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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nazar Zacepin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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180 cm
26
300 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
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225 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Josh King! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nazar Zacepin! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! King takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. King closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. King is controlling the pace.
Zacepin looks like he's trying to stand up.
King working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. King lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. King moves into full mount! Zacepin won't be happy about that! King lands a big elbow. King working away from the top, dropping strikes. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Zacepin is bucking up trying to escape but King cracks him with another couple of good strikes. King takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Zacepin is trying desperately to improve position.
That's one minute gone in the round. King breaks from Zacepin's wrist control and lands an elbow. King has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. King postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Zacepin looks a forlorn figure.
King connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Zacepin is in a horrible position here. King smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
King could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. King lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Zacepin hang on? King lands a big shot there that rocks Zacepin but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
King is landing with some decent strikes but Zacepin is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue. King controlling the position easily from mount. Zacepin in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. King with shots to the head and body - Zacepin looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's two minutes gone in the round. King looking to finish Zacepin with some ground and pound. This is bad for Zacepin! The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. King looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The referee warns Zacepin that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
King tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. King cracks Zacepin with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Zacepin is bucking up trying to escape but King cracks him with another couple of good strikes. King lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zacepin looks gassed! King punishing his opponent with strikes. King putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Zacepin is rocked! King lands a big shot to the head and Zacepin winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Josh King!
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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