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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiff Sanford (ranked 13 p4p, 35 weight class) and Ghost Chai (ranked 3 p4p, 7 weight class). Sanford comes to the cage accompanied by Body Count - Body Count's in the House. Tiff Sanford has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tiff Sanford!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of London, Ghost Chai!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chai is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sanford.
Sanford quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Chai throws a hook but Sanford avoids it easily.
Sanford gets a clinch.
Sanford lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sanford obliges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chai.
Sanford tries to land knees in the clinch but Chai avoids the damage to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Sanford.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanford using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chai has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sanford with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sanford lands a body punch.
Chai looks winded!
Sanford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sanford tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chai's elbow.
Sanford can't find room to land a body shot as Chai controls the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanford lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sanford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch on the inside from Sanford fails to land.
Chai blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chai lands a good knee to the midsection. Sanford won't want to take too many of those.
Chai misses with some punches.
Chai pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sanford blocks a jab.
Sanford swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A head kick misses from Chai.
Sanford swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Sanford tries to clinch up but Chai circles away and keeps his distance.
Ghost Chai seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chai misses with a hook.
A quick step to the side and Sanford tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chai throws out a loose jab but Sanford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sanford tries to clinch but Chai moves out of range.
Chai doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Chai fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Chai 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.
Sanford wants to clinch but Chai slips to the side
and Chai counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Tiff Sanford has been cut.
Sanford throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sanford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sanford tries to land a body kick
and Chai counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chai misses with a hook.
It looked like Sanford was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Chai.
Chai dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sanford sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Chai stuns Sanford with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chai scores with a shot to the body.
Sanford takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Chai lands a big head kick that sends Sanford tumbling to the mat! Chai takes a step backwards and waves Sanford back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Sanford is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sanford circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Chai. Sanford falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Chai!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ghost Chai!
Ghost Chai is the new heavyweight champion!
Ghost Chai decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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