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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Hightower (ranked 84 p4p, 139 weight class) and Nuufo Seanoa (ranked 4 p4p, 8 weight class). Hightower comes to the cage accompanied by The Power. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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207 cm 32 258 34 - 8 - 1 |
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194 cm 28 268 14 - 8 - 0 |
Great wrestler World class boxer KO power |
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Olympic wrestler World class MT Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 34 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jason Hightower! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Nuufo Seanoa! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Seanoa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hightower was well out of range. Poor timing from Seanoa. Hightower connects with a good right hand that stumbles Seanoa. Seanoa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
It looks like Nuufo Seanoa has been cut. Seanoa with a lazy takedown attempt and Hightower counters with a crisp right hand that drops Seanoa! Hightower lets Seanoa back up to his feet, looking for a finish! Hightower throws a big shot that misses. Seanoa 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. Seanoa fails in his attempt to clinch. Hightower throws a jab but it's blocked by Seanoa. Hightower looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Seanoa throws a sloppy head kick and Hightower moves out of range easily. Hightower throws a jab but it's blocked by Seanoa. Hightower ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. It looked like Hightower wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit. A nice leg kick from Seanoa, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hightower pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hightower misses with a hook. Seanoa ducked under it nicely. Jason Hightower is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Seanoa digs a good hook to Hightower's body.
Seanoa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hightower. Hightower has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hightower there as he acknowledges the shot. Seanoa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Seanoa showed some decent athleticism there. Seanoa looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Seanoa is pressing down on Hightower's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hightower is holding on for now. Seanoa is thwarting Hightower's attempts to control the position. Seanoa seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Hightower is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Nuufo Seanoa! During a confident post fight interview, Nuufo Seanoa thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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