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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Kong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Felix Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kong comes to the cage accompanied by Faint. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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247 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Kong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Felix Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kong.
Gonzalez shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kong sprawls well. Kong wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gonzalez gets slowly back to his feet.
Kong gets a clinch.
Kong with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kong.
Kong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gonzalez avoids it.
Kong unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gonzalez lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gonzalez looks gassed!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kong scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Felix Gonzalez has been cut.
Kong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kong has Gonzalez pushed against the cage.
Kong scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kong obliges.
Kong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kong cracks Gonzalez with a nice body shot.
Kong has Gonzalez pressed against the cage.
A knee to the head by Kong.
Knees to the body from Kong.
Gonzalez takes an elbow to the temple.
Kong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzalez's face.
Gonzalez letting Kong take a breather here.
Kong lands a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kong crunches a lovely knee into Gonzalez's ribcage.
Kong with a knee to the head.
Kong looking to throw knees to the head but Gonzalez is blocking nicely.
Knees to the body from Kong.
Kong scores with a hook to the body.
Kong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gonzalez has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Gonzalez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kong walks away with a smile on his face. Gonzalez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kong circles away from the clinch attempt
and Kong holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Kong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gonzalez is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Kong can't fight it off and eventually Gonzalez manages to take the fight to the floor. Kong looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kong looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gonzalez is one step ahead there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Kong holds on and takes a little breather.
Gonzalez throwing strikes but missing.
Kong is trying to keep Gonzalez in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kong keeping moving, preventing Gonzalez from controlling successfully.
Gonzalez thows a big elbow that misses.
Kong wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kong closes the distance and clinches.
Kong scores a nice knee to the body.
Kong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kong lands a body punch.
Kong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kong with a knee to the head.
Gonzalez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kong smiles and moves away.
King Kong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a takedown
and Kong counters with a left to the body.
Kong gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kong is stalling here.
Kong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gonzalez looking for a takedown.
Gonzalez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kong smiles and moves away.
Kong rushes Gonzalez and presses him up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kong lands a knee to the head.
Kong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A knee to the head by Kong.
Kong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gonzalez is defending well for now.
Gonzalez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kong fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kong fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kong tries to close the distance and clinch but Gonzalez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kong clinches with his opponent.
Gonzalez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kong walks away with a smile on his face. Gonzalez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Gonzalez throws the left hand but Kong avoids the punch easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gonzalez drives through with a takedown into guard.
Gonzalez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kong is controlling Gonzalez's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Kong dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Felix Gonzalez's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kong moves into the clinch.
Gonzalez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gonzalez jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kong walks away with a smile on his face. Gonzalez gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Kong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gonzalez.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kong looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gonzalez clinches.
King Kong has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kong connects with a knee to the head.
Kong scores with a shot to the side of Gonzalez's head.
Kong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gonzalez can do to turn this around?
Kong comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kong is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Kong landing knees to the head.
Gonzalez jumps guard but Kong stands there with Gonzalez around his waist. Gonzalez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
King Kong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Gonzalez.
Kong connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzalez's face.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gonzalez takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kong connects with a knee to the head.
Gonzalez managing to block the knees to the body from Kong.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kong slowing the pace effectively.
Gonzalez pulls guard.
Kong controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Gonzalez is on top in guard.
Gonzalez postures up in Kong's guard and throws a big left but Kong blocks it.
Gonzalez throws a strike but Kong rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gonzalez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kong can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Kong makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gonzalez is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez is looking for a triangle here but Kong uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Kong thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kong wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gonzalez keeps working.
Gonzalez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Kong in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kong looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gonzalez gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Gonzalez tries to get to full guard but Kong has control of the leg.
Gonzalez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kong is working away from the top position though.
Gonzalez is trying to get back to full guard.
Kong is taking a breather. Gonzalez says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kong is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kong prevents Gonzalez from improving his position.
Kong working the head and body with strikes.
Kong content to control rather than advance.
Kong's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Kong dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Felix Gonzalez's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Gonzalez with a lazy takedown attempt
and Kong counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Kong.
Kong stalling in the clinch.
Kong scores with a shot to the side of Gonzalez's head.
The referee calls for Kong to work.
Kong lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Kong.
Kong putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gonzalez in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kong.
Gonzalez tries to pull guard but Kong holds him up against the cage and eventually Gonzalez drops back down to his feet.
Kong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gonzalez takes an elbow to the temple.
Kong lands a good knee to the midsection. Gonzalez won't want to take too many of those.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A knee to the head by Kong.
Kong lands a knee to the body.
Kong prevents the takedown attempt.
King Kong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Felix Gonzalez.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gonzalez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kong just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gonzalez fails to pull guard.
Kong scores with a knee to the head.
Kong lands a knee to the head.
Gonzalez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kong smiles and moves away.
Kong has Gonzalez up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Kong fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kong shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Kong perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Gonzalez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kong with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kong seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Gonzalez for as long as he can get away with.
Kong wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gonzalez keeps working.
King Kong is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kong seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Gonzalez makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Kong tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gonzalez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kong doesn't manage to clinch there - Gonzalez circles away.
Gonzalez fails with the takedown
and Kong moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kong utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Kong.
Kong lands a nice knee to the body.
Kong lands a knee to the body.
Gonzalez jumps guard but Kong stands there with Gonzalez around his waist. Gonzalez gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kong obliges.
Kong working Gonzalez over with knees to the body.
Kong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gonzalez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kong tries a knee to the head but Gonzalez blocks it.
The referee calls for Kong to work.
Gonzalez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gonzalez tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Kong smiles and moves away.
Kong closes the distance and pushes Gonzalez back into the cage.
Felix Gonzalez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gonzalez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kong just stands there and leans against the cage.
Knees to the body from Kong.
Gonzalez tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Gonzalez tries to pull guard but Kong holds him up against the cage and eventually Gonzalez drops back down to his feet.
Gonzalez tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kong just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kong with a knee to the head.
Kong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gonzalez tries to pull guard but Kong won't allow it.
Kong stalling the fight.
Kong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kong scores a nice knee to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Kong obliges.
Gonzalez is trying to drag Kong to the mat but Kong just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
And that's the end of the fight!
King Kong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kong has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Kong!
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hype
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