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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yago Steve (ranked 354 p4p, 654 weight class) and David Tua (ranked 3 p4p, 7 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yago Steve!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 26 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Tua !
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Joseph Jones and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steve throws a quick inside leg kick.
Steve lands a big head kick that sends Tua tumbling to the mat! Steve takes a step backwards and waves Tua back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like David Tua has been cut.
Steve lands a big head kick that sends Tua tumbling to the mat! Steve takes a step backwards and waves Tua back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Tua is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steve shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tua is still on wobbly legs! Can Steve finish him?
Steve thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tua seems to have recovered his senses.
Tua throws a right and a left that Steve avoids nicely.
Steve stuns Tua with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Steve looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tua throws a body punch but Steve moves out of range.
Steve uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tua .
Steve lands a jab.
Steve cracks Tua with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Tua looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Steve finish him?
Tua throws a jab when Steve was well out of range.
Steve moves away from the strike by Tua .
Steve keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tua throws the left hand but Steve avoids the punch easily.
Steve scores with the left hand. Tua knows he should have avoided that one.
Tua throws a big shot that misses.
Steve scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Tua looks to land a left hand but Steve moved out of range nicely.
Tua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steve moves away.
Tua misses with a looping right.
Steve throws a quick counter head kick but Tua was just out of range.
Steve lands a big right hand that sends Tua crashing to the mat! Steve stays standing though and waves Tua back to his feet!
A slow jab from Tua misses its intended target.
Steve cracks Tua with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Steve has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Tua to stand back up!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steve slips under a jab.
Tua misses the jab.
Steve blocks a jab.
Tua has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Tua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steve.
Steve is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Steve connects with a nice looking jab.
Tua throws a looping overhand right but Steve ducks down to avoid it.
Steve throws a body shot but no joy.
Tua now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Steve is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Steve chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd cheers as Tua lands an impressive looking overhand right. Steve doesn't seem phased though.
Steve cracks Tua with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Steve has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Tua to stand back up!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Steve manages to avoid it.
Tua throws a body punch but Steve moves out of range.
Steve on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Steve lands a big head kick that sends Tua tumbling to the mat! Steve takes a step backwards and waves Tua back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Steve slips under a jab.
Tua looks to score with a jab to the body but Steve is just out of range.
Steve half committed to a counter leg kick.
Steve lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tua on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Steve. Steve obviously looking to wear him down.
Tua looks to score with a jab to the body but Steve is just out of range.
Tua takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tua looks to score with a jab to the body but Steve is just out of range.
Steve is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Steve moves away.
Steve scores with a decent looking hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tua misses the shot to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Steve. That's going to slow Tua down.
Tua is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Tua misses the jab.
Steve keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yago Steve dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Tua '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.
Steve changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Steve drops Tua with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Tua looks back up at him and smiles so Steve waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
A shot to the liver by Steve. Beautiful body shot.
Steve scores with a nice head shot.
Tua throws a looping overhand right but Steve ducks down to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steve lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Tua falls backwards - clearly groggy! Steve dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yago Steve!
Yago Steve retains his super heavyweight title!
After the fight, Yago Steve was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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