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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Un Kha (ranked 4896 p4p, 4849 weight class) and Bruce Wagner (ranked 0 p4p, 616 weight class). Kha comes into the arena with Eye of the tiger blaring out of the sound system. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 6 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Un Kha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Wagner!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wagner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kha tries to move into range but Wagner moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bruce Wagner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wagner keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kha shoots in looking for a takedown. Wagner tries to sprawl out of it but Kha keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wagner manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Wagner cracks Kha with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kha has a takedown stuffed.
Kha looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Un Kha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kha fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kha closes this distance looking for a takedown but Wagner circles away.
Kha has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wagner finds it's way round the side to connect with Kha's head.
Kha will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wagner misses with a hook. Kha ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kha has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kha shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wagner pinned against the cage. Wagner gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A punch lands to the side of Kha 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wagner.
Kha fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wagner avoids it really well and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Wagner on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wagner scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wagner lands with a hook. Kha tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kha shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wagner as he jumps to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kha moves away from the strike by Wagner.
Wagner connects with the punch.
Nice shot lands for Wagner.
Kha shoots in for a takedown but Wagner shows good takedown defense.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kha moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Kha shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wagner sprawls well. Wagner wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kha gets slowly back to his feet.
Kha is breathing heavily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kha is defended easily by Wagner.
Wagner takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Some wild striking there from Wagner.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wagner fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Kha.
Kha stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wagner.
Kha tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Wagner defends well and Kha ends up having to push Wagner into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Wagner misses with a punch to the body.
Kha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wagner scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wagner lands with an uppercut that bounces Kha off the cage and back into range.
Wagner throws a right hand that Kha ducks under and follows up with a left that Kha also avoids with ease.
Kha takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wagner throws a jab when Kha was well out of range.
Wagner scores with a hook.
A solid leg kick lands there for Wagner.
Kha ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A telegraphed right hand from Wagner misses the target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wagner connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kha's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kha fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Wagner sprawls well initially but Kha persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Kha tries to pass the half guard into mount. Wagner knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wagner is trying to stand.
Wagner is staying active underneath Kha, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Wagner looks like he's trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wagner manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Kha drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Wagner's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Wagner duly obliges.
Wagner throws a hook to the side of Kha's head but Kha sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wagner throws a shot from downtown. Kha moves away and avoids it.
Kha throws a big counter combination but Wagner scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Kha fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Wagner avoids it really well and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Wagner dominated that round.
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.
Wagner looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Wagner misses with a low kick as Kha jumps back.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Kha is defended easily by Wagner.
Kha misses with a low kick.
Wagner throws a leg kick which misses Kha's front leg but catches the back leg as Kha tries to avoid it.
Wagner leaves Kha with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wagner swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kha moves out of range of the strikes.
Kha shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wagner defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Un Kha. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kha shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wagner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wagner dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kha. That did some damage!
Wagner throws a good cross that connects.
Bruce Wagner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wagner thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kha is looking to land body kicks.
Kha backing away here, and Wagner unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Kha shoots in but Wagner avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wagner stuffs the takedown attempt from Kha. Kha gets slowly back to his feet.
Kha steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wagner.
Kha stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wagner.
Wagner swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wagner keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wagner missing with a left hand there. Kha was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've been informed that Wagner has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Kha shoots and misses
and Wagner counters with a straight right hand.
Wagner connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kha shoots for a takedown but Wagner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
The crowd cheers as Wagner lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kha doesn't seem phased though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wagner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kha on the side of the head.
Nice shot by Wagner.
Bruce Wagner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kha will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wagner lunges at Kha with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kha's hand.
Wagner with a nice cross.
Wagner's corner calls for a 1-2. Wagner obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kha is rocked!
Kha looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Good leg kick by Wagner.
Oh Kha is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kha gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Wagner gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Kha is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Wagner!
After winning the bout, Bruce Wagner thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Un Kha had this to say: 'i'll be back!'.
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