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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Titor (ranked 1118 p4p, 1892 weight class) and Eddie Kekoa (ranked 158 p4p, 253 weight class). Titor comes to the cage accompanied by John Titor-Going To Space. 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
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Titor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Eddie Kekoa!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Titor.
Kekoa stuffs the takedown.
Kekoa dodges the punch combination from Titor.
Kekoa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Titor counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kekoa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Titor slips a jab from Kekoa.
Kekoa throws a body punch but Titor moves out of range.
Kekoa's coach down at No Limit was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Kekoa's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Kekoa missing with a left hand there. Titor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kekoa gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Titor to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kekoa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kekoa utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Titor is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Titor throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kekoa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Kekoa managing to control the position.
Titor trying to control the position from guard on top but Kekoa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Titor throws a big elbow that misses.
Kekoa is pulling down on Titor's head to control his posture.
Titor chips away with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Titor lands a couple of digs.
Kekoa is looking for a triangle but Titor pushes his legs off easily.
Titor trying to control the position from guard on top but Kekoa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Titor trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kekoa controls Titor momentarily but Titor frees himself.
Kekoa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Titor can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kekoa managing to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Titor throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Kekoa scores with a hook to the body. Titor takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Titor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kekoa.
Eddie Kekoa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kekoa misses with a hook.
Titor avoids the body shot from Kekoa.
Kekoa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Titor's head backwards.
Kekoa throws a leg kick but Titor sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Titor slips under a jab.
Kekoa misses with a wild body shot.
Kekoa misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Titor lands a nice looking body shot.
Kekoa looks to land a right hand but Titor moved out of range.
Titor slips a jab from Kekoa.
Kekoa jabs at Titor's body.
Nice defenses there by Titor.
Titor showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kekoa.
A jab from Titor does it's job there.
Kekoa throws a leg kick but Titor moved away.
Titor feinted there with a counter leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fighters circling - Titor throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Titor slips a jab from Kekoa.
Titor shoots in and bounces Kekoa off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kekoa holds on and takes a little breather.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Eddie Kekoa will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Kekoa slips a jab and a cross from Titor.
Titor takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Kekoa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kekoa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kekoa scores with a shot to the body.
Titor takes one on the button.
Titor looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kekoa!
Titor tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
You can see the frustration on Kekoa's face as Titor controls the position.
Kekoa sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Kekoa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Titor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Titor throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Kekoa trying to control here.
Titor missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Titor thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Titor thows a huge punch but Kekoa dodges it nicely.
Kekoa trying to control here.
Kekoa is looking to improve his position.
Kekoa desperately trying to maintain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Titor prevents Kekoa from improving his position.
Titor is trying to control the action in half guard but Kekoa is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Titor lands a head kick. Kekoa smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Kekoa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Titor went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Kekoa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Titor.
Titor checks a leg kick.
Kekoa misses with a two punch combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Kekoa.
A head kick misses from Titor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Kekoa.
Kekoa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Titor blocks a jab.
Titor defending well as Kekoa loads up on a big left hand.
Titor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Kekoa.
Kekoa misses with a straight left.
Kekoa misses the shot to the body.
Titor misses the jab.
Titor ducks under a wild hook from Kekoa.
A lazy left from Kekoa finds it's target.
Kekoa throws an off balance right hand
and Kekoa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Titor misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kekoa.
Titor shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Titor ducks under a wild hook from Kekoa.
Titor scores with a jab to the body.
Kekoa ducks under a wild hook from Titor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kekoa throws a lazy uppercut
and Titor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Titor needs to keep his hands up - Kekoa had a free shot at his head there.
Kekoa missing with a left hand there. Titor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Titor appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Kekoa throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Titor blocks a low kick nicely.
Titor connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Kekoa momentarily.
Eddie Kekoa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kekoa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kekoa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A jab from Kekoa misses.
Kekoa lands a jab.
Kekoa stuns Titor with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kekoa throws a low kick but Titor avoids it.
Titor throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Titor throws the kick towards the body but Kekoa avoids it.
Titor shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Titor showed some decent athleticism there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that John Titor will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Kekoa takes one to the chin there.
Titor throws a big shot that misses.
Titor lands with a right hand.
Kekoa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Titor scores with a three punch combo!
Titor slips a jab from Kekoa.
Titor blocks a jab.
Kekoa looks to score with a jab to the body but Titor is just out of range.
Kekoa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Titor manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Titor connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kekoa's hands.
Kekoa with a nice cross.
Kekoa lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Titor moves out of range as Kekoa strikes.
Nice defenses there by Kekoa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kekoa leaves Titor with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kekoa.
Titor cracks a nice hook into Kekoa's ribs.
Kekoa throws a hook but Titor avoids it easily.
Kekoa blocks a leg kick.
Titor misses with a hook.
Titor just misses with a punch to the body.
Kekoa slips a jab from Titor.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kekoa. Titor does a little dance to reset his feet.
Eddie Kekoa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Titor cracks Kekoa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Titor tries a head kick but it misses.
Titor misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Titor defending well as Kekoa loads up on a big left hand.
Kekoa lands a really nice looking cross but Titor seems unphased.
Kekoa missing with a left hand there. Titor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Titor listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Titor uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kekoa.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Titor on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Titor throws a head kick that misses.
A big right from Kekoa misses.
Kekoa throws a leg kick that misses.
Titor tries a low kick but Kekoa avoids it.
Kekoa misses with a wild body shot.
Titor looks to land a left hand but Kekoa moved out of range nicely.
Kekoa gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Titor to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Kekoa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kekoa is trying to control the position but Titor postures up.
Kekoa is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Titor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kekoa pulls Titor in to control the position.
Titor postures up in Kekoa's guard and throws a big left but Kekoa blocks it.
Kekoa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Titor not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Kekoa looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kekoa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Titor.
Titor throws a head kick but Kekoa moves out of range.
Titor slips a jab from Kekoa.
Kekoa misses with an uppercut.
A low kick from Kekoa is predictable there
and Titor counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Titor.
Titor postures up in Kekoa's guard and throws a big left but Kekoa blocks it.
Kekoa keeping moving, preventing Titor from controlling successfully.
Kekoa looking for a guillotine here but Titor defends easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Titor showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Titor has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Titor!
A very excited looking John Titor rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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