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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Humphrey Butcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kristofer Rabulan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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300 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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300 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Humphrey Butcher!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kristofer Rabulan!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Butcher looks to land a combination but Rabulan avoids it well.
Butcher gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rabulan can't find room to land a body shot as Butcher controls the action.
Rabulan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Butcher has had enough of the clinch but Rabulan keeps him there for the moment.
Butcher lands with a left to the head.
Butcher wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rabulan looking to slow down the pace here.
Rabulan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Butcher misses with a wild combination.
Butcher throws a right hand that Rabulan ducks under and follows up with a left that Rabulan also avoids with ease.
Rabulan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rabulan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Butcher manages to avoid it.
Rabulan doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rabulan lands a nice shot to the body.
Rabulan closes the distance and clinches.
Rabulan avoids the elbow strike from Butcher, against the ropes.
Butcher is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Butcher softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
It looks like Kristofer Rabulan has been cut.
Butcher lands a damaging elbow.
Rabulan tries to break free but Butcher pushes him back against the ropes.
Rabulan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Butcher or not.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Butcher tries to land knees in the clinch but Rabulan avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Butcher is pushing Rabulan up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Butcher breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rabulan swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Butcher counter with a right hand.
That has opened up Kristofer Rabulan's cut even more.
Butcher looks to throw the jab but Rabulan is out of range.
Butcher takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Butcher is breathing heavily.
Butcher swats away the attempt to clinch by Rabulan.
Rabulan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Butcher misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rabulan misses with a looping left.
A telegraphed right hand from Rabulan misses the target.
A big right from Butcher misses.
A big left from Rabulan misses.
Rabulan moves forwards but Butcher connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Butcher staying out of range there.
Butcher misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rabulan missing with a left hand there. Butcher was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rabulan throws a body punch but Butcher moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butcher lands a jab.
Butcher lands a head shot.
The cut above Kristofer Rabulan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Butcher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Butcher is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Butcher throws a right and a left that Rabulan avoids nicely.
Butcher misses the jab.
Butcher wants to clinch.
Rabulan wants to clinch.
Rabulan looks to land a left hand but Butcher moved out of range nicely.
A right-left combo lands from Butcher.
Rabulan scores with a jab to the head.
Rabulan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Butcher sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Butcher wants to clinch up but Rabulan keeps it at a distance.
Rabulan misses with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butcher blocks a jab.
Rabulan tries to clinch up.
Rabulan is looking to clinch.
Butcher throws a good cross that connects.
Kristofer Rabulan's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Butcher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rabulan looks to clinch
and Butcher counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Kristofer Rabulan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Humphrey Butcher!
Humphrey Butcher retains his super heavyweight title!
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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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