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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Christ (ranked 942 p4p, 1024 weight class) and Malig Mferi (ranked 55 p4p, 61 weight class). Malig Mferi acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Lethal high kicks
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World class boxer
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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 26 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Julio Christ!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Malig Mferi!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, George Francis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mferi checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mferi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Christ lands a nice hook to Mferi's body. Mferi takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Christ darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Christ fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mferi.
Christ swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mferi! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body kick from Christ.
Christ pushes Mferi away with a front kick.
Christ fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Mferi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Christ with the inside leg kick.
Mferi takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Mferi ducks under a wild hook from Christ.
Mferi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mferi has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Christ throws a combination that misses
enabling Mferi to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Julio Christ has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Christ. Mferi does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mferi avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A little jabbing left from Mferi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mferi has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mferi there as he acknowledges the shot.
Christ misses with a leg kick.
Christ lets loose with a powerful body kick. Mferi will feel that in the morning.
Christ is looking to slow Mferi down with leg kicks.
Christ misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mferi! But no joy.
Oooooh!!! Christ has knocked Mferi down with a huge combo! Christ steps away and waves a wobbly Mferi back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christ throws out a loose jab but Mferi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mferi looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Christ misses with a two punch combination.
A little jabbing left from Mferi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Christ wants to slow Mferi down by chopping away at his legs.
A little jabbing left from Mferi on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Christ misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Christ looks to land a left hand but Mferi moved out of range nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Mferi! But no joy.
Christ throws a body kick that misses
and Mferi connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Christ with a nice calf kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christ looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mferi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Christ throws a body shot but no joy.
Donk. Christ catches Mferi right on the button with a cross.
Christ wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Christ misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mferi.
Mferi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
An inside leg kick from Christ misses.
Christ swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mferi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Christ dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julio Christ's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Mferi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Christ throws a body kick that misses.
Christ misses the shot to the body.
Christ throws a right and a left that both miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christ lands with a shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Christ - just one landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christ fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mferi checks it well.
Christ looks to land a combination but Mferi avoids it well.
Mferi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Julio Christ is winning the standup battle so far.
Christ lands a big head kick that sends Mferi tumbling to the mat! Christ takes a step backwards and waves Mferi back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Mferi is rocked!
It looks like Malig Mferi has been cut.
Christ looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Mferi is still on wobbly legs! Can Christ finish him?
Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Christ throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Mferi is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Julio Christ!
A relieved looking Julio Christ thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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