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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between George West (ranked 3492 p4p, 2127 weight class) and Tawanda Zulu (ranked 404 p4p, 252 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, George West!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tawanda Zulu!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zulu has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Zulu there as he acknowledges the shot.
Zulu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
West circles away from the clinch attempt.
West throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
West scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Zulu moves into range and clinches up with West.
West tries to circle away but Zulu has him pinned against the cage.
Zulu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of West backwards.
West breaks from the clinch.
Zulu tries to clinch there but West circles away.
Zulu fails with an attempt to clinch.
West delivers a nice body kick.
West has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Doom\'s Gym in the buildup to the fight.
West fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zulu manages to avoid it.
Nice shot by West.
West swats away the attempt to clinch by Zulu.
West pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zulu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
West can't break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zulu.
Zulu misses with some punches.
West wants to get back to striking at distance but Zulu won't allow it.
Zulu stalling in the clinch.
Zulu trying to land knees to the body.
Zulu tries to land a knee to the head but West blocks with his arms.
Zulu tries a knee to the head but West blocks it.
West has had enough of the clinch but Zulu keeps him there for the moment.
West wants to get back to striking at distance but Zulu won't allow it.
Zulu using the Thai plumb to throw knees but West has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
West tries to break the clinch but Zulu is controlling the position.
Zulu throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but West blocks it with crossed arms.
Still in the clinch, Zulu scores with a nice short uppercut.
West wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zulu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
West breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
West misses with a straight left.
Zulu tries to clinch but West moves out of range.
West avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
West throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
George West seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulu doesn't manage to clinch there - West circles away.
Zulu tries to close the distance and clinch but West swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zulu takes a body punch but keeps moving.
West scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Zulu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Zulu drops his hands momentarily and West takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zulu wants to clinch up but West keeps it at a distance.
West throws a hook but Zulu blocks it.
Zulu has closed the distance and engaged West in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on West's face as he tries to break the clinch.
West looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zulu tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and West avoids it.
Zulu stalling against the cage.
West can't break the clinch.
Zulu lands a right hand that snaps the head of West backwards.
West pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zulu blocks a jab.
Zulu steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from West.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
West gets tackled into the cage by Zulu. Zulu maintains the clinch.
Zulu with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zulu is trying to stall.
West wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
West wants to break free but Zulu has control.
West can't break the clinch.
West blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zulu has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. West seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Zulu can turn it around.
Zulu displaying some good clinch control by pressing West up against the cage.
West is trying to push Zulu away but Zulu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
West breaks the clinch.
Zulu rushes West and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Zulu.
West tries to stall but Zulu uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
West is looking to break free of the clinch but Zulu has double underhooks.
Zulu pushes West back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulu lands a nice knee to the body.
West is trying to break the clinch but Zulu has him pressed against the cage.
Zulu tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zulu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Zulu keeps control of West as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
West escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zulu has taken the fight to the clinch.
Zulu is looking to control West's arms but West gets an underhook and turns him. Now Zulu has his back to the cage.
West can't break the clinch.
West lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
West is trying to break free.
West wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
West wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zulu taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
West takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zulu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
West is trying to break the clinch but Zulu has him pressed against the cage.
West has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
West can't break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Tawanda Zulu will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
West throws a shot from downtown. Zulu moves away and avoids it.
Zulu tries to counter with a clinch but West shakes him off and moves away.
Zulu moves in looking to clinch but West pushes him off.
Zulu clinches.
Zulu lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Zulu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite West's efforts to push away.
West breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zulu blocks a head kick by West.
West scores with a nice head shot.
Zulu tries to clinch up but West circles away and keeps his distance.
West jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
West takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zulu moves away from the strike by West.
Zulu gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zulu keeps control of West as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
West is trying to break free.
Zulu throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
West is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
West wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zulu has him pressed against the cage.
West lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tawanda Zulu seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
West is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Zulu to keep the fight standing.
Zulu keeps control of West as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
West's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zulu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
West's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zulu moves into the clinch.
West's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
West throws a leg kick but Zulu sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Zulu is looking to clinch.
West throws a sloppy head kick and Zulu moves out of range easily.
That kick from West tenderised Zulu's leg. Zulu is trying to keep his angry face on.
A telegraphed right hand from West misses the target.
A swing and a miss from West.
West rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Zulu to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for West. That snapped Zulu's head back.
Zulu is looking to clinch but West is avoiding it.
West connects with a single shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Zulu.
West sets himself, and Zulu steps forward looking for the clinch! West avoids it this time.
West swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
West misses the shot to the body.
Zulu is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
West misses with a series of wild punches.
West throws a lazy uppercut
and Zulu counters by clinching up.
West avoiding damage as Zulu throws knees to the body.
West escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zulu rushes West and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
West is trying to break free.
West is trying to break the clinch but Zulu has him pressed against the cage.
West wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zulu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
West tries to circle away but Zulu has him pinned against the cage.
Zulu lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zulu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Zulu lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of West backwards.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Zulu.
West tries to break the clinch but Zulu is controlling the position.
Zulu trying to control the position but instead, West has worked for underhooks and has pushed Zulu into the cage.
West wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zulu has him pressed against the cage.
West wants to break the clinch but can't.
Zulu lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zulu.
West blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
West manages to pull guard.
West on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if West tries to get out of the position.
Zulu looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
West looking to hit a scissor sweep but Zulu is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zulu stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Zulu closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
West wants to get back to striking at distance but Zulu won't allow it.
West manages to break the clinch.
Zulu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Zulu tries to close the distance and clinch but West swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
West throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tawanda Zulu will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Zulu gets a clinch.
Zulu misses with a punch to the body.
Zulu lands a hook that snaps the head of West backwards.
Zulu throws a head punch that misses.
Zulu scores with a shoulder strike.
Zulu tries to land a knee to the head but West blocks with his arms.
Zulu stalling against the cage.
Zulu lands with a light punch inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zulu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
West is rocked!
West is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Oh West is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zulu looking to throw knees to the head but West is blocking nicely.
The referee is keeping an eye on Zulu - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zulu.
West blocking some punches.
West breaks from the clinch.
West throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zulu is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
West lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zulu gets a clinch.
Zulu misses with a punch on the inside.
Zulu has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles West - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Zulu, and another! West is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Tawanda Zulu!
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hype
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