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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tomomi Tsuruta (ranked 19 p4p, 142 weight class) and Dwayne Haskins (ranked 4 p4p, 23 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Granite chin |
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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 33 - 17 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tomomi Tsuruta!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 5 - 2, fighting out of New York, Dwayne Haskins!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsuruta. Haskins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tsuruta misses with a wild combination.
Haskins closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tsuruta lands a nice shot to the body.
Tsuruta lands with a shot to the body.
Haskins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haskins avoids the body shot from Tsuruta.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tsuruta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haskins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Haskins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tsuruta.
A little jabbing left from Haskins on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tsuruta works the jab nicely.
Tsuruta throws a body punch but Haskins moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tsuruta cracks a nice hook into Haskins's ribs.
Tsuruta lands a slapping body shot.
Tsuruta misses with a body shot.
Tsuruta takes a swing at Haskins's ribcage but misses.
A nice side step and Haskins releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tsuruta tries to clinch up but Haskins circles away and keeps his distance.
Haskins walks into a straight right hand from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haskins was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsuruta.
Haskins swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Haskins staying out of range there.
Haskins looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tsuruta wants to clinch.
Haskins lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tsuruta slips under a jab.
Tsuruta takes the fight into the clinch.
I was talking to Tsuruta's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Haskins wants to get back to striking at distance but Tsuruta won't allow it.
Tsuruta misses with a punch to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tsuruta creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tsuruta scores with a shoulder strike.
Haskins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Haskins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tsuruta takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Tsuruta scores with a sloppy right hand. Haskins should have avoided that one.
Tsuruta swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Haskins avoids the body shot from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta misses with a straight left.
Tsuruta lands a jab to Haskins's midsection.
Tsuruta throws a body shot but no joy.
Tsuruta cracks Haskins with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Tsuruta misses with an uppercut
enabling Haskins to counter with a crisp jab.
Tsuruta connects with a single shot there.
Haskins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsuruta.
Tsuruta misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haskins missing with a left hand there. Tsuruta was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tsuruta is looking to wear down Haskins with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Haskins misses with a right hand
and Tsuruta holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Haskins wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tsuruta prevents a body shot from Haskins.
Haskins wants to break free but Tsuruta has control.
Haskins blocks a body shot from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta working aggressively here.
Haskins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tsuruta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tsuruta tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Haskins counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Haskins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Haskins looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tsuruta staying out of range there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tomomi Tsuruta dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tsuruta fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsuruta. Haskins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Haskins lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Tsuruta will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tsuruta keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Haskins throws a jab but it's blocked by Tsuruta.
Tomomi Tsuruta is winning the standup battle so far.
Tsuruta fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Haskins, pushing him back against the cage.
Haskins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haskins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tsuruta swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Haskins counters with a nice uppercut.
Tsuruta is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haskins can do to turn this around?
Tsuruta lands a jab to Haskins's midsection.
Tsuruta lands a nice hook to Haskins's body. Haskins takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A head kick misses from Haskins.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haskins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tsuruta gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Haskins wants to get back to striking at distance but Tsuruta won't allow it.
Haskins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tsuruta has him pressed against the cage.
Haskins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haskins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Haskins shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Haskins ducks right into an uppercut from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Haskins might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A left lands for Tsuruta.
Tsuruta uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Haskins.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haskins staying out of range there.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Haskins! But no joy.
A big left from Tsuruta misses.
It seemed like Haskins was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Haskins avoids the body shot from Tsuruta.
Haskins looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tsuruta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haskins.
Haskins gets tackled into the cage by Tsuruta. Tsuruta maintains the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tsuruta lands an uppercut.
Haskins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tsuruta tests Haskins's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tsuruta throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tsuruta lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Haskins at a distance.
Haskins takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta gets a clinch.
Tsuruta's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Tsuruta makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Haskins breaks from the clinch.
Tomomi Tsuruta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tsuruta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haskins was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsuruta.
Haskins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsuruta.
Haskins looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tsuruta tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haskins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tsuruta moves into the clinch.
Haskins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tsuruta trying to stall but Haskins improves his position.
A right handed body shot lands from Haskins.
Tsuruta works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Haskins breaks the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tsuruta. Haskins does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tsuruta lands a nice shot to the body.
Haskins avoids a punch combination nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Haskins! But no joy.
Tsuruta looks to clinch
and Haskins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tsuruta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Haskins manages to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tsuruta throws a body shot but no joy.
A little jabbing left from Haskins on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Haskins scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Tsuruta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haskins was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsuruta.
A little jabbing left from Haskins on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tsuruta with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Haskins lands a left and a right that send Tsuruta crashing to the mat, dazed. Haskins thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Tomomi Tsuruta has been cut.
Tsuruta clinches with his opponent.
Haskins blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tomomi Tsuruta dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tomomi Tsuruta's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tsuruta throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Haskins looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tsuruta closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tsuruta tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Haskins was well out of range. Poor timing from Tsuruta.
Tsuruta closes the distance and clinches.
Tomomi Tsuruta has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Haskins has had enough of the clinch but Tsuruta keeps him there for the moment.
Tsuruta scores with a shot to the side of Haskins's head.
Haskins tries to work over Tsuruta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Haskins tries to break free but Tsuruta pushes him back against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tsuruta lands a hook that snaps the head of Haskins backwards.
Tsuruta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Haskins's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Haskins's face as he tries to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Haskins wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tsuruta has him pressed against the cage.
Haskins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Haskins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tsuruta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tsuruta pushes Haskins up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsuruta tries to throw a body punch but Haskins avoids it by throwing Tsuruta back against the cage.
Haskins has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Haskins's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Haskins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tsuruta throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Haskins counter with a right hand.
Tsuruta fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Haskins on the side of the head.
Haskins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tsuruta.
Haskins is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Tsuruta throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Haskins to counter with a crisp jab.
Tsuruta is rocked!
A shot to the body from Tsuruta misses
and Haskins counters with a crisp right that sends Tsuruta to the canvas! Haskins follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dwayne Haskins!
Dwayne Haskins is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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