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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Vatubua (ranked 4263 p4p, 3309 weight class) and Joey Faolin (ranked 495 p4p, 403 weight class). Vatubua comes to the cage accompanied by O Fortuna. Faolin is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: It Ain’t a Crime by House of Pain. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Good wrestling
Excellent MT
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sam Vatubua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Faolin!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vatubua looks to throw the jab but Faolin is out of range.
Vatubua misses with a lunging right hand
and Faolin counters with a left to the body.
Vatubua scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A slow jab from Vatubua misses its intended target.
Vatubua swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Faolin throws a counter combo.
Faolin keeps the fight on the outside.
Vatubua throws the left hand but Faolin avoids the punch easily.
Vatubua loads up on a big right hand but Faolin slips the punch.
A countering left hand to the body from Faolin misses.
Vatubua looks to land a left hand but Faolin moved out of range nicely.
Faolin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As Vatubua backs off Faolin throws a huge counter combo but Vatubua manages to avoid it all.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vatubua tries to clinch up.
Vatubua throws a hook to the side of Faolin's head but Faolin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Faolin misses with a double jab
and Vatubua connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Vatubua throws a body punch but Faolin moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faolin misses with a hook.
Faolin has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Faolin throws a body punch but Vatubua moves out of range.
Vatubua is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Faolin misses with a jab, cross combination.
Vatubua gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
I was talking to Vatubua's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Vatubua looking to throw knees to the head but Faolin is blocking nicely.
Faolin is trying to push Vatubua away but Vatubua has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Vatubua misses with a knee strike.
Faolin blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vatubua.
Faolin trying to stall but Vatubua improves his position.
Faolin misses with a punch to the body.
Vatubua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Faolin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Vatubua has him pressed against the cage.
Faolin wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Vatubua looking to throw knees to the head but Faolin is blocking nicely.
Vatubua missing with knees to the body.
Faolin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Vatubua slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Vatubua lands.
Vatubua tries to clinch up.
Faolin swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A big right from Vatubua misses.
Vatubua is looking to clinch but Faolin is avoiding it.
Vatubua closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vatubua misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vatubua landing knees to the head.
Vatubua avoiding damage as Faolin throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Vatubua fails to land.
Vatubua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Faolin.
Faolin is trying to break free.
Faolin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Vatubua obliges.
Faolin is trying to push Vatubua away but Vatubua has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Faolin can't break the clinch.
Vatubua lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vatubua.
Faolin can't find room to land a body shot as Vatubua controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vatubua tries to throw a body punch but Faolin avoids it by throwing Vatubua back against the cage.
Vatubua looking to throw knees to the head but Faolin is blocking nicely.
Vatubua tries to land knees in the clinch but Faolin avoids the damage to the body.
Faolin tries to break free but Vatubua pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vatubua.
Vatubua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Faolin is defending well for now.
Faolin blocks an uppercut.
Vatubua misses with a punch on the inside.
Vatubua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Faolin breaks from the clinch.
Vatubua wants to clinch
and Faolin counters with a stiff right hand.
Faolin blocks a jab.
Vatubua tries to clinch up but Faolin circles away and keeps his distance.
Vatubua swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Faolin makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Vatubua walks into a straight right hand from Faolin.
Vatubua lands a jab to the nose.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vatubua throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Vatubua misses the target.
Sam Vatubua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Faolin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vatubua.
Faolin throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faolin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vatubua.
Vatubua misses with a right hand
and Faolin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Sam Vatubua has been cut.
Vatubua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Faolin moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Faolin! But no joy.
Faolin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vatubua.
Faolin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Vatubua throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Faolin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Faolin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Faolin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vatubua throws an overhand right that lands on Faolin's shoulder, as Faolin tries to avoid the shot.
Faolin let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Vatubua lands with a nice body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Vatubua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sam Vatubua'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.
Vatubua throws an overhand right that lands on Faolin's shoulder, as Faolin tries to avoid the shot.
Faolin is looking for the big counter here.
Joey Faolin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vatubua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Faolin can do to turn this around?
Vatubua tries to clinch up.
Vatubua throws a hook but Faolin avoids it easily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Faolin.
Vatubua throws a looping overhand right but Faolin ducks down to avoid it.
Faolin lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Faolin lands a really nice looking cross but Vatubua seems unphased.
Vatubua throws a lazy right hand but Faolin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Faolin! But no joy.
Vatubua throws a looping overhand right but Faolin ducks down to avoid it.
Faolin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Faolin feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Vatubua sprawling to the canvas! Vatubua rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Faolin finish him?!
Vatubua is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Faolin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Oh Vatubua is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Faolin ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Vatubua out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Joey Faolin!
A relieved looking Joey Faolin thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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