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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Hunt (ranked 327 p4p, 495 weight class) and Charles Tucker (ranked 49 p4p, 66 weight class). Tucker has chosen Faith of The Heart as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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24 - 13 - 1 |
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27 - 14 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, James Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charles Tucker!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Tucker.
Hunt takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tucker moves away.
Hunt moves into the clinch successfully.
Hunt misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tucker landing knees to the head.
It looks like James Hunt has been cut.
Hunt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tucker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hunt's elbow.
Hunt lands with a left to the head.
I was talking to Hunt's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tucker pushes Hunt back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tucker misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Hunt.
Hunt tries a body shot but Tucker blocks it.
Hunt scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tucker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hunt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tucker swings wildly with an uppercut but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hunt fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tucker.
A left hand lands to the body for Tucker.
Tucker misses with a punch on the inside.
Tucker misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hunt.
Tucker works on Hunt's body with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've been informed that Tucker has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Tucker breaks the clinch.
Hunt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A telegraphed right hand from Hunt misses the target.
Tucker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A shot to the liver by Hunt. Beautiful body shot.
Tucker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tucker takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hunt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunt looks to score with a jab to the body but Tucker is just out of range.
Hunt takes a swing at Tucker's ribcage but misses.
Hunt throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hunt thuds his right hand into Tucker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Tucker lands a nice shot to the body.
Hunt is looking to wear down Tucker with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tucker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hunt throws out the jab.
Tucker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tucker explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Hunt is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tucker lunges at Hunt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hunt's hand.
Hunt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tucker moves away.
Tucker moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hunt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt looks to land a body kick but Tucker moved away.
Tucker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hunt is rocked!
Tucker lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Oh Hunt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hunt bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Tucker comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Hunt falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Hunt was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Charles Tucker!
Charles Tucker decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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