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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tanom Jaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Huima Huima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jaa comes to the cage accompanied by Advanced Training! from the movie Kick Boxer. Huima has chosen Holy Diver as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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136 lbs
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130 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tanom Jaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Huima Huima!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jaa scores with a leg kick.
Jaa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Huima.
Jaa scoring well with a low kick there.
Jaa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Huima's head.
Huima has managed to clinch.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but Huima blocks with his arms.
Huima breaks from the clinch.
Huima Huima seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Huima is looking to clinch but Jaa is avoiding it.
Jaa swings for the body but Huima moves out of range.
Huima swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jaa throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Huima wants to clinch.
Jaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Huima looks for a takedown but Jaa sprawls well.
Huima shoots in but Jaa avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jaa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Huima takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jaa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Huima.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jaa.
Jaa lands with a thumping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Jaa.
Huima's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Huima takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Jaa defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Huima.
Tanom Jaa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Huima Huima.
Huima looks gassed!
Jaa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jaa throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Huima's head.
Jaa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Jaa clinches.
Huima is trying to break the clinch but Jaa is controlling him.
Jaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jaa.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Huima takes an elbow to the forehead.
Huima tries to circle away but Jaa has him pinned against the cage.
Jaa scores with a shot to the side of Huima's head.
Huima takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jaa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Huima avoids it.
Jaa lands an elbow inside that Huima shrugs off.
Jaa lands with a short shot to the head.
Jaa lands a nice knee to the body.
Jaa lands a damaging elbow.
Jaa lands an elbow inside that Huima shrugs off.
Jaa scores with a knee to the head.
Jaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaa landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jaa lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Jaa.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jaa.
Jaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jaa lands a good knee to the midsection. Huima won't want to take too many of those.
Huima wants to break the clinch but can't.
A knee to the head by Jaa.
Jaa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Huima is trying to break free.
Jaa with a knee to the head.
Jaa lands a knee to the head.
Jaa scores with a knee to the head.
Jaa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Huima.
Huima pulls guard successfully.
Huima is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Jaa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Huima is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jaa being controlled here momentarily.
Huima wants to sweep here but Jaa controlling him for the moment.
Jaa has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Huima is looking for a triangle but Jaa pushes his legs off easily.
Jaa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Huima is keeping the position for now.
Huima has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
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.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Jaa throws a nice head kick!
Jaa lands a front kick.
Jaa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jaa, right into the meat.
Huima misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jaa has managed to clinch.
Jaa lands a good knee to the midsection. Huima won't want to take too many of those.
Jaa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Huima tries to break the clinch but Jaa is controlling the position.
Nice elbow from Jaa.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jaa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Huima.
Jaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Huima backwards.
Jaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Huima's defenses.
Jaa pushes off an throws an elbow but Huima leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Jaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Huima's defenses.
Jaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jaa lands a nice elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tanom Jaa dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Jaa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Huima misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jaa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Huima closes the distance and clinches up with Jaa, looking for a takedown. Huima pushes Jaa against the cage but Jaa circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice uppercut lands for Jaa. That snapped Huima's head back.
Jaa instigates a clinch.
Huima working hard to break the clinch.
Jaa lands a knee to the head.
Jaa lands a nice knee to the body.
Jaa using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Jaa.
Jaa lands a left hand that snaps the head of Huima backwards.
Jaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jaa landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Huima takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jaa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Huima's defenses.
Jaa lands an elbow inside.
A frustrated look appears on Huima's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jaa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jaa lands an elbow inside that Huima shrugs off.
A hook to the body from Jaa.
Jaa with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huima takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jaa lands a right hand.
A short right from Jaa.
Huima blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Huima is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Tanom Jaa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Huima Huima.
Jaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Huima is defending well for now.
Jaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Huima's face.
Jaa tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Huima tries to circle away but Jaa has him pinned against the cage.
Jaa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Huima lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jaa misses with a knee to the head.
Huima's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Huima throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jaa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Huima forces Jaa back against the cage and clinches.
Jaa lands an elbow inside that Huima shrugs off.
Jaa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jaa.
Jaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Jaa throws an elbow that misses.
Huima on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Huima lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Huima avoids the elbow strike from Jaa, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Huima tries to break the clinch but Jaa is controlling the position.
Huima tries to break free but Jaa pushes him back against the cage.
Huima avoids the elbow strike from Jaa, against the cage.
Jaa lands an elbow inside that Huima shrugs off.
Huima tries to break the clinch but Jaa is controlling the position.
Huima avoids a wild elbow strike from Jaa.
Jaa missing with knees to the body.
Huima breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Huima feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Huima looking to pass the guard.
Jaa pulls Huima in close to his closed guard and prevents Huima from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huima stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jaa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jaa is trying to control the position but Huima postures up.
Huima won't allow Jaa to sweep him here.
Jaa seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jaa keeping moving, preventing Huima from controlling successfully.
Jaa is trying to keep Huima in close.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Huima shoots in for a double leg but Jaa sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jaa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Huima avoids the head kick by Jaa.
Tanom Jaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jaa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Huima.
Jaa rushes Huima and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Huima scores with a nice hook to the head.
Huima is trying to force a seperation but Jaa has the dominant position.
Jaa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tanom Jaa dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Huima takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Huima misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jaa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jaa connects with a high kick.
Huima closes the distance and clinches up with Jaa, looking for a takedown. Huima pushes Jaa against the cage but Jaa circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Jaa has Huima up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Huima fails to land.
Huima blocks an elbow strike from Jaa.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Jaa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Huima's brow.
Jaa landing knees to the head.
Jaa blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Jaa.
Jaa throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Huima blocks it with crossed arms.
Jaa crunches a lovely knee into Huima's ribcage.
Jaa comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jaa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Huima in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Huima takes a shot to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jaa working Huima over with knees to the body.
Huima blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jaa unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jaa lands a knee to the body.
Jaa lands a nice knee to the body.
Jaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Huima's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jaa lands an elbow just above Huima 's eye.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Huima breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jaa fails with an attempt to clinch.
Huima Huima is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Huima looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jaa is fending him off so far but Huima persists. Nope, Jaa circles away and we're back to standing.
Jaa moves into the clinch successfully.
A frustrated look appears on Huima's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jaa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Huima is trying to force a seperation but Jaa has the dominant position.
Jaa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Jaa gets through Huima's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Huima tries to pull guard but Jaa holds him up against the cage and eventually Huima drops back down to his feet.
Tanom Jaa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Huima Huima.
A head punch on the inside from Jaa fails to land.
Jaa with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Jaa is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Huima is defending well for now.
Huima breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Huima walks forward, straight into a front kick from Jaa.
Jaa defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Huima.
Huima on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jaa. Jaa obviously looking to wear him down.
Huima tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jaa sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Huima somewhat.
Tanom Jaa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jaa lands a head kick!
Huima chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jaa can pounce on him.
Huima takes a kick to the side of the head.
Huima is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jaa.
Huima shoots in for a double leg but Jaa sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jaa throws a nice head kick!
Jaa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Huima.
Jaa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jaa has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jaa lands an elbow inside that Huima shrugs off.
Huima working hard to break the clinch.
Huima is trying to break the clinch but Jaa has him pressed against the cage.
Jaa scores with a shot to the side of Huima's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huima takes an elbow to the forehead.
Huima tries to pull guard but Jaa holds him up against the cage and eventually Huima drops back down to his feet.
Jaa lands a damaging elbow.
Huima is trying to break the clinch but Jaa has him pressed against the cage.
Huima tries to break the clinch but Jaa is controlling the position.
Huima is trying to break the clinch but Jaa is controlling him.
Huima Huima has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jaa has Huima pressed against the cage, preventing Huima from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Huima wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Huima is working for takedown but Jaa is calmly controlling the position for now.
Huima looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice elbow from Jaa.
Nice elbow from Jaa.
Huima fails to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Huima wants to break the clinch but can't.
Huima is trying to force a seperation but Jaa has the dominant position.
Huima swings wildly with an uppercut but Jaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Huima tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Huima's face.
Jaa connects with a nasty looking knee right to Huima's face.
Jaa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Huima misses with a hook from the clinch.
Jaa keeps control of Huima as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Huima wants to get back to striking at distance but Jaa won't allow it.
Huima throws a head punch that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Jaa.
Jaa lands an elbow that stopped Huima in his tracks for a moment.
Jaa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Jaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tanom Jaa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Jaa, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tanom Jaa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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