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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Twea King (ranked 882 p4p, 1261 weight class) and James Quin (ranked 104 p4p, 142 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Twea King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Quin!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quin was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
A little jabbing left from Quin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
King takes a swing at Quin's ribcage but misses.
Quin connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Quin lands a right hook to the body.
King sizes up Quin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Quin takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Quin tests King's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Quin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
King throws a hook but Quin avoids it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from King misses the target.
King moves into range and connects with a jab.
King takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
King digs a good hook to Quin's body.
King dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
King scores with a hook to the body. Quin takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
King has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Quin misses.
Some wild striking there from King.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Quin! But no joy.
Quin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Quin.
Quin cracks King with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
King throws a hook but Quin blocks it.
King misses with a looping right.
King lands with a hook. Quin tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
King lands a body shot.
King sizes up Quin with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
King misses with a wild body shot.
Quin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quin throws a leg kick that is checked
and King counters with a straight right hand.
King bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Quin's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King throws a lazy uppercut
and Quin counters with a lovely straight right hand!
King slips a straight right by Quin.
A jab from King does it's job there.
Quin moves away from the strike by King.
King paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Twea King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quin takes one to the side of the head.
King scores with a jab.
King with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Quin to score with a decent uppercut.
Quin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
King comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
King fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Quin takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Quin blocks a jab.
Quin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quin throws a hook but King blocks it.
King ducks under a wild hook from Quin.
King on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
King swings for the body but Quin moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Quin. That snapped King's head back.
A jab from Quin does it's job there.
King misses with a left hand
and King takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
King throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
King rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Quin counters with a stiff right hand.
Quin slips a straight right by King.
The crowd cheers as King lands an impressive looking overhand right. Quin doesn't seem phased though.
Quin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quin throws a lazy right hand but King sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
King throws a big counter combination but Quin scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from King misses.
Quin throws out a counter right but King avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quin. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
A cross from King lands.
Quin throws the left hand but King avoids the punch easily.
King throws a big shot that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Quin! But no joy.
Quin slips under a jab.
King cracks Quin with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
King throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A countering left hand to the body from Quin misses.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quin was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
King is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Quin looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
King throws a looping overhand right but Quin ducks down to avoid it.
Quin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Quin looks to land a left hand but King moved out of range nicely.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Twea King dominated that round.
That's time! King's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
King thows a left - swing and a miss!
Quin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from King.
It seemed like Quin was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Quin slips a straight right by King.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
King connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
King stuns Quin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Quin takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Quin cracks a nice hook into King's ribs.
Quin slips under a jab from King.
King connects with a body shot that sends Quin's belly button to the back.
King throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - King throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
King stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
King is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Quin can do to turn this around?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quin takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King lands with an overhand left.
Quin misses with a straight right.
King connects with a right hand. Quin shakes it off.
Quin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
King swings for the body but Quin moves out of range.
King scores with a decent looking hook.
Quin has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Quin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by King.
Twea King is winning the standup battle so far.
King bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Quin chopping away at his opponent's legs.
King throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
King lands a jab to the nose.
King connects with a body shot that sends Quin's belly button to the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Quin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
King misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from King.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Quin moves away.
Quin flicks out a counter leg kick but King steps away.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Quin might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, King has got the better of the exchanges.
A chopping leg kick lands by Quin.
King listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
A shot to the liver by King. Beautiful body shot.
Good work by King as he checks the leg kick.
Quin takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A jab from King misses.
Quin moves away from the strike by King.
King dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Quin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
King tries to bum rush Quin with a series of wild strikes but Quin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
King lands with a nice combination. Quin backs away looking to recover.
Quin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King with a nice cross.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Quin's shoulder, as Quin tries to avoid the shot.
Quin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Quin throws a right hand that misses
letting King counter with a right hand.
Quin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
King ducks under a wild hook from Quin.
King misses with a lunging right hand
and Quin counters with a straight right hand.
Quin lands the left hand.
King doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Quin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King scores with a nice head shot.
Quin throws a good cross that connects.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Quin is just out of range.
King lands an overhand right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quin walks into a straight right hand from King.
Quin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from King.
Quin throws out a counter right but King avoids it with no problem.
Nice body punch from King.
King bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Quin's head.
King just misses with a punch to the body.
Quin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
King misses with a straight right.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quin misses with a left hand
and King makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Quin connects with a right hand. King shakes it off.
Quin walks into a stiff left hand from King.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quin lands a body shot.
King with a nice cross.
King takes a swing at Quin's ribcage but misses.
Quin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Twea King dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Quin with a nice cross.
Quin jabs King right on the nose. King blinks but takes it well.
King connects with the punch.
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big right from Quin misses.
King throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Quin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quin manages to avoid it.
Quin feints a counter leg kick.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Quin was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
Quin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Quin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A bone on bone clash there as King blocks the leg kick.
Quin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as King throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King swings widly with a right hand
and Quin counters with a slapping leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Quin. Beautiful body shot.
Quin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from King.
King throws a sloppy body shot
and Quin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Quin staying out of range there.
King throws a shot from downtown. Quin moves away and avoids it.
Quin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Quin misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from King on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Quin scores with a jab to the body.
Quin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
King throws a big shot that misses.
King lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by King.
King throws a looping overhand right but Quin ducks down to avoid it.
James Quin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by King.
King takes a swing at Quin's ribcage but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quin misses with a hook. King ducked under it nicely.
Quin throws a hook to the side of King's head but King sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slow jab from Quin misses its intended target.
King throws a right hand that misses
and Quin counters with a nice body shot.
Quin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Nice uppercut lands for Quin. That snapped King's head back.
King throws the left hand but Quin avoids the punch easily.
King lands a jab to Quin's midsection.
King throws a hook to the side of Quin's head but Quin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Quin misses with a body shot
and King counters with a stiff right hand.
Quin has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from King finds it's way round the side to connect with Quin's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quin.
King cracks Quin with a right hand to the side of the head.
Quin throws out a loose jab but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
Quin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
King throws a lazy uppercut
and Quin counters with a nice low kick that buckles King's knee momentarily.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Quin is just out of range.
Twea King is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Nice cross by Quin.
Quin misses with a hook
and King counters with a stiff right hand.
King waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Quin.
Quin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
King thuds his right hand into Quin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quin.
A jab from Quin does it's job there.
The fighters circling - King throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from King.
Quin drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks King right on the button. King goes down! Quin follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Quin gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Quin!
An out of breath James Quin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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RATING
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