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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tris Kapula (ranked 3382 p4p, 3315 weight class) and Kill Shot Jackson (ranked 432 p4p, 423 weight class). Kill Shot Jackson has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tris Kapula !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Kill Shot Jackson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kapula manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kapula throws the left hand but Jackson avoids the punch easily.
Jackson tries to counter by closing the distance.
Kapula cracks Jackson with an open hand slap.
It looks like Kill Shot Jackson has been cut.
Jackson scoring well with a low kick there.
Tris Kapula seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kapula throws a hook but Jackson blocks it.
Kapula scores with a hook.
Kapula misses with a looping left.
Kapula keeps the fight on the outside.
A big right from Kapula misses.
Jackson moves into the clinch successfully.
Jackson wants to take the fight to the mat but Kapula manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Jackson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kapula 's defenses.
Kapula misses with a punch on the inside.
Kapula avoids the elbow strike from Jackson, against the cage.
Jackson tries to pull guard but Kapula won't allow it.
Jackson blocking some punches.
Jackson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kapula tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Jackson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Kapula throws a punch but it's blocked by Jackson.
Kapula takes a knee to the side of the body.
Jackson missing with knees to the body.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kapula .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson tries a knee to the head but Kapula blocks it.
I was talking to Kapula 's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Kapula takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jackson.
Jackson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kapula swings wildly with an uppercut but Jackson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kapula misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kapula misses with some punches.
Jackson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kapula .
Kapula misses with some punches.
Kapula misses with some punches.
Kapula misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jackson looking to throw knees to the head but Kapula is blocking nicely.
Jackson jumps into guard, dragging Kapula to the mat.
Kapula slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Jackson isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Kapula stacks Jackson on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Kapula !
Kapula just content to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kapula throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jackson is looking to regain half guard here but Kapula keeps moving and retains side control.
Kapula is staying tight to Jackson's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Jackson avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kapula .
Kapula landing a few strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Kapula seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jackson being controlled for a moment.
Jackson is looking to regain half guard here but Kapula keeps moving and retains side control.
Kapula scoring with punches and elbows.
You can see the frustration on Jackson's face as Kapula controls the position.
Jackson tries to bench press Kapula off him but Kapula keeps the position.
Kapula is putting a hurting on Jackson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Jackson is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kapula working away.
Jackson tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kapula wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ground and pound from Kapula seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Jackson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kapula working away.
Kapula lands a nice forearm strike.
Kapula creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Jackson sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
A lull in the action here.
Jackson sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Kapula performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tris Kapula dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kill Shot Jackson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Jackson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kapula .
Jackson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kapula 's hands.
Jackson throws a lazy body kick
and Kapula counters with a nice right hand that sends Jackson toppling to the canvas! Jackson scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Kapula finish him?!
Jackson is rocked!
Kapula is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Kapula sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Jackson's defenses. It connects perfectly with Jackson's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tris Kapula !
Tris Kapula decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
45% |
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