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Zola.
Steele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zola moves away.
Zola only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Zola uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steele.
Steele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zola.
An inside leg kick from Zola misses.
Zola connects with the punch.
Zola connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zola connects with a good right hand that stumbles Steele. Steele circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Steele takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Zola lands a jab-cross combination.
Zola misses with an uppercut
and Steele counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Zola.
Steele misses with a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Zola as he connects with a hook.
Steele misses with a jab, cross combination.
Steele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steele looks to score with a jab to the body but Zola is just out of range.
Steele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zola was well out of range. Poor timing from Steele.
A big left from Zola misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steele swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steele throws a poor cross that misses
and Zola counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jason Steele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steele scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zola in his tracks.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch but Zola swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steele's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Steele duly obliges.
Steele looks to throw the jab but Zola is out of range.
Zola lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Zola lands.
Jab from Steele.
Zola 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.
Zola is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steele.
Steele swinging wildly here.
Steele fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Zola looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zola circles away from the clinch attempt.
Good shot there by Steele.
Steele walks into a left hand.
Steele fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Steele swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Zola counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Steele misses with a double jab.
Zola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zola misses the shot to the body.
Zola takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from Zola does it's job there.
Steele rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zola moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Zola has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Zola thuds a left hand into Steele's body.
Zola is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Steele had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steele. Zola does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steele fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zola manages to avoid it.
Zola scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Steele is looking to wear down Zola with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Steele misses with a body shot.
Steele misses with an uppercut. Zola saw that one coming.
Steele misses with a hook to the body
and Zola counters with an inside leg kick.
Steele misses with a jab to the body
and Zola counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Zola with the inside leg kick.
Zola has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Zola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zola connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Zola cracks Steele with a right hand to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zola scores with a sloppy right hand. Steele should have avoided that one.
Zola looks to land a left hand but Steele moved out of range nicely.
Zola lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Steele tries to clinch up.
Zola misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zola looks to land a combination but Steele avoids it well.
Steele looks to throw the jab but Zola is out of range.
Steele's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zola under the eye.
Zola dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Steele. That did some damage!
Zola avoids the body shot from Steele.
Steele scores with the left hand. Zola knows he should have avoided that one.
Zola scores with a crisp jab that stopped Steele in his tracks.
Steele on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zola. Zola obviously looking to wear him down.
Steele uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Steele tries to clinch there but Zola circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zola! But no joy.
Zola fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zola throws out a loose jab but Steele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steele throws a sloppy body shot
and Zola counters with a three punch combo that has Steele backing up. Steele nods at Zola to acknowledge the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Steele fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Steele gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Zola takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Steele takes one to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gorgon Zola will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gorgon Zola's cut.
That's time! Steele's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A swing and a miss from Steele.
Steele looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zola unleashes a big counter combination but Steele bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Zola sizes up Steele with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
A big left from Zola misses.
Steele misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Zola counter with a right hand.
Zola misses with an uppercut. Steele saw that one coming.
A shot to the body from Steele misses
and Zola counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Steele misses the body punch
and Zola counters with a nice uppercut.
Zola gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Steele.
Zola connects with a solid leg kick.
Zola tries to score with a low kick but Steele moves his leg out of the way.
Steele seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zola pushes Steele up against the cage in a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Steele has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Steele throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Steele looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Steele misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zola escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zola scores with a nice strike.
Zola bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Steele's head.
Steele has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Zola.
Steele blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zola uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steele.
Steele ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Zola on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Steele throws a lazy right hand but Zola sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Steele throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zola stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Zola is breathing heavily.
Steele looks to score with a jab to the body but Zola is just out of range.
Gorgon Zola seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Steele lands with a cross.
Zola works the jab nicely.
Jab by Zola.
Decent striking displayed by Steele there.
Steele tries to clinch up.
Steele looks to score with a jab to the body but Zola is just out of range.
Zola closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zola looking to stall.
Zola struggles to land a body shot inside as Steele controls his hands.
Zola throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zola.
Steele lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Steele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Steele misses with a hook to the ribs.
Steele lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Zola backwards.
Zola escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steele ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zola moves away.
Zola moves away from the strike by Steele.
Steele rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Zola moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Steele misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Steele misses the target.
Zola uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Steele.
Zola clobbers Steele with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Steele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zola.
Zola throws a hook to the side of Steele's head but Steele sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zola throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Steele closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Steele drives through and clinches with Zola against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zola.
Steele has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Zola breaks from the clinch.
Zola steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steele.
A big right from Steele misses.
Zola is looking for the big counter here.
Steele misses with a body shot.
Zola let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Steele misses with a double jab
and Zola counters by moving into the clinch.
Zola managing to block the knees to the body from Steele.
Zola wants to stall.
Steele has a couple of punches blocked by Zola.
Steele tries a body shot but Zola blocks it.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Zola avoids the damage to the body.
Steele lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zola is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Zola escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zola throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zola takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Steele misses with a wild body shot.
Zola steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Steele.
Steele tries to clinch but Zola moves out of range.
Zola misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Steele with a jab.
Zola with the inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Zola.
Steele throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zola.
A combination from Zola does no damage.
Zola throws out a loose jab but Steele uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zola clobbers Steele with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Zola stuns Steele with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Steele misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zola throws a hook to the side of Steele's head but Steele sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steele looks to score with a jab to the body but Zola is just out of range.
Steele walks into a stiff left hand from Zola.
A telegraphed right hand from Steele misses the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Gorgon Zola will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Gorgon Zola'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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Zola throws a hook but Steele avoids it easily.
Steele throws a hook but Zola blocks it.
Steele stuns Zola with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Steele throws a series of punches but Zola moves out of range.
Steele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zola cracks Steele with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Steele throws a body shot but no joy.
Steele throws an off balance right hand
and Zola counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Steele jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zola closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Steele looks to score with a jab to the body but Zola is just out of range.
Zola lands with a cross.
Steele swings for the body but Zola moves out of range.
Zola's jab looks to have found its range, popping Steele under the eye.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zola was well out of range. Poor timing from Steele.
Zola is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Steele misses with a jab to the body
and Zola counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Zola with a nice cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele lands a nice hook to Zola's body. Zola takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Steele throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steele is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Steele looks to score with a jab to the body but Zola is just out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Steele thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zola bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Steele throws a body punch but Zola moves out of range.
Zola connects with a crisp jab.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zola paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Steele on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Steele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zola was well out of range. Poor timing from Steele.
Zola scores with a nice right hand.
Zola closes the distance and clinches.
Zola lands with a light punch inside.
Zola lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zola effectively controlling the action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zola.
Zola blocks a body shot from Steele.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zola lands with a right to the head.
Zola stalls.
Zola blocks a body shot from Steele.
The referee calls for Zola to work.
Zola scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zola lands a left hand that snaps the head of Steele backwards.
Zola lands a nice uppercut.
Zola escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zola scoring well with a low kick there.
Zola lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A jab from Steele misses.
Zola waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Steele.
Steele fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Zola, pushing him back against the cage.
Steele is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Zola is defending well for now.
Zola manages to break the clinch.
Steele loads up on a big right hand but Zola slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zola thuds a left hand into Steele's body.
Steele swings for the body but Zola moves out of range.
Steele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zola.
Zola doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Steele misses with a body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zola.
Zola moves away from the strike by Steele.
Zola looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Steele misses with an uppercut.
The crowd cheers as Zola lands an impressive looking overhand right. Steele doesn't seem phased though.
Zola keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zola misses with an uppercut. Steele saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Steele on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Steele misses with a wild body shot.
Steele tests Zola's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Steele fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Steele fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zola takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gorgon Zola is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zola slips under a jab.
Zola keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Steele scores with a jab to the head.
Zola lands a body shot.
Zola connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steele. Zola does a little dance to reset his feet.
Steele swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Zola to counter with a crisp jab.
Jason Steele has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Steele drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Steele misses with a two punch combination.
Steele takes a swing at Zola's ribcage but misses.
Zola feints a jab promting Steele to slip. Zola then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Steele slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Steele throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Zola stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A slow jab from Zola misses its intended target.
A telegraphed right hand from Zola misses the target.
Steele looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gorgon Zola comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Zola has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gorgon Zola!
Gorgon Zola 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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