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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jabari Tarek (ranked 1425 p4p, 1608 weight class) and Emil Zetterberg (ranked 159 p4p, 181 weight class). Tarek comes into the arena with “Panther Like A Panther (Miracle Mix edit)” by Run The Jewels ft. Trina blaring out of the sound system. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jabari Tarek!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Emil Zetterberg!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zetterberg throws a right hand that Tarek ducks under and follows up with a left that Tarek also avoids with ease.
Tarek is looking to counter punch.
A nice leg kick from Zetterberg, right into the meat of the thigh.
Zetterberg clinches.
Tarek letting Zetterberg take a breather here.
Zetterberg scores with a shoulder strike.
Tarek misses with a punch to the body.
Zetterberg missing with knees to the body.
Zetterberg is pushing Tarek up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Zetterberg connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Jabari Tarek has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zetterberg stalling.
Tarek is trying to break free.
Zetterberg lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Zetterberg looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Zetterberg misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zetterberg lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tarek lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Zetterberg or not.
Zetterberg lands a left hand.
Tarek misses with a body punch.
Zetterberg misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zetterberg missing with knees to the body.
Tarek tries to circle away but Zetterberg has him pinned against the cage.
Tarek can't break the clinch.
Zetterberg drops Tarek onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Tarek is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Tarek is rocked!
Zetterberg lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tarek.
Oh Tarek is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tarek misses with a body punch.
Tarek seems to have got his legs back now.
Zetterberg gets through Tarek's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zetterberg stalling against the cage.
Zetterberg throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tareks head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zetterberg stalling.
Tarek takes a shot to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Tarek tries to throw a body punch but Zetterberg avoids it by throwing Tarek back against the cage.
Tarek is trying to break the clinch but Zetterberg has him pressed against the cage.
Zetterberg has a couple of punches blocked by Tarek.
Tarek letting Zetterberg take a breather here.
Tarek fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tarek swings wildly with an uppercut but Zetterberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zetterberg stalling the fight.
Come on Zetterberg - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zetterberg prevents a body shot from Tarek.
Tarek lands with a light punch inside.
Tarek working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
It looks like Emil Zetterberg has been cut.
Zetterberg takes a shot to the head.
A knee to the head by Zetterberg.
Zetterberg tries a knee to the head but Tarek blocks it.
Zetterberg prevents a body shot from Tarek.
Tarek takes a shot to the head.
Tarek has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zetterberg taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Tarek.
Tarek misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zetterberg misses with a knee to the head.
Zetterberg is trying to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zetterberg has a couple of punches blocked by Tarek.
Tarek struggles to land a body shot inside as Zetterberg controls his hands.
A short right from Zetterberg on the inside.
Tarek can't find room to land a body shot as Zetterberg controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tarek.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tarek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Zetterberg has Tarek pushed against the cage.
Zetterberg misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tarek.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Tarek breaks the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Emil Zetterberg dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tarek uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zetterberg.
Zetterberg lunges at Tarek with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tarek's hand.
Zetterberg stuns Tarek with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Zetterberg cracks Tarek on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Tarek falls backwards against the cage. Zetterberg follows up with more strikes that drop Tarek to his knees. Zetterberg keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Tarek! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Emil Zetterberg!
Emil Zetterberg is the new heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Emil Zetterberg, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Jabari Tarek was interviewed post fight and said 'Red is my bad color! Lodi rigged this fight by putting me in this corner, I wanted blue! Run it back!'.
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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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