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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tan Zan (ranked 895 p4p, 338 weight class) and Javier Pinales (ranked 127 p4p, 51 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Good gas tank |
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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 20 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tan Zan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Javier Pinales!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Zan pushes Pinales off and gets back to his feet.
Zan catches Pinales with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pinales moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A big left from Zan misses.
Zan scores with a punch to the head.
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!
Zan looks to land a right hand but Pinales moved out of range.
Pinales takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Zan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pinales keeps the fight on the outside.
Zan moves into the clinch.
Nice body punch from Zan - that landed with a thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pinales wants to take the fight to the mat but Zan manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Zan lands a shot to the body.
Pinales looks winded!
Zan lands with a right to the head.
Zan misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Zan on the inside.
Zan lands a shot to the body.
Pinales's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Pinales blocks an uppercut.
Zan lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zan.
Zan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pinales backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zan misses with a punch on the inside.
Zan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zan lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Zan.
Pinales is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Zan gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Zan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zan tries to throw a body punch but Pinales avoids it by throwing Zan back against the cage.
Zan lands a shoulder strike.
Zan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zan.
Zan misses with a punch on the inside.
Zan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zan scores with a shot to the side of Pinales's head.
Zan lands a nice uppercut.
Pinales tries to score a body lock takedown but Zan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Tan Zan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Pinales.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zan working aggressively here.
Zan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pinaless head.
Zan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zan can't find room to land a body shot as Pinales controls the action.
Zan tries to throw a body punch but Pinales avoids it by throwing Zan back against the cage.
Zan lands a body punch.
Zan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pinales has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Zan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Zan lands a nice uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Zan.
Zan pushes Pinales back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zan throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zan lands a right hand.
Zan lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pinales blocks an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Zan.
Zan gets through Pinales's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Zan.
Zan lands a nice shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Zan.
A hook to the body from Zan.
Zan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Pinaless head.
Zan lands an uppercut.
Zan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zan struggles to land a body shot inside as Pinales controls his hands.
Zan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zan lands a nice uppercut.
Zan lands a shoulder strike.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tan Zan dominated that round.
That's time! Zan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Pinales takes a jab right on the kisser.
Zan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pinales can do to turn this around?
Jab, jab by Zan - just one landing.
Nice straight punches there by Zan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zan.
Pinales is rocked!
Zan throws a body shot but no joy.
Decent striking displayed by Zan there.
Pinales is still on wobbly legs! Can Zan finish him?
A big right from Zan misses.
Pinales seems to have recovered his senses.
Pinales uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zan.
Zan throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pinales walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've been told by Zan's head coaches at Alpha Brasil that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Zan looks to land a right hand but Pinales moved out of range.
Zan is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Zan leaves Pinales with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinales walks into a stiff left hand from Zan.
Zan just misses with a punch to the body.
Zan is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pinales on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Zan takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Zan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pinales.
Zan lands with a cross.
Zan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pinales moves away.
Pinales uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zan.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pinales! But no joy.
Pinales displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zan throws out the jab.
Pinales on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pinales takes a jab right on the kisser.
Javier Pinales is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pinales moves out of range as Zan strikes.
Zan misses with a looping left.
Pinales takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pinales takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Zan stuffs the takedown.
Pinales is breathing heavily.
Zan stuffs the takedown attempt from Pinales. Pinales gets slowly back to his feet.
Tan Zan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javier Pinales.
Nice body punch from Zan.
Zan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Horrible takedown attempt by Pinales or perhaps it was just good defense by Zan, which made it look bad.
A quick step to the side and Zan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zan tries to bum rush Pinales with a series of wild strikes but Pinales uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Decent striking displayed by Zan there.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pinales is defended easily by Zan.
Zan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pinales was well out of range. Poor timing from Zan.
Zan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zan throws a jab but it's blocked by Pinales.
The fighters circling - Zan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pinales looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Zan lands a nice hook to Pinales's body. Pinales takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zan lands the left hand.
Pinales ducks under a wild hook from Zan.
It seemed like Pinales was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Zan ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Zan connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pinales momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pinales takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Zan pushes Pinales up against the cage in a clinch.
Nice body punch from Zan.
Zan presses Pinales against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Zan.
Zan gets through Pinales's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Zan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zan working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tan Zan dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Zan lands a nice looking body shot.
Zan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab lands there for Zan.
Zan scores with a punch to the head.
Zan's corner calls for a 1-2. Zan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tan Zan is winning the standup battle so far.
Zan connects with a body shot.
Zan sizes up Pinales with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Zan throws a shot to the body.
Zan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pinales looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pinales takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Zan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Zan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zan sends Pinales crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Zan is motioning to the referee to let Pinales up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Pinales uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Zan.
Pinales takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Zan scores with a jab to the body.
Zan misses with a right hand
and Pinales counters with a stiff right hand.
Zan listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zan looks to land a left hand but Pinales moved out of range nicely.
Pinales looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Zan with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Zan drops Pinales with a straight right hand, right on the button! Zan follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tan Zan!
Tan Zan decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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