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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Soul Taker (ranked 3922 p4p, 2649 weight class) and Scotty T Bone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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12 - 5 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Soul Taker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Scotty T Bone!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Hugh Johnson and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
T Bone fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Taker looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
T Bone's coach down at Steel Penn Training Den was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on T Bone's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
T Bone scores with a jab to the body.
Taker misses the body punch
and T Bone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Taker misses with a combination
and T Bone counters with a straight right hand.
Taker misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but T Bone manages to avoid it.
Taker misses with a takedown
and T Bone counters with a left to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
T Bone getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A head kick by Taker misses
and T Bone counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Taker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Taker misses with a takedown attempt - T Bone sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Taker throws a left and a right that both miss
letting T Bone counter with a right hand.
Taker misses with the combination.
T Bone is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
T Bone lands with a nice body punch.
Taker misses with an uppercut
and T Bone counters with a left to the body.
Taker tries to move into range but T Bone moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Taker doesn't succeed with the takedown
and T Bone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Soul Taker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
T Bone moves away from the strike by Taker.
T Bone changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taker takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
T Bone sends Taker crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! T Bone is motioning to the referee to let Taker up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Taker is rocked!
Taker tries to clinch but T Bone is having none of it.
Taker throws a left and a right that both miss
and T Bone counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
T Bone has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Taker is proving hard to escape from.
Taker is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Taker has his foot on T Bone's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. T Bone works his way back into a safe position though.
T Bone is looking to stand up but Taker won't let him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taker wants to sweep here but T Bone controlling him for the moment.
Taker will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Taker isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. T Bone stacks Taker on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by T Bone!
Taker tries to buck T Bone off but T Bone is having none of it.
Taker wants to control but T Bone postures up.
T Bone decides to stand up, so the ref orders Taker to his feet.
Taker throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and T Bone counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by T Bone.
Taker looking to control but T Bone passes into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Scotty T Bone dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Taker thows a leg kick but T Bone checks it
and T Bone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Taker throws a series of punches but T Bone moves out of range.
Taker throws a left and a right that both miss
and T Bone counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
T Bone lands a two punch combo.
Taker with a lazy takedown attempt
and T Bone counters by moving into the clinch.
Taker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
T Bone lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Taker at a distance.
Taker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
T Bone scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Scotty T Bone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
T Bone lands with an overhand left.
T Bone feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Taker sprawling to the canvas! Taker rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can T Bone finish him?!
Oh Taker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
T Bone throws a nice outside leg kick.
Taker seems to have got his legs back now.
Taker misses with a double jab
and T Bone counters with a double leg that slams his opponent to the canvas! Taker is in trouble here! T Bone pounds away until the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Scotty T Bone!
During a confident post fight interview, Scotty T Bone thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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