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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Taai Taai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson's entrance music is Mission Impossible 2 (Hate Mix) By Limp bizkit. A fine choice. Taai has chosen Snoop as his entrance music. Taai Taai acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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289 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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260 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kyle Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Taai Taai!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Lou da Vinci and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taai slips a jab from Johnson.
Taai dodges the punch combination from Johnson.
Johnson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Taai Taai has been cut.
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Johnson rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Taai moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Taai moves into the clinch.
Taai tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Taai is pressed up against the cage. Johnson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Taai down to the mat. Taai avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Taai closes the distance and clinches.
Taai tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Taai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Taai.
Johnson blocks an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Taai lands with a left to the head.
Johnson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Taai missing with knees to the body.
Taai misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taai with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Kyle Johnson has been cut.
Taai tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Taai lands a knee to the head.
Johnson takes a knee right on the jaw!
Johnson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Taai pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taai gets caught napping as Johnson dives in and scores a takedown. Taai manages to retain guard.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Taai keeps moving.
Johnson wants to stand but Taai is controlling his posture from full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Johnson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taai trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson wants to control from the top but Taai keeps moving.
Taai controls Johnson momentarily but Johnson frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Johnson.
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!
Taai rushes Johnson and presses him up against the cage.
Taai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taai lands a knee to the body.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Taai tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Johnson avoids it.
Taai misses with a knee strike.
Johnson managing to block the knees to the body from Taai.
Taai pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Taai tries a body shot but Johnson blocks it.
Taai misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Johnson.
Taai looking to throw knees to the head but Johnson is blocking nicely.
Johnson has Taai pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Taai manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Taai tries a knee to the head but Johnson blocks it.
Taai landing knees to the body.
Taai trying to land knees to the body.
Taai throws a knee to the head but misses.
Taai misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taai using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Johnson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson avoiding damage as Taai throws knees to the body.
Taai misses with a knee strike.
Taai tries to land a knee to the head but Johnson blocks with his arms.
Taai misses with a knee strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Taai missing with knees to the body.
Taai prevents the takedown attempt.
Taai is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Johnson is defending well for now.
Johnson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Taai keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Johnson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Taai taking some punishment here, with Johnson in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Taai Taai dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Taai stuffs the takedown attempt from Johnson. Johnson gets slowly back to his feet.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Johnson is defended easily by Taai.
Taai keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Taai lands a big head kick that sends Johnson tumbling to the mat! Taai takes a step backwards and waves Johnson back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Johnson is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taai seems to be stalking Johnson here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastatic head kick! Johnson drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Taai Taai!
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hype
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