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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Jade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Holt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
23
205 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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178 cm
21
209 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kevin Jade! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Steve Holt! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Holt looks to throw the jab but Jade is out of range. A slow jab from Holt misses its intended target. Jade moves in looking to clinch but Holt pushes him off. Holt misses with a wild body shot. Jade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Holt looks to land a left hand but Jade moved out of range nicely. Holt looks to land a left hand but Jade moved out of range nicely. Holt tries to bum rush Jade with a series of wild strikes but Jade uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Holt moves into range and connects with a jab. Holt looks to score with a jab to the body but Jade is just out of range. Jade works the jab nicely. Jade looks to land a combination but Holt avoids it well. Jade avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Jade works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Holt avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jade catches Holt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
It looks like Steve Holt has been cut. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Holt ducks under a wild hook from Jade. Holt swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Jade throws the left hand but Holt avoids the punch easily. Jade swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Holt counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Jade thinking. A looping hook to the body misses from Holt. Jade does a little dance to reset his feet. Jade shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Holt misses the jab. Holt moves out of range as Jade strikes. Jade misses with a straight left. Jade gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Holt trying to control but Jade is working from the bottom. Holt works over Jade with some ground and pound from guard. Holt throwing strikes but missing. Holt throwing strikes from guard but Jade blocks nicely. Holt connects with a couple of short punches. Holt throwing strikes but missing. Jade is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jade is looking for a triangle but Holt pushes his legs off easily.
Jade trying to control the position.
Holt throws a strike but Jade rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jade's corner. There ya go! There ya go! The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Jade passes easily into side control. Nice work. Holt is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard. Jade seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Holt does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jade is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Holt sees it coming and defends easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Holt makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work! Jade looks to land a right hand but Holt moved out of range. A cross from Jade lands. A punch combination from Holt misses. Jade lands a jab to Holt's midsection. Holt looks gassed! Jade avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Jade misses with a combination
and Holt counters with a lovely straight right hand! Holt defending well as Jade loads up on a big left hand. Kevin Jade is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Holt misses with a looping right. Jade misses with an uppercut. Holt saw that one coming. Jade keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A left lands for Jade. Holt dodges the punch combination from Jade.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Jade is looking to clinch but Holt is avoiding it.
Jade catches Holt with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Holt keeps the fight on the outside. Jade is looking to clinch. Jade pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Jade takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Holt keeps the fight on the outside. Jade is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Jade throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Holt connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jade momentarily.
Holt throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jade counters with a stiff right hand. Jade ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holt moves away. Jade tries to clinch there but Holt circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Jade throws a jab but it's blocked by Holt. Holt slips a jab from Jade. Holt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jade. A jab lands there for Holt. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kevin Jade will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Steve Holt's cut. That's time! Back to the action!
Holt ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Holt scores with a nice head shot. Holt throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Jade missing with a left hand there. Holt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Jade throws a hook but Holt avoids it easily. Holt bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Holt wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Holt works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Jade is rocked! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A big left from Holt misses. Jade ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Holt moves away. Nice jab there from Holt. Oh Jade is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Holt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Holt ducks under a wild hook from Jade. Jade seems to have got his legs back now. Holt throws a chopping leg kick but Jade manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Jade on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Jade is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Holt. Jade scores with a one two! Holt had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Holt lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Jade can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Holt and Jade drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Holt.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steve Holt!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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