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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iago Farfan (ranked 285 p4p, 924 weight class) and Hassan Fezzik (ranked 39 p4p, 105 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Iago Farfan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hassan Fezzik!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fezzik misses with a low kick.
Farfan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Farfan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Farfan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Hassan Fezzik has been cut.
Fezzik fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Fezzik has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Fezzik there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fezzik throws a body shot but no joy.
Farfan half committed to a counter leg kick.
Farfan missing with a left hand there. Fezzik was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fezzik lands with a nice body punch.
Farfan connects with a solid leg kick.
Farfan lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Fezzik paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fezzik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Farfan on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fezzik misses with a hook.
Farfan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fezzik.
Fezzik throws a looping overhand right but Farfan ducks down to avoid it.
Farfan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farfan misses with a kick to the body.
Fezzik misses with a hook. Farfan ducked under it nicely.
Farfan takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Farfan has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Rubber Guard Emporium in the buildup to the fight.
Farfan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fezzik moves away.
Farfan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Jab from Fezzik.
Some bone on bone action there as Fezzik checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Fezzik throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Farfan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fezzik scores with a body shot.
Fezzik lands a jab to Farfan's midsection.
A nice combination there by Fezzik.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fezzik is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Farfan.
Fezzik looks to score with a jab to the body but Farfan is just out of range.
Farfan fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Fezzik is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fezzik throws a hook but Farfan avoids it easily.
Farfan slips a jab and a cross from Fezzik.
Farfan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Farfan.
Farfan defending well as Fezzik loads up on a big left hand.
Farfan is looking to score with low kicks.
Fezzik digs a good hook to Farfan's body.
A jab lands there for Fezzik.
Fezzik looks to land a right hand but Farfan moved out of range.
Farfan went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Fezzik stuns Farfan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hassan Fezzik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fezzik looks to land a left hand but Farfan moved out of range nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Fezzik.
Fezzik is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Farfan.
Fezzik swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Farfan.
Farfan moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farfan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fezzik.
Farfan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Fezzik moves out of range of the strikes.
Fezzik dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Farfan. That did some damage!
Fezzik takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Farfan pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Farfan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fezzik.
Fezzik looks to throw the jab but Farfan is out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Farfan misses its target.
A punch combination from Farfan misses.
A low kick lands for Farfan.
Fezzik connects with a right hand. Farfan shakes it off.
Fezzik cracks Farfan with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Farfan throws a body shot but no joy.
Farfan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fezzik.
Fezzik looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fezzik misses with a straight right.
A counter left hand to the body from Farfan misses its target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Farfan slips under a jab.
Fezzik uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Farfan.
Fezzik looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fezzik connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Farfan connects with an inside leg kick.
Farfan scores with a leg kick.
Fezzik sizes up Farfan with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fezzik scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Iago Farfan has been cut.
Fezzik misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Farfan.
Farfan throwing a counter right hand but Fezzik manages to avoid it.
Fezzik looks to throw the jab but Farfan is out of range.
It looked like Farfan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Fezzik.
Farfan needs to keep his hands up - Fezzik had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fezzik misses with an uppercut. Farfan saw that one coming.
Farfan slips under a jab.
It appears Farfan was looking to counter with a kick there.
Farfan moves away from the strike by Fezzik.
Farfan with a nice cross.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hassan Fezzik dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Fezzik throws out a loose jab but Farfan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fezzik has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fezzik misses with a double jab.
Fezzik just misses with a punch to the body.
Farfan tried to counter with a leg kick but Fezzik avoided it.
Fezzik smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Farfan takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fezzik throws a jab when Farfan was well out of range.
Farfan defending well as Fezzik loads up on a big left hand.
Hassan Fezzik seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fezzik on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Farfan ducks under a wild hook from Fezzik.
Fezzik connects with a right hand. Farfan shakes it off.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fezzik lands a right hook to the body.
Farfan takes one to the chin there.
Some bone on bone action there as Farfan checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A punch combination from Farfan misses.
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!
A chopping leg kick lands by Fezzik.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fezzik with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Farfan to score with a decent uppercut.
Farfan avoids the body shot from Fezzik.
A solid leg kick lands there for Farfan.
Fezzik throws an overhand right that lands on Farfan's shoulder, as Farfan tries to avoid the shot.
Fezzik lands a jab.
Farfan looks to score with a jab to the body but Fezzik is just out of range.
Fezzik checks a low kick from Farfan.
Farfan lands a jab to the nose.
Farfan uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fezzik.
Fezzik misses with a few strikes there.
A swing and a miss from Fezzik.
Farfan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fezzik.
Fezzik throws a lazy right hand but Farfan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fezzik pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farfan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Farfan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fezzik.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fezzik checks a leg kick.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Farfan might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Fezzik chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Farfan can pounce on him.
Fezzik throws a hook but Farfan avoids it easily.
Farfan has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Fezzik throws a lazy right hand but Farfan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice shot by Fezzik.
Fezzik misses with a straight right.
Fezzik lands a nice hook to Farfan's body. Farfan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Farfan throws a hook but Fezzik blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Fezzik on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fezzik connects with a single shot there.
Farfan throws a lazy right hand but Fezzik sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A low kick from Fezzik misses
letting Farfan counter with a right hand.
A swing and a miss from Fezzik.
A slow jab from Fezzik misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farfan moves out of range of the strikes.
Fezzik throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Fezzik.
A shot to the body from Fezzik misses
and Farfan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
You can see that Fezzik has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Fezzik throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A quick step to the side and Farfan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheers as Fezzik lands an impressive looking overhand right. Farfan doesn't seem phased though.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Farfan, as that shot connected.
Farfan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nice jab there from Fezzik.
The fighters circling - Fezzik throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Fezzik misses with a body shot.
Farfan catches Fezzik with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That has opened up Hassan Fezzik's cut even more.
Fezzik misses with a right hand
and Farfan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
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!
Farfan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fezzik.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fezzik throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fezzik throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Farfan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fezzik is breathing heavily.
Farfan misses with an uppercut.
Fezzik throws a right hand that misses
and Farfan counters with a stiff right hand.
Farfan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Farfan throwing a counter right hand but Fezzik manages to avoid it.
Fezzik stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Farfan.
Fezzik throws a right hand that misses
and Farfan counters with a leg kick.
Farfan takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fezzik throws an off balance right hand
and Farfan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Farfan sizes up Fezzik with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Farfan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fezzik was well out of range. Poor timing from Farfan.
Farfan throws a body shot but no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hassan Fezzik will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Farfan lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Farfan.
Fezzik falls off balance throwing a combination
and Farfan counters with a crisp right hand that drops Fezzik! Farfan lets Fezzik back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Fezzik is rocked!
Fezzik throws a poor cross that misses
and Farfan counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Fezzik is still on wobbly legs! Can Farfan finish him?
Fezzik's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Farfan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fezzik.
Fezzik seems to have recovered his senses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fezzik misses with a straight right.
Farfan fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fezzik defending well as Farfan loads up on a big left hand.
Farfan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fezzik.
Fezzik misses with a few strikes there.
Farfan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Farfan throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Fezzik takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Farfan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fezzik.
Fezzik takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Farfan lands a big head kick that sends Fezzik tumbling to the mat! Farfan takes a step backwards and waves Fezzik back to his feet - he wants the finish!
The cut above Hassan Fezzik's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Farfan.
Farfan sees an opening and throws a straight punch right through Fezzik's defenses. It connects perfectly with Fezzik's jaw and knocks him out cold! Wow - that's a contender for knockout of the year - absolutely brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Iago Farfan!
Iago Farfan retains his heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Iago Farfan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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