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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Atkinson (ranked 1488 p4p, 1794 weight class) and Tyler Tannerman (ranked 182 p4p, 211 weight class). Tannerman comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pierre Atkinson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tyler Tannerman!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atkinson fails with a takedown attempt.
Atkinson swinging wildly here.
Tannerman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atkinson lands a nice shot that snaps Tannerman's head back.
Atkinson throws a right hand that Tannerman ducks under and follows up with a left that Tannerman also avoids with ease.
Tannerman swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The fighters circle momentarily. Atkinson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Atkinson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tannerman keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Atkinson tries to stall but Tannerman uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Atkinson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tannerman has a couple of punches blocked by Atkinson.
Tannerman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Atkinson backwards.
It looks like Pierre Atkinson has been cut.
Tannerman working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tannerman has a couple of punches blocked by Atkinson.
Tannerman tries to work over Atkinson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atkinson is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pierre Atkinson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tannerman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Atkinson is trying to break free.
Tannerman lands with a right to the head.
Atkinson blocks an uppercut.
Atkinson wants to break free but Tannerman has control.
Atkinson goes for a takedown attempt but Tannerman pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Atkinson.
Tannerman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tannerman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tannerman throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Atkinson.
Tannerman throws a head punch that misses.
Tannerman working aggressively here.
A short right from Tannerman on the inside.
Tannerman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tannerman working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tannerman lands a body shot.
Tannerman scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tannerman misses with a punch to the body.
Tannerman lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Tannerman fails to land.
Tannerman throws a punch but it's blocked by Atkinson.
Tannerman swings wildly with an uppercut but Atkinson uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Atkinson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atkinson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tannerman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tannerman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tannerman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tannerman stalling against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tannerman.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tyler Tannerman dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pierre Atkinson's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tannerman has taken the fight to the clinch.
Atkinson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tannerman lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tannerman throws a punch but it's blocked by Atkinson.
Atkinson blocks an uppercut.
Tannerman tries to work over Atkinson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tannerman misses with a punch to the body.
Tannerman working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Tannerman - that landed with a thud.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tannerman misses with a punch on the inside.
Tannerman lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tannerman misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tannerman lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A hook to the body from Tannerman.
Tannerman scores with a shot to the side of Atkinson's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tannerman.
Nice body punch from Tannerman - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Tannerman scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tannerman lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Atkinson to his knees! Tannerman keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyler Tannerman!
After winning the bout, Tyler Tannerman thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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