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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mara Tantor (ranked 3536 p4p, 2843 weight class) and Mike Waltston (ranked 458 p4p, 363 weight class). The key to victory for Mara Tantor has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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196 cm 23 212 1 - 0 - 0 |
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195 cm 25 215 1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Very strong |
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Good wrestler Brawler Powerful |
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mara Tantor! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Waltston! The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tantor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Mike Waltston has been cut. Tantor throws a lazy uppercut
and Waltston counters with a straight right hand. Waltston looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. A left lands for Tantor. Waltston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tantor manages to avoid it. Tantor was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Tantor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Tantor misses with the combination.
Tantor fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Waltston looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Tantor connects with the punch. Waltston throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Tantor definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Tantor fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Tantor fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Tantor throws a series of punches but Waltston avoids them all with ease. Tantor ducks under a wild hook from Waltston. Waltston dips to his left and cracks Tantor with an uppercut! Tantor lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's one minute gone in the round. Waltston looks to land a left hand but Tantor moved out of range nicely. Tantor lands with a nice body punch. Waltston takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That has opened up Mike Waltston's cut even more. Tantor misses with a body shot.
Waltston lands a lovely overhand right. Tantor throws a hook but Waltston avoids it easily. Tantor misses with a looping left. Waltston takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Waltston looks to land a right hand but Tantor moved out of range. Waltston scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Tantor connects with a body shot that sends Waltston's belly button to the back. Waltston misses the shot to the body. Tantor scores with a hook to the body. Waltston takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Waltston misses with a straight right. It looked like Tantor wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. Tantor throws a shot from downtown. Waltston moves away and avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tantor throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Waltston lands a lovely overhand right. A telegraphed right hand from Waltston misses the target. Tantor moves away from the strike by Waltston. Waltston looks to throw the jab but Tantor is out of range. Waltston takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Waltston misses with a lunging right hand
and Tantor cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. A big right from Tantor misses. Oooooh!!! Tantor has knocked Waltston down with a huge combo! Tantor steps away and waves a wobbly Waltston back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Waltston is rocked! Tantor is throwing punches like he's double parked. Oh my word! Huge right hand from Tantor shuts the power down on Waltston. Lights out, game over! Tantor is your winner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mara Tantor! Mara Tantor thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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