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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Wesley Hardin (ranked 1231 p4p, 1491 weight class) and Dredd Tatum (ranked 82 p4p, 96 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Wesley Hardin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dredd Tatum!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tatum connects with a body shot.
Tatum uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Hardin has time to react.
Tatum waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hardin.
Hardin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tatum was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardin.
Tatum 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.
Tatum keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hardin.
Tatum clobbers Hardin with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Tatum misses with a looping right.
Tatum takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It looks like Dredd Tatum has been cut.
Hardin misses with an uppercut.
A little jabbing left from Tatum on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A jab from Tatum misses.
Hardin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hardin lands an overhand right.
Hardin lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardin throws a lazy right hand but Tatum sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice side step and Tatum releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Hardin throws a lazy uppercut
and Tatum counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hardin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tatum scores with a hook.
Tatum tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hardin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hardin swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Tatum blocks a jab.
Hardin ducks under a wild hook from Tatum.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatum lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Hardin throws the left hand but Tatum avoids the punch easily.
Tatum misses with a looping left.
Hardin misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tatum.
Tatum just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Hardin misses the target.
Tatum swings for the body but Hardin moves out of range.
Tatum throws a good cross that connects.
Hardin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tatum misses with a straight right.
Hardin blocks a jab.
Hardin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tatum takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hardin scores with a jab to the jaw.
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!
Tatum throws out a loose jab but Hardin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hardin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Hardin uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tatum.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tatum fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hardin manages to avoid it.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Hardin! Tatum is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Wesley Hardin!
A victorious John Wesley Hardin thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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FIGHT
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