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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Steve Headden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shang Tsung (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tsung's choice of entrance music: Mortal Kombat Theme Remix. Shang Tsung has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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195 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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186 cm
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199 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steve Headden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shang Tsung!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Headden fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Headden throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Headden.
Tsung misses with a body shot.
Headden forces Tsung back against the cage and clinches.
Tsung tries to work over Headden's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Headden blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Tsung.
Tsung lands an elbow that stopped Headden in his tracks for a moment.
Headden lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tsung.
Headden scores with a shot to the side of Tsung's head.
Tsung lands a hook to the side of the head.
Headden has a couple of punches blocked by Tsung.
Headden scores with a shoulder strike.
Headden scores with a shoulder strike.
Headden letting Tsung take a breather here.
Headden throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Headden swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tsung scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tsung missing with knees to the body.
Tsung displaying some good clinch control by pressing Headden up against the cage.
Tsung misses with a punch to the body.
Tsung tries a body shot but Headden blocks it.
Still in the clinch, Tsung scores with a nice short uppercut.
Headden digs a right hand into Tsung's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Tsung's gas tank.
Headden scores with a knee to the head.
Headden misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tsung stalling.
Headden misses with a knee strike.
Headden is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tsung is defending well for now.
A short right from Headden on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Headden.
Tsung controlling the action here for a moment.
Headden lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tsung.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tsung cracks Headden with a nice body shot.
Headden landing knees to the head.
Tsung is trying to stall.
Tsung misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tsung pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tsung swings wildly with an uppercut but Headden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Headden lands a shoulder strike.
Tsung misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tsung blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tsung misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Headden - that landed with a thud.
Tsung looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Headden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Tsung blocks it with crossed arms.
Headden on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Headden is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tsung is defending well for now.
Tsung misses with a body punch.
Headden lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short right from Tsung on the inside.
Headden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Headden throws a head punch that misses.
Tsung misses with a punch to the body.
Tsung content to slow the pace in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Headden.
Headden misses with a knee to the head.
Headden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Headden throws a punch but it's blocked by Tsung.
Headden lands a body punch in the clinch.
Headden lands with a light punch inside.
Tsung lands with a short shot to the head.
Headden throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Headden lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Headden.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Headden.
Headden gets through Tsung's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Headden misses with a knee to the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A knee to the head by Headden.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Headden managing to block the knees to the body from Tsung.
Headden presses Tsung against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tsung takes a knee right on the jaw!
Headden lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Headden blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tsung stalling in the clinch but Headden improves position.
Headden using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tsung has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Headden pushes Tsung back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Headden lands with a right to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A right handed body shot lands from Headden.
Headden misses with a knee to the head.
Tsung goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Headden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tsung.
Headden lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Headden.
Tsung trying to control the position but instead, Headden has worked for underhooks and has pushed Tsung into the cage.
Headden lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Headden dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Tsung tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Headden swivels and escapes.
Headden throws a jab when Tsung was well out of range.
Headden slips a straight right by Tsung.
Headden is looking to clinch but Tsung is avoiding it.
Headden tries to bum rush Tsung with a series of wild strikes but Tsung uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Headden lands a brutal head kick. Tsung looks out on his feet and Headden throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Steve Headden!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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