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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grey Ape (ranked 823 p4p, 759 weight class) and Long Hung Dong (ranked 108 p4p, 99 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 18 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Grey Ape!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Long Hung Dong!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, John Mangel and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ape has closed the distance and engaged Dong in a clinch.
Ape tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ape tries to land knees in the clinch but Dong avoids the damage to the body.
Dong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dong lands a hook that snaps the head of Ape backwards.
Ape is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ape connects with a knee to the head.
Ape with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ape with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Long Hung Dong has been cut.
Ape scores a nice knee to the body.
Ape is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dong is defending well for now.
A shot in the inside from Ape.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ape.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dong.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dong scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dong stalling in the clinch.
Dong tries to pull guard but Ape holds him up against the cage and eventually Dong drops back down to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ape lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ape lands an uppercut.
Dong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ape's elbow.
Ape missing with knees to the body.
Ape misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Dong on the inside.
Ape manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ape working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Ape.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dong.
Ape is struggling to control the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ape creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dong.
Ape with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ape misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ape tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dong avoids it.
Ape holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Dong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ape is trying to break the clinch but Dong is controlling him.
Our sources have told us that Ape has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Ape working aggressively here.
Dong scores with a shoulder strike.
Ape lands a knee to the head.
Dong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Ape fails to land.
Ape content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Ape tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ape misses with a knee to the head.
Dong blocks a body shot from Ape.
Dong throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Apes head.
Ape is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Dong is keeping busy.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Ape is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Dong fails to land.
Dong misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ape missing with knees to the body.
Ape landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Ape's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dong tries to pull guard but Ape holds him up against the cage and eventually Dong drops back down to his feet.
Ape blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ape misses with some punches.
Ape has had enough of the clinch but Dong keeps him there for the moment.
Dong lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dong tries to pull guard but Ape forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Grey Ape has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Long Hung Dong.
Ape using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dong tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Ape just stands there and leans against the cage.
Ape lands a right hand.
Ape'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.
Dong swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ape pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dong does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dong lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dong throws a solid leg kick but Ape takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dong.
Dong checks a leg kick nicely.
Dong fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ape checks it well.
Ape throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dong stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Long Hung Dong seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ape blocks a low kick nicely.
Ape appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dong misses with a double jab.
Ape uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dong.
Ape closes the distance and clinches.
Ape breaks the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Grey Ape dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Long Hung Dong'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.
Dong misses with a combination
and Ape counters with a one-two to the body.
Dong throws a series of punches but Ape moves out of range.
Ape moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dong throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dong misses with a hook
and Ape counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ape misses with a hook. Dong ducked under it nicely.
Ape swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dong throws out a counter right but Ape avoids it with no problem.
Ape stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Dong.
Ape is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dong can do to turn this around?
Ape moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Ape throws a looping overhand right but Dong ducks down to avoid it.
Grey Ape is winning the standup battle so far.
Dong is looking to clinch.
Ape works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ape lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ape steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dong.
Ape slips under a jab from Dong.
Ape scores with a leg kick.
Ape misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ape.
Ape shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dong throws a shot from downtown. Ape moves away and avoids it.
Ape scores with the left hand. Dong knows he should have avoided that one.
Ape throws a wild body kick that Dong sees coming a mile off.
Dong looks to land a body kick but Ape moved away.
Dong motions for Ape to come forward. Dong throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
As Dong backs away, Ape returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ape throws a right and a left that both miss.
Ape comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
No joy there for Dong, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A nice leg kick from Ape, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dong forces Ape back against the cage and clinches.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ape.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short right from Dong.
Dong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ape backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dong has a couple of punches blocked by Ape.
Dong is trying to pull guard but Ape turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Dong jumps guard but Ape turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Ape is trying to break the clinch but Dong is controlling him.
Dong misses with some punches.
Dong fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ape tries to land knees in the clinch but Dong avoids the damage to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Still in the clinch, Ape scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Dong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ape misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dong tries a body shot but Ape blocks it.
Ape takes a shot to the head.
Dong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong blocking some punches.
Dong avoiding damage as Ape throws knees to the body.
Dong tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Ape smiles and moves away.
Grey Ape has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Long Hung Dong.
A swing and a miss from Dong.
Dong shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Dong throws a series of punches but Ape moves out of range.
Ape takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ape thuds his shin into the meat of Dong's side.
Dong misses with a looping right.
Ape was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Ape moves out of range of the strikes.
Ape bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Dong's head backwards.
Ape swings for the body but Dong moves out of range.
Dong swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Ape tries a head kick but it misses.
Ape throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And Dong responds with a good body kick, but Ape manages to step out the way in time.
Dong looks to land a right hand but Ape moved out of range.
Ape swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Ape misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dong lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dong looks to throw the jab but Ape is out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Ape misses its target.
Ape is looking to score with low kicks.
Dong looks to land a left hand but Ape moved out of range nicely.
Dong blocks a jab.
Dong tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ape manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ape tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A slow jab from Ape misses its intended target.
Ape tries to score with a low kick but Dong moves his leg out of the way.
Ape throws a body kick that misses.
Ape tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dong was well out of range. Poor timing from Ape.
Dong scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A left lands for Dong.
Dong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ape.
Ape throws a leg kick but Dong sees it coming and moves out of range.
Dong moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Ape lands with an overhand left.
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 Grey Ape will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Long Hung Dong's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Dong misses with a straight left.
Ape throws a jab when Dong was well out of range.
Ape throws a jab when Dong was well out of range.
Ape tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dong was well out of range. Poor timing from Ape.
Dong misses with a body kick.
Ape throws a head kick that misses.
Dong slips a jab from Ape.
Ape misses with the body kick
and Dong counters with a straight right hand.
Ape fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dong, pushing him back against the cage.
Dong takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dong lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dong lands with a light punch inside.
Ape with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Grey Ape has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ape misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Dong fails to pull the fight into his guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dong takes a knee right on the jaw!
A right hook to the body lands for Dong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ape tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dong lands a body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dong.
A short right from Dong on the inside.
Ape using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dong stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dong tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ape's elbow.
Ape using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dong is trying to pull guard but Ape has him pressed against the cage.
Ape is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dong is defending well for now.
Dong throws a punch but it's blocked by Ape.
Dong blocks a body shot from Ape.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ape.
Ape working aggressively here.
Ape with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ape prevents a body shot from Dong.
Long Hung Dong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ape leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dong lands a body shot in the clinch.
Dong lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dong lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ape backwards.
Dong tries to pull guard but Ape won't allow it.
Grey Ape has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Long Hung Dong.
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!
Ape takes a shot to the head.
Ape landing knees to the body.
Dong throws a head punch that misses.
Ape looking to slow down the pace here.
Ape blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dong lands with a left to the head.
Dong swings wildly with an uppercut but Ape uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ape breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ape.
Ape swats away the attempt to clinch by Dong.
Dong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ape.
Dong missing with a left hand there. Ape was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ape lands with a straight right. Dong didn't see that one coming.
Ape tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dong misses with an uppercut. Ape saw that one coming.
Ape walks into a stiff left hand from Dong.
Ape tries to clinch there but Dong circles away.
Dong drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ape slips under a jab.
A quick step to the side and Ape tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ape feints and then cracks Dong's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dong down.
Dong takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A swing and a miss from Dong.
Ape walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
It looks like Grey Ape has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Ape misses with a kick to the body.
Dong misses with a body kick.
Ape takes the fight into the clinch.
Dong tries to pull guard but Ape holds him up against the cage and eventually Dong drops back down to his feet.
Ape missing with knees to the body.
Dong throws a punch but it's blocked by Ape.
Ape is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dong is defending well for now.
Grey Ape is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A nice left hand lands by Dong.
Ape has Dong pushed against the cage.
Dong tries to pull guard but Ape holds him up against the cage and eventually Dong drops back down to his feet.
Ape throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dong blocks it with crossed arms.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Long Hung Dong.
Well Ape has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Topper Green scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grey Ape!
Grey Ape seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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