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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Gardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tamias Poochyena (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poochyena has chosen This Life - Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers as his entrance music. Tamias Poochyena is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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188 cm
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230 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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225 cm
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295 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid 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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Josh Gardner! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tamias Poochyena! The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Illya Tyunina and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Poochyena throws a shot from downtown. Gardner moves away and avoids it. Poochyena throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gardner goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Gardner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Poochyena was well out of range. Poor timing from Gardner. Gardner tries to land a front kick but Poochyena steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Gardner loads up on a big right hand but Poochyena slips the punch. Poochyena takes a body punch but keeps moving. Gardner throws a lazy uppercut
and Poochyena cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Gardner misses with a kick to the body.
Gardner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gardner moves into the clinch. Poochyena is looking to break free of the clinch but Gardner has double underhooks. Gardner lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Gardner is leaning against Poochyena and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Gardner lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Poochyena or not. Gardner is leaning against Poochyena and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Poochyena looks gassed! The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Gardner lands with a short head shot on the inside. Poochyena blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gardner working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Gardner.
Poochyena prevents a body shot from Gardner. Gardner lands on the inside with an uppercut. Gardner scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round. A head punch on the inside from Gardner fails to land. Gardner cracks Poochyena with a nice body shot. Gardner misses with a hook from the clinch. Gardner scores with a hook to the body. A left hand lands to the body for Gardner.
Gardner throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Gardner swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gardner tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Poochyena's elbow. Gardner misses with a punch on the inside.
Gardner lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Gardner digs a right hand underneath Poochyena's ribcage. Poochyena let out a lung full of air as it connected. Good body shot from Gardner.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A body shot lands from Gardner.
Poochyena blocking some punches.
Gardner lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Poochyena. Gardner pushes Poochyena back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Poochyena prevents a body shot from Gardner. Gardner misses with a hook from the clinch. A right hand to the body from Gardner.
Gardner throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Gardner lands a hook to the side of the head. Still in the clinch, Gardner scores with a nice short uppercut. Gardner breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gardner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Poochyena lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gardner circles away quickly and effectively. Gardner connects with the punch. Gardner misses with a looping right. Poochyena throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gardner sees it coming and avoids it easily. Gardner throws a hook but Poochyena avoids it easily. Josh Gardner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Poochyena rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gardner makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Poochyena tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Gardner doesn't manage to clinch there - Poochyena circles away.
Gardner's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Poochyena connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gardner scrambles back to his feet. Poochyena keeps the fight on the outside. Poochyena uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gardner.
Gardner fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Poochyena manages to avoid it. Gardner tries to clinch but Poochyena moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A shot to the body from Gardner misses and Poochyena counters with a right hand to the body. A looping hook to the body misses from Poochyena. Gardner does a little dance to reset his feet. Gardner misses with a low kick. Gardner avoids the body shot from Poochyena.
Gardner just misses with a punch to the body.
Gardner feints and then cracks Poochyena's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Poochyena down. That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Poochyena crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gardner - the referee stops the clock and Poochyena gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gardner. Poochyena manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes. Poochyena misses with a wild body shot. Poochyena darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Gardner throws a lazy uppercut
and Poochyena cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Gardner connects with a solid leg kick. Gardner staying out of range there. Gardner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Poochyena.
Poochyena is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. Poochyena misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Gardner lands a leg kick that knocks Poochyena off balance momentarily. A low kick from Gardner misses and Poochyena counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Gardner takes a swing at Poochyena's ribcage but misses. Gardner throws a head kick but Poochyena moves out of range.
Poochyena misses with a body shot.
Gardner is looking to wear down Poochyena with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Poochyena takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Poochyena looks to score with a jab to the body but Gardner is just out of range. Gardner misses with a left hand and Gardner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Poochyena swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gardner counters with a nice body kick. Gardner takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Poochyena wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Gardner swings away with a body shot that misses
and Poochyena counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Gardner misses with an uppercut
and Poochyena counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Gardner tries to clinch but fails miserably enabling Poochyena to counter with a crisp jab. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Gardner dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gardner takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A shot to the body from Gardner misses and Poochyena makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range. Poochyena getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Gardner takes a swing at Poochyena's ribcage but misses. Gardner tries to clinch up. Poochyena throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gardner counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Gardner ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Gardner ducks under a wild hook from Poochyena. Poochyena takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Poochyena lands a head shot. The crowd cheers as Poochyena lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gardner doesn't seem phased though. Poochyena has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Gardner misses with a right hand and Poochyena counters with a straight right hand. Poochyena throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gardner throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Poochyena sees it coming and avoids it easily. Gardner throws a leg kick but Poochyena checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Gardner uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Poochyena. Poochyena misses the shot to the body. Gardner misses with a hook to the body
and Poochyena counters with a stiff right hand. Gardner throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Gardner takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Poochyena with a hook. Gardner steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Poochyena. Gardner connects with a solid leg kick. Poochyena lands a jab to the nose. Tamias Poochyena seems to be getting the better of the standup. Gardner looks to clinch and Poochyena counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Gardner takes a body punch but keeps moving. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Poochyena jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A lazy left from Poochyena finds it's target. Gardner misses with a body shot
and Poochyena counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Gardner tried to score with a low kick but Poochyena checks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Poochyena keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Gardner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Poochyena was well out of range. Poor timing from Gardner. Poochyena clobbers Gardner with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Gardner throws a poor cross that misses
and Poochyena counters with a lovely straight right hand! Poochyena fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Poochyena throws a hook but Gardner avoids it easily. Gardner is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Gardner misses with a body shot
and Poochyena cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Gardner throws a right hand that misses
and Poochyena connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Gardner looks to score with a jab to the body but Poochyena is just out of range. Poochyena scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Gardner throws a body kick that misses. Poochyena misses with a straight right. Gardner takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gardner throws an off balance right hand
enabling Poochyena to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Gardner's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Poochyena connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gardner scrambles back to his feet. Oooooh!!! Poochyena has knocked Gardner down with a huge combo! Poochyena steps away and waves a wobbly Gardner back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Gardner is rocked! Poochyena drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Gardner right on the button. Gardner goes down! Poochyena follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Poochyena gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tamias Poochyena!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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