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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hiro Protagonist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ip Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man comes into a darkened arena with his song building. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Hiro Protagonist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ip Man!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Man is looking to score with low kicks.
Protagonist connects with a body shot.
Protagonist misses with a right hand
so Man counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Protagonist is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Man stalling the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Protagonist manages to break the clinch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Protagonist.
A nice leg kick lands there from Protagonist.
Protagonist throws a hook but Man blocks it.
Protagonist lands a nice shot that snaps Man's head back.
Man attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Man scores with a kick to the midsection.
Man shoots in for a takedown but Protagonist shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Jab, jab by Protagonist - just one landing.
Man is looking to clinch but Protagonist is avoiding it.
Man buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Protagonist finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Man avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Nice defenses there by Protagonist.
A chopping leg kick lands by Protagonist.
Man throws a lazy right hand but Protagonist sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Man misses with an attempted mid kick.
Protagonist will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Man fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Protagonist paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Protagonist misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Protagonist buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Protagonist as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Man goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Protagonist lands with a thumping leg kick.
Man looks gassed!
Protagonist swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Protagonist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Protagonist loads up on a big right hand but Man slips the punch.
A head kick misses from Protagonist.
Protagonist takes a swing at Man's ribcage but misses.
Protagonist scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Protagonist scores with a leg kick.
Protagonist swings for the body but Man moves out of range.
Man avoids the body shot from Protagonist.
Protagonist jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
Protagonist is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Man.
Good work by Man as he checks the leg kick.
Protagonist throws out a leg kick but Man moves out of range and Protagonist only half commits.
Man uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Protagonist.
Protagonist blocks the body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Protagonist fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Protagonist circles away from the clinch attempt.
Protagonist scores with a one two! Man had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Protagonist throws a wild body kick that Man sees coming a mile off.
Protagonist wants to slow Man down by chopping away at his legs.
Protagonist walks into a left hand.
Protagonist keeps the fight on the outside.
Hiro Protagonist is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Protagonist lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Man tries to land a leg kick but Protagonist saw it coming and moves away.
Protagonist avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Man tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Protagonist thows a body shot but no joy.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Protagonist paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Man throws a leg kick that is checked
and Protagonist counters with a three punch combo that has Man backing up. Man nods at Protagonist to acknowledge the strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Man feints and then cracks Protagonist's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Protagonist down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man staying out of range there.
Protagonist throws a hook to the side of Man's head but Man sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Man takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Protagonist takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Protagonist feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Man's calf.
Protagonist lands a really nice looking cross but Man seems unphased.
Man scores with a punch to the head.
Man throws a leg kick but Protagonist sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Protagonist closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Protagonist scores with a sloppy right hand. Man should have avoided that one.
Man throws a lazy uppercut
and Protagonist connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Protagonist throws a leg kick but Man checks it.
Protagonist avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Man uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Protagonist.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiro Protagonist dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Man blocks a low kick nicely.
A big left from Protagonist misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Protagonist. Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
Protagonist cracks Man with an open hand slap.
Man dodges the punch combination from Protagonist.
Protagonist keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Protagonist lands with an overhand left.
Man's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Man tries to clinch but Protagonist moves out of range.
Man tries to clinch but Protagonist moves out of range.
Protagonist tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Man was well out of range. Poor timing from Protagonist.
Man is looking to slow Protagonist down with leg kicks.
Protagonist cracks Man with a right hand to the side of the head.
A big right from Protagonist misses.
Protagonist misses with an uppercut. Man saw that one coming.
Protagonist throws a hook but Man avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man fails with the takedown.
Protagonist throws a predictable looking body shot
and Man finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Man is looking to clinch but Protagonist is avoiding it.
Protagonist bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Protagonist checks a leg kick.
Protagonist scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Protagonist lands a nice hook to Man's body. Man takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Man shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Man takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Man throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Man cracks the inside of Protagonist's front leg.
Protagonist misses with a head kick.
Protagonist scores with a three punch combo!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Protagonist takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick from Man.
Protagonist bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Protagonist throws a poor cross that misses
and Man counters with a stiff right hand.
Man throws a sloppy head kick and Protagonist moves out of range easily.
Protagonist misses with a double jab.
Nice body kick there by Man.
Man blocks a leg kick.
Man lands a nice shot that snaps Protagonist's head back.
Protagonist throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Protagonist throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Man fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Protagonist checks it well.
Man dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Man slips under a jab from Protagonist.
Protagonist checks the leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Protagonist motions for Man to come forward. Protagonist throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Protagonist chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Man can pounce on him.
Protagonist swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Man tries to close the distance and clinch up but Protagonist swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Protagonist throws a leg kick that is checked
and Man counters with a stiff right hand.
Protagonist throws a head kick that Man semi-blocks.
Man clobbers Protagonist with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Man throws a shot from downtown. Protagonist moves away and avoids it.
Man throws a front kick that sends Protagonist stumbling back into the cage.
Man throws a jab but it's blocked by Protagonist.
Man dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Protagonist. That did some damage!
Man gets in close and instigates a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Protagonist goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Protagonist will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Protagonist is looking to control Man's arms but Man gets an underhook and turns him. Now Protagonist has his back to the cage.
Man lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Protagonist lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Man gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Man drops an elbow to the side of Protagonist's head.
Man not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Man misses with a head shot. Protagonist uses the momentum to regain guard.
Protagonist pushes Man off and scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Protagonist is looking to land body kicks.
Man slips under a jab.
Man moves out of range of the leg kick from Protagonist.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Hiro Protagonist will probably get the nod.
That's time! Protagonist's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Man.
Hiro Protagonist is winning the standup battle so far.
Man takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Protagonist fails to land with a series of punches.
A leg kick checked by Man.
Protagonist pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Man dodges the punch combination from Protagonist.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Man lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Protagonist has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Protagonist and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Man avoids the body shot from Protagonist.
Man tries a head kick but it misses.
Protagonist blocks a leg kick.
Man ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Man cracks Protagonist with a right hand to the side of the head.
Man takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Man turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Protagonist fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Protagonist misses with a lunging right hand
so Man counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Man loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Man won't allow Protagonist to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Man makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Man with a flurry of punches that miss.
Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Protagonist is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Protagonist can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Man controls the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Let's hope that Man has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Man stops Protagonist from standing up.
Man throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Protagonist is looking to stand up but Man isn't so interested in that idea.
Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Protagonist is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Man slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ip Man was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Man is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Protagonist's half guard.
Protagonist is trying to stand up here but Man is controlling him well.
Man working Protagonist over with strikes.
Protagonist tries to kick Man off but Man keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Man working Protagonist over with strikes.
Man not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ip Man has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hiro Protagonist is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Protagonist tries to kick Man off but Man keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Man missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Man is trying to control. Protagonist wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Man trying to control from Protagonist's half guard. Protagonist has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Man postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Man with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Protagonist keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Man in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ip Man comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Protagonist has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hiro Protagonist!
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