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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mara Tantor (ranked 723 p4p, 141 weight class) and Torhte Finlayson (ranked 109 p4p, 27 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Finlayson's choice of entrance music: Scotland the Brave, Black Bear. Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mara Tantor!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Torhte Finlayson!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Michael Johnstone and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tantor misses with an uppercut.
Tantor misses with a lunging right hand
and Tantor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tantor keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Finlayson misses with a shot to the body
and Tantor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tantor 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.
Finlayson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tantor.
Tantor throws a big shot that misses.
Mara Tantor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tantor jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tantor throws the left hand but Finlayson avoids the punch easily.
Tantor swings widly with a right hand
and Tantor takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tantor misses with a looping right.
Tantor misses with a lunging right hand
and Finlayson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Finlayson has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Tantor throws a hook but Finlayson avoids it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Finlayson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tantor connects with a looping right hand.
Tantor misses with a right hand
and Finlayson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tantor is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Finlayson cracks a nice hook into Tantor's ribs.
Tantor slips under a jab from Finlayson.
Tantor throws a poor cross that misses
and Finlayson counters with a stiff right hand.
Finlayson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tantor manages to avoid it.
An attempted straight right counter from Tantor misses the target.
Tantor steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Finlayson.
Tantor throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Finlayson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tantor looks to land a combination but Finlayson avoids it well.
Jab from Tantor.
Tantor throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Finlayson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Finlayson appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tantor misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tantor misses with an uppercut. Finlayson saw that one coming.
A nice side step and Finlayson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finlayson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Finlayson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Finlayson throws a hook but Tantor avoids it easily.
Finlayson throws a hook but Tantor blocks it.
Finlayson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tantor.
Tantor misses with a straight right.
Finlayson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Finlayson misses with a wild body shot.
Tantor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tantor throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Finlayson counter with a right hand.
Tantor throws out a loose jab but Finlayson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Finlayson doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Tantor lands a glancing blow to the side of Finlayson's head.
Finlayson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tantor just misses with a punch to the body.
Tantor swings widly with a right hand
enabling Finlayson to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Finlayson misses its intended target.
Tantor misses with an uppercut
and Finlayson counters with a nice body shot.
Tantor throws a predictable looking body shot
and Finlayson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tantor throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Finlayson counters with a nice uppercut.
Finlayson throws a lazy right hand but Tantor sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tantor swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Finlayson counters with a straight right hand.
Finlayson misses with a hook.
Tantor scores with a hook to the body. Finlayson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tantor moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tantor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Finlayson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finlayson connects with the punch.
Finlayson takes a swing at Tantor's ribcage but misses.
Tantor missing with a left hand there. Finlayson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tantor takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tantor takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tantor misses with a left hand
and Finlayson counters with a nice right hand that sends Tantor toppling to the canvas! Tantor scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Finlayson finish him?!
Tantor is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Tantor. Finlayson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oh Tantor is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tantor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Finlayson on the side of the head.
Tantor seems to have got his legs back now.
Tantor is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Finlayson cracks Tantor with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Tantor tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but Finlayson pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Tantor is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Torhte Finlayson! Torhte Finlayson retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Torhte Finlayson 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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hype
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pop
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mgr
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