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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between The Reverend Jim Ignatowski (ranked 670 p4p, 2343 weight class) and Tzu Chu (ranked 18 p4p, 91 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that The Reverend Jim Ignatowski has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily The Reverend Jim Ignatowski seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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155 cm
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135
8 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, The Reverend Jim Ignatowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tzu Chu!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chu throws a poor cross that misses
and Ignatowski counters with a thumping low kick.
Ignatowski stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Ignatowski wants it to stay on the feet.
Chu tries to move into range but Ignatowski moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ignatowski cracks Chu with an open hand slap.
Ignatowski with the inside leg kick.
Chu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Chu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Ignatowski lands a nice uppercut.
Ignatowski pulls Chu into guard.
Ignatowski escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Chu gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Ignatowski can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Chu controls the pace.
Chu is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Chu makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatowski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chu defends well.
Ignatowski wants to sweep but no luck.
Ignatowski working for submissions but it's allowed Chu to get to half guard.
Chu is taking a breather. Ignatowski says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Ignatowski is looking to improve his position.
Ignatowski is working hard here to advance position.
Chu is trying to control. Ignatowski wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Nice strikes from Chu there.
Ignatowski slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Ignatowski not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Chu trying to control but Ignatowski is working from the bottom.
Ignatowski being controlled here, momentarily.
Chu postures up in Ignatowski's guard and throws a big left but Ignatowski blocks it.
Ignatowski is looking for a triangle but Chu pushes his legs off easily.
Ignatowski isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Chu stacks Ignatowski on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Chu!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski tries to buck Chu off but Chu is having none of it.
Chu tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Chu has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ignatowski wants to control but Chu postures up.
Chu is working Ignatowski over with some ground and pound from side control.
Chu scoring with punches and elbows.
Chu works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Chu wants to control but Ignatowski is keeping him busy.
Ignatowski tries to bench press Chu off him but Chu keeps the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski sneaks back into half guard.
Chu working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Chu looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ignatowski wants to control but Chu is keeping busy.
Ground and pound from Chu.
Chu is taking a breather. Ignatowski says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Ignatowski is looking for a sweep. Chu is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Well, if Chu is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Chu's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that The Reverend Jim Ignatowski will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Chu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ignatowski.
Chu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chu throws a hook to the side of Ignatowski's head but Ignatowski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ignatowski takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Chu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ignatowski jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chu moves out of range as Ignatowski throws a body kick.
A nice leg kick from Ignatowski, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chu misses with a two punch combination.
Ignatowski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ignatowski throws out the jab.
Ignatowski lands a nice shot that snaps Chu's head back.
Ignatowski swings widly with a right hand
and Chu counters with a series of strikes. Ignatowski will be more careful next time no doubt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ignatowski manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ignatowski throws out a loose jab but Chu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ignatowski fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Chu.
A jab from Ignatowski misses.
Chu stalks Ignatowski and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Ignatowski's face. Ignatowski staggers backwards, shaken.
Ignatowski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ignatowski throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Chu is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Ignatowski lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A lazy left from Ignatowski finds it's target.
Ignatowski is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Chu staying out of range there.
Ignatowski jabs at Chu's body.
Ignatowski throws a low kick, looking for Chu's leg but Chu calmly moves out of range.
Chu shoots in but no luck this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ignatowski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chu at a distance.
Chu shoots in but no luck this time.
Chu misses with a double jab
and Ignatowski makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Chu really felt that one!
Ignatowski lands a jab to the head.
A jab from Ignatowski misses.
The Reverend Jim Ignatowski is winning the standup battle so far.
Ignatowski scores with a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chu misses with a right hand
and Ignatowski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Horrible takedown attempt by Chu or perhaps it was just good defense by Ignatowski, which made it look bad.
The Reverend Jim Ignatowski has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tzu Chu.
Ignatowski bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Chu's head.
Tzu Chu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chu throws a hook but Ignatowski blocks it.
Chu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chu misses with an uppercut. Ignatowski saw that one coming.
Ignatowski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ignatowski connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chu momentarily.
Ignatowski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chu can do to turn this around?
Ignatowski misses with a looping left.
Chu is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Ignatowski throws a leg kick which misses Chu's front leg but catches the back leg as Chu tries to avoid it.
Ignatowski doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ignatowski keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ignatowski throws a jab but it's blocked by Chu.
Chu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Ignatowski looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Ignatowski tries to score with a low kick but Chu moves his leg out of the way.
Chu throws out a powerful jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski thows a leg kick but Chu checks it
and Chu counters with a leg kick.
Ignatowski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ignatowski lands with a nice body punch.
Ignatowski walks into a straight right hand from Chu.
Ignatowski fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chu has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ignatowski.
Ignatowski steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chu.
Chu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chu keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Chu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ignatowski ducks under a wild hook from Chu.
Chu swats away the attempt to clinch by Ignatowski.
A nice inside leg kick there by Ignatowski. That's going to slow Chu down.
Ignatowski gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chu lands with a light punch inside.
Chu's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ignatowski lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
I was talking to Ignatowski's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A shot in the inside from Ignatowski.
A short right from Ignatowski on the inside.
Ignatowski blocks a body shot from Chu.
Ignatowski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A swing and a miss from Chu.
Ignatowski cracks Chu with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Nice jab there from Ignatowski.
Ignatowski with the inside leg kick.
Ignatowski is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chu.
It seemed like Chu was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Chu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ignatowski scores with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chu getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ignatowski throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ignatowski with the inside leg kick.
Chu lands a jab to the nose.
Ignatowski is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Ignatowski avoids the body shot from Chu.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
The Reverend Jim Ignatowski dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Chu is looking to clinch but Ignatowski is avoiding it.
Chu throws a right hand that Ignatowski ducks under and follows up with a left that Ignatowski also avoids with ease.
Chu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ignatowski counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ignatowski jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Chu closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ignatowski to the mat! Ignatowski manages to get full guard.
Ignatowski is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Chu defends well.
Ignatowski pushes a forearm under Chu's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Chu is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). The Reverend Jim Ignatowski!
During a confident post fight interview, The Reverend Jim Ignatowski thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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