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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pyay Thuta (ranked 606 p4p, 904 weight class) and Martin Drop (ranked 18 p4p, 48 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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20 - 11 - 1 |
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Pyay Thuta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Martin Drop!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thuta scores with a crisp jab that stopped Drop in his tracks.
Drop swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thuta lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Drop throws a head kick that misses
letting Thuta counter with a right hand.
Thuta throws a shot from downtown. Drop moves away and avoids it.
Drop bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Thuta's head backwards.
It looks like Pyay Thuta has been cut.
Thuta cracks Drop with a right hand to the side of the head.
Drop thows a left - swing and a miss!
Drop misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thuta.
Drop throws a lazy uppercut
and Thuta counters with a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drop is looking to slow Thuta down with leg kicks.
Drop is looking to slow Thuta down with leg kicks.
Drop thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thuta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drop throws out the jab.
Drop throws a hook to the side of Thuta's head but Thuta sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Drop throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thuta seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drop swings for the body but Thuta moves out of range.
Drop lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Drop misses with a straight right.
Thuta cracks Drop with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Drop, as that shot connected.
Drop takes one to the side of the head.
Martin Drop seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thuta lands with a right hand.
It looks like Martin Drop has been cut.
Drop throws a shot from downtown. Thuta moves away and avoids it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Drop.
Drop on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Thuta. Thuta obviously looking to wear him down.
Drop takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thuta scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Drop darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Drop uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thuta.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drop swings widly with a right hand
and Thuta counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Drop!
Drop can't do much from the bottom here.
Drop trying his best to control but Thuta has mounted him.
Thuta prevents Drop from getting the reversal.
Drop tries to lock up and control but Thuta gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Drop is desperately trying to improve his position but Thuta has a good base and remains in mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Drop is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Drop wants to hold on but Thuta pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drop can't escape the position.
Drop tries to hold on but Thuta postures up.
Drop is trying desperately to improve position.
Thuta avoids the attempt from Drop to control.
Drop is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thuta tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Drop is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Drop tries to hold on but Thuta pushes him away.
Drop is trying desperately to improve position.
Thuta tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pyay Thuta dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Drop walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Thuta checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Thuta displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Drop throws out the jab.
Thuta seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Drop misses with a straight left.
Thuta half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Drop lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Thuta slips a jab from Drop.
Thuta looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A big right from Drop misses.
Drop throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thuta sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Martin Drop seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Drop throws the left hand but Thuta avoids the punch easily.
Thuta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Drop.
Drop loads up on a big right hand but Thuta slips the punch.
Thuta drops down looking for a counter takedown but Drop sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drop throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thuta moves away from the strike by Drop.
Drop misses with a hook
and Thuta makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Drop drops his hands momentarily and Thuta takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Thuta. That snapped Drop's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Drop. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Drop.
Drop connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Thuta cracks Drop with a right hand to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Drop misses its intended target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Thuta darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Nice defenses there by Thuta.
Thuta is looking to counter the offense by Drop and move into the clinch.
Thuta throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Drop sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The fighters circling - Drop throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thuta blocks a jab.
We've been told by Thuta's head coaches at Mentor Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Drop misses with a looping left.
Thuta avoids the body shot from Drop.
Thuta is looking to counter punch.
Drop misses with a left hand
and Thuta counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Drop is breathing heavily.
Thuta lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Drop at a distance.
Thuta bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drop needs to keep his hands up - Thuta had a free shot at his head there.
Drop walks into a left hand.
Thuta drops Drop with a naaaaasty hook - Drop is in real trouble here! Thuta dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pyay Thuta!
A victorious Pyay Thuta thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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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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