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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Bell (ranked 1643 p4p, 670 weight class) and Fotu Veainu (ranked 240 p4p, 106 weight class). John Bell has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fotu Veainu!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Santiago Holmes and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Veainu throws a poor cross that misses
and Bell counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Fotu Veainu has been cut.
Veainu misses with a left hand
and Bell counters with a straight right hand.
Veainu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Veainu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bell.
Bell moves away from the strike by Veainu.
Veainu lands a body shot.
Bell gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Bell throws a poor cross that misses
and Bell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bell looks to throw the jab but Veainu is out of range.
Bell has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Monkey Business in the buildup to the fight.
Veainu throws a jab but it's blocked by Bell.
Veainu looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Veainu misses with an uppercut. Bell saw that one coming.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.
Veainu is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Bell with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veainu throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bell sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Veainu was well out of range. Poor timing from Bell.
Veainu lands with a shot to the body.
Bell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Veainu counters with a nice uppercut.
Bell takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Bell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Veainu manages to avoid it.
Bell scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Veainu doesn't seem bothered though.
Bell throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Veainu moves away.
Bell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Veainu.
Veainu throws an overhand right that lands on Bell's shoulder, as Bell tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veainu throws a hook to the side of Bell's head but Bell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bell misses with an uppercut. Veainu saw that one coming.
Veainu ducks under a wild hook from Bell.
Bell cracks Veainu with an open hand slap.
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!
Veainu loads up on a big right hand but Bell slips the punch.
Veainu lands with a cross.
Bell slips a straight right by Veainu.
Veainu moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Veainu misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Bell.
Veainu with a hook.
Bell throws a jab but it's blocked by Veainu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell swings for the body but Veainu moves out of range.
Veainu swings widly with a right hand
and Bell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Bell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Veainu.
Veainu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Veainu 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.
Veainu fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Bell looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Veainu throws a lazy right hand but Bell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bell is looking to counter punch.
Bell misses with a left hand
letting Veainu counter with a right hand.
Veainu throws a big shot that misses.
Veainu lands a lovely overhand right.
Nice cross by Veainu.
Veainu is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Bell had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veainu scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bell doesn't seem bothered though.
Bell jabs at Veainu's body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bell swings away with a body shot that misses
and Veainu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Veainu manages to avoid it.
Bell throws an off balance right hand
and Veainu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bell keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Veainu.
Bell lunges at Veainu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Veainu's hand.
That has opened up Fotu Veainu's cut even more.
Veainu lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Veainu throws a big shot that misses.
Bell swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Fotu Veainu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fotu Veainu's cut.
That's time! Bell's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A slow jab from Veainu misses its intended target.
Bell moves out of range as Veainu strikes.
Veainu misses with a straight left.
Bell lands a jab to the nose.
Bell cracks Veainu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Veainu missing with a left hand there. Bell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bell swings for the body but Veainu moves out of range.
Veainu throws out a counter right but Bell avoids it with no problem.
Veainu slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veainu lands a jab to the head.
Veainu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bell was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bell uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Veainu.
A quick step to the side and Bell tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Veainu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bell.
It looked like Bell was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Veainu.
Bell misses with a wild body shot.
Veainu throws a shot to the body.
Veainu throws a jab when Bell was well out of range.
Veainu misses with a left hand
and Bell counters with a straight right hand.
The cut above Fotu Veainu's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bell blocks a jab.
Bell on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Bell avoids the body shot from Veainu.
Bell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Veainu.
Bell's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Veainu connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bell scrambles back to his feet.
A big left from Bell misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Veainu scores with a shot to the body.
Bell walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Bell swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A nice side step and Veainu releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bell on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bell. Veainu does a little dance to reset his feet.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Bell might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Bell throws an overhand right that lands on Veainu's shoulder, as Veainu tries to avoid the shot.
Veainu cracks Bell with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bell moves out of range of the strikes.
Bell throws a hook but Veainu blocks it.
As Bell backs off Veainu throws a huge counter combo but Bell manages to avoid it all.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Veainu. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Veainu slips under a jab.
Good shot there by Veainu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Veainu throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Veainu missing with a left hand there. Bell was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bell just misses with a punch to the body.
Bell takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Veainu has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Veainu.
Veainu misses with a straight right.
Fotu Veainu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Veainu.
A slow jab from Bell misses its intended target.
Bell swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Veainu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Veainu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bell throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Veainu to counter with a crisp jab.
Bell misses with a hook to the body
and Bell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bell ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
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!
Bell avoids the body shot from Veainu.
Jab, jab by Bell - just one landing.
Veainu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Veainu misses with a hook
and Bell counters with a right hand to the body.
Bell throws a body shot but no joy.
Veainu misses with a right hand
and Bell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Veainu is breathing heavily.
Bell throws a body punch but Veainu moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Fotu Veainu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Fotu Veainu's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Bell jabs Veainu right on the nose. Veainu blinks but takes it well.
Veainu thuds his right hand into Bell's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Bell lands a nice shot that snaps Veainu's head back.
Veainu throws a jab but it's blocked by Bell.
Bell takes one to the side of the head.
Bell pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Veainu misses with a lunging right hand
and Bell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Veainu thinking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Veainu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bell looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Veainu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Veainu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bell loads up on a big right hand but Veainu slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Veainu.
Veainu misses with an uppercut.
Veainu lands with an overhand left.
Bell doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Veainu.
Bell waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Veainu.
Veainu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bell rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Veainu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bell slips a jab from Veainu.
Bell avoids the body shot from Veainu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell scores with a jab to the body.
Bell moves out of range as Veainu strikes.
Bell misses with an uppercut
and Veainu counters with a stiff right hand.
Bell lands a nice shot that snaps Veainu's head back.
Fotu Veainu's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Bell swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Veainu counters with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Veainu slips a straight right by Bell.
Veainu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bell.
An attempted straight right counter from Bell misses the target.
Veainu throws the left hand but Bell avoids the punch easily.
Bell was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Veainu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Veainu swings widly with a right hand
and Bell counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell lands a nice shot that snaps Veainu's head back.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Fotu Veainu's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). John Bell!
A relieved looking John Bell 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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