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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tian Long (ranked 2572 p4p, 2393 weight class) and Oscar De La Weirdo (ranked 298 p4p, 283 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Tian Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Oscar De La Weirdo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De La Weirdo manages to avoid it.
Long lands a lovely overhand right.
Long thows a left - swing and a miss!
Long throws a big shot that misses.
Long throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
De La Weirdo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Long.
De La Weirdo appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Jab from Long.
Long has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Sydney Top Team in the buildup to the fight.
A jab lands there for Long.
Long looks to throw the jab but De La Weirdo is out of range.
Long swings for the body but De La Weirdo moves out of range.
Long keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Long throws a jab but it's blocked by De La Weirdo.
Long is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Long throws a poor cross that misses
and De La Weirdo counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De La Weirdo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Long scores with a body shot.
A cross from Long lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Long misses.
De La Weirdo throws out a counter right but Long avoids it with no problem.
De La Weirdo slips under a jab from Long.
De La Weirdo appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
De La Weirdo lands a two punch combo.
Long ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De La Weirdo moves away.
It seemed like De La Weirdo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Long ducks down and throws a hook to the body but De La Weirdo moves away.
Long rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De La Weirdo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Long throws a hook but De La Weirdo avoids it easily.
It seemed like De La Weirdo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
De La Weirdo throws a lazy right hand but Long sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
De La Weirdo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Long fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches De La Weirdo on the side of the head.
Long throws a body shot but no joy.
De La Weirdo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Long steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De La Weirdo.
Long loads up on a big right hand but De La Weirdo slips the punch.
De La Weirdo ducks under a wild hook from Long.
Long throws a body shot but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long throws an overhand right that lands on De La Weirdo's shoulder, as De La Weirdo tries to avoid the shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Long keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Nice body kick from De La Weirdo.
Long misses with a lunging right hand
and De La Weirdo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Long 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.
De La Weirdo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A shot to the body from Long misses
letting De La Weirdo counter with a right hand.
Long takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Long dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De La Weirdo misses with a wild body shot.
De La Weirdo takes one on the button.
De La Weirdo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
De La Weirdo cracks a nice hook into Long's ribs.
Long uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De La Weirdo.
Long misses with a hook.
De La Weirdo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Long is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long swings and misses with a hook to the body.
De La Weirdo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
De La Weirdo defending well as Long loads up on a big left hand.
A shot to the liver by Long. Beautiful body shot.
Long misses with a body shot
and De La Weirdo counters with a straight right hand.
Long fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Long misses with a right hand
and De La Weirdo counters with a straight right hand.
Long tests De La Weirdo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Long. De La Weirdo does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Long misses.
De La Weirdo throws a fast counter high kick but Long manages to duck under it in time.
De La Weirdo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Long.
Long lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Long throws out a loose jab but De La Weirdo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Long defending well as De La Weirdo loads up on a big left hand.
De La Weirdo missing with a left hand there. Long was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tian Long seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long throws a right hand that misses
and De La Weirdo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
De La Weirdo throws a body punch but Long moves out of range.
It looked like Long was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from De La Weirdo.
Long connects with a good right hand that stumbles De La Weirdo. De La Weirdo circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Long throws a right hand that misses
and De La Weirdo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Long throws a body shot but no joy.
Long takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Long misses with a lunging right hand
and De La Weirdo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Long throws a right hand that misses
and De La Weirdo counters with a good, hard body kick but Long shrugs it off.
De La Weirdo looks to score with a jab to the body but Long is just out of range.
De La Weirdo on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Long misses with an uppercut
and De La Weirdo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De La Weirdo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Long throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from De La Weirdo misses the target.
Long takes a swing at De La Weirdo's ribcage but misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tian Long dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Long misses with a telegraphed body shot
and De La Weirdo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from De La Weirdo in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Long lands a jab.
Long misses with an uppercut
and De La Weirdo counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Long connects with a crisp jab.
De La Weirdo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Long throws a lazy uppercut
and De La Weirdo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De La Weirdo sizes up Long with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Long uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before De La Weirdo has time to react.
Tian Long is winning the standup battle so far.
Long looks to land a left hand but De La Weirdo moved out of range nicely.
De La Weirdo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Long.
Long avoids the body shot from De La Weirdo.
Long swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but De La Weirdo might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Long has got the better of the exchanges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Long keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De La Weirdo.
De La Weirdo blocks a jab.
De La Weirdo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Long swings away with a body shot that misses
letting De La Weirdo counter with a right hand.
Long misses with an uppercut
and De La Weirdo counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long blocks a jab.
De La Weirdo slips a jab from Long.
De La Weirdo misses with a few strikes there.
De La Weirdo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
De La Weirdo lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Long dips to his left and cracks De La Weirdo with an uppercut!
De La Weirdo ducks under a wild hook from Long.
De La Weirdo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Long tests De La Weirdo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Long misses with a straight left.
Long throws a jab when De La Weirdo was well out of range.
Nice body punch from Long.
Long throws a predictable looking body shot
and Long takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Long scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice straight punches there by Long. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Long.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De La Weirdo.
That kick from De La Weirdo tenderised Long's leg. Long is trying to keep his angry face on.
Long waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De La Weirdo.
A little jabbing left from De La Weirdo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
De La Weirdo moves out of range as Long strikes.
De La Weirdo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Long waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract De La Weirdo.
De La Weirdo swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A swing and a miss from Long.
A countering left hand to the body from De La Weirdo misses.
Long looks to throw the jab but De La Weirdo is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from De La Weirdo misses.
Long dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Long jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
De La Weirdo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
De La Weirdo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De La Weirdo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Long.
Long misses with an uppercut.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from De La Weirdo! But no joy.
De La Weirdo avoids the body shot from Long.
Long throws a shot from downtown. De La Weirdo moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Weirdo needs to keep his hands up - Long had a free shot at his head there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Long. De La Weirdo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Long swings for the body but De La Weirdo moves out of range.
Long ducks under a wild hook from De La Weirdo.
Long throws an uppercut from half a mile away. De La Weirdo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
De La Weirdo takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Long takes a swing at De La Weirdo's ribcage but misses.
Long avoids the body shot from De La Weirdo.
De La Weirdo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Long was well out of range. Poor timing from De La Weirdo.
Long is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that De La Weirdo can do to turn this around?
De La Weirdo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Long scores with a body shot.
De La Weirdo throws a head kick but Long moves out of range.
De La Weirdo walks into a straight right hand from Long.
Long throws a poor cross that misses
and De La Weirdo counters with a straight right hand.
De La Weirdo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long misses with an uppercut. De La Weirdo saw that one coming.
Long lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De La Weirdo at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Long throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Long throws out a loose jab but De La Weirdo uses good head movement to avoid it.
An inside leg kick lands from De La Weirdo.
Long moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
De La Weirdo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Long misses with a hook.
De La Weirdo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A lazy left from Long finds it's target.
Long misses with a looping right.
Long works De La Weirdo's body with a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
De La Weirdo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
De La Weirdo throws a head kick that misses.
A punch lands to the side of De La Weirdo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
De La Weirdo is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tian Long dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Long scores with a shot to the body.
De La Weirdo connects with a looping right hand.
De La Weirdo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
De La Weirdo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Long throws an off balance right hand
letting De La Weirdo counter with a right hand.
De La Weirdo throws a lazy right hand but Long sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by De La Weirdo.
De La Weirdo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
De La Weirdo cracks Long with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Long fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De La Weirdo manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from De La Weirdo! But no joy.
De La Weirdo moves away from the strike by Long.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Long scores with a punch to the head.
A swing and a miss from Long.
Long throws a right hand that misses
enabling De La Weirdo to counter with a crisp jab.
A shot to the body from Long misses
and De La Weirdo counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Long throws a hook but De La Weirdo blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long throws a lazy uppercut
and De La Weirdo counters with a straight right hand.
De La Weirdo throws a series of strikes that have Long backpedaling.
Nice uppercut lands for Long. That snapped De La Weirdo's head back.
De La Weirdo defending well as Long loads up on a big left hand.
Long thuds a left hand into De La Weirdo's body.
De La Weirdo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Long misses with a straight left.
Long throws a hook to the side of De La Weirdo's head but De La Weirdo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from De La Weirdo! But no joy.
Long misses with an uppercut.
Long cracks De La Weirdo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A swing and a miss from Long.
A little jabbing left from De La Weirdo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Long misses with a jab to the body
and De La Weirdo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Long just misses with a punch to the body.
De La Weirdo throws a jab but it's blocked by Long.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long lands with a nice body punch.
Long lands a nice hook to De La Weirdo's body. De La Weirdo takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Long fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De La Weirdo manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from De La Weirdo.
Long misses with a body punch
and De La Weirdo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A cross from De La Weirdo lands.
A big right from De La Weirdo misses.
A counter left hand to the body from Long misses its target.
De La Weirdo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Long.
Long jabs De La Weirdo right on the nose. De La Weirdo blinks but takes it well.
Long takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
De La Weirdo drops his hands momentarily and Long takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A slow jab from Long misses its intended target.
Long slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Weirdo cracks Long with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
De La Weirdo takes a swing at Long's ribcage but misses.
De La Weirdo throws a leg kick but Long moved away.
De La Weirdo blocks a jab.
De La Weirdo walks into a jab.
Long misses with a straight right.
De La Weirdo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Long.
A countering left hand to the body from De La Weirdo misses.
Tian Long is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De La Weirdo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Long misses with an uppercut
and Long takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De La Weirdo thuds his shin into the meat of Long's side.
Long misses with a body shot.
De La Weirdo throws out a counter right but Long avoids it with no problem.
De La Weirdo ducks under a wild hook from Long.
De La Weirdo misses with a body shot.
Long was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Long throws a hook but De La Weirdo blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Long jabs De La Weirdo to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Long pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De La Weirdo moves out of range of the strikes.
De La Weirdo moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Long looks to throw the jab but De La Weirdo is out of range.
Long fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De La Weirdo manages to avoid it.
Long will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Long throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Long looks to land a right hand but De La Weirdo moved out of range.
De La Weirdo misses the shot to the body.
Long misses with a right hand
and De La Weirdo counters with an outside leg kick.
Long throws an ugly left hook that misses
and De La Weirdo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oscar De La Weirdo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A jab lands there for Long.
De La Weirdo walks into a stiff left hand from Long.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tian Long.
Well Long has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tian Long!
During a confident post fight interview, Tian Long thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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