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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lasse Willemoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bestigor Tazar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Willemoes comes to the cage accompanied by Rage Against The Machine- Bomb Track. Tazar has chosen Beastmaster's Fortress as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 cm
23
213 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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184 cm
27
219 lbs
12 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lasse Willemoes! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bestigor Tazar! The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Chad Campbell and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Willemoes lands a glancing blow to the side of Tazar's head. Willemoes throws a jab but it's blocked by Tazar. Tazar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Willemoes finds it's way round the side to connect with Tazar's head. Tazar goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Willemoes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tazar. Nice defenses there by Willemoes. Willemoes moves away from the strike by Tazar. Tazar pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Tazar is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Tazar avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Willemoes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tazar was well out of range. Poor timing from Willemoes. Tazar misses with a low kick.
Willemoes lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Willemoes blocks a low kick nicely. Tazar moves away from the strike by Willemoes. Willemoes looks to score with a jab to the body but Tazar is just out of range. Willemoes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tazar wants to clinch but Willemoes slips to the side and Willemoes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Tazar takes a swing at Willemoes's ribcage but misses. Willemoes takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Tazar thuds his shin into the meat of Willemoes's side. Tazar buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Willemoes moves out of range as Tazar throws a body kick.
Tazar misses with a series of wild punches.
A left and a right from Tazar both land. Nice combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Willemoes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tazar sees it coming and avoids it easily. Tazar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Willemoes.
Tazar lands with a thumping leg kick.
Willemoes takes a shot right to the bread basket. Willemoes avoids a kick to the body.
A jab from Tazar misses. Willemoes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Willemoes misses with a hook to the body
and Tazar counters with an inside leg kick. Tazar misses the shot to the body. Tazar works the jab nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tazar throws a leg kick which misses Willemoes's front leg but catches the back leg as Willemoes tries to avoid it. A big left from Willemoes misses. Tazar jabbing away but nothing is landing. Bestigor Tazar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Tazar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tazar doesn't manage to clinch there - Willemoes circles away.
Willemoes throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tazar misses with a low kick.
Good leg kick by Tazar there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Willemoes misses with a wild body shot. Tazar pushes Willemoes up against the cage in a clinch. A head punch on the inside from Tazar fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tazar landing knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. A nice left hand lands by Tazar.
Willemoes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Tazar leaning against his opponent.
Tazar tries to land knees in the clinch but Willemoes avoids the damage to the body. Tazar lands a body shot. Good body shot from Tazar.
Tazar is leaning against Willemoes and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Tazar is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. Tazar connects with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bestigor Tazar dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Tazar.
Tazar misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tazar blocks a jab. Bestigor Tazar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Tazar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Willemoes thows a body shot but no joy. Tazar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Willemoes.
That kick from Tazar tenderised Willemoes's leg. Willemoes is trying to keep his angry face on. Tazar darts in trying to clinch and Willemoes counters with a one-two to the body. Tazar takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Tazar closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tazar looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Willemoes throws a jab when Tazar was well out of range. Tazar misses with a low kick as Willemoes jumps back. Willemoes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tazar moves away from the strike by Willemoes. Tazar gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Tazar lands a nice knee to the body. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Tazar missing with knees to the body.
Tazar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tazar tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Willemoes avoids it. Willemoes misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tazar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Willemoes backwards. Willemoes has Tazar pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tazar manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A quick uppercut on the inside from Tazar. Tazar tries to land a knee to the head but Willemoes blocks with his arms.
Willemoes is trying to break free. Willemoes blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tazar tries a knee to the head but Willemoes blocks it.
Tazar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tazar throws a knee to the head but misses.
Willemoes wants to get back to striking at distance but Tazar won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tazar.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tazar lands a body punch. Tazar with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tazar tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tazar landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tazar lands a knee to the head.
Willemoes on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tazar missing with knees to the body.
Tazar lands on the inside with an uppercut. Tazar drops Willemoes with a big knee straight up the middle! Willemoes is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Willemoes is rocked! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Tazar throws a nice outside leg kick. Oh Willemoes is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Tazar has cracked Willemoes with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Tazar lands another huge swinging hook and Willemoes tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Willemoes, before Tazar can land any more shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Bestigor Tazar! Bestigor Tazar is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
49% |
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