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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between A J Hearts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Tanga (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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179 cm
22
217 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, A J Hearts! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Juan Tanga! The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tanga takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Juan Tanga seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Tanga shoots and misses letting Hearts counter with a right hand.
It looks like Juan Tanga has been cut. Hearts lands a lovely overhand right. Tanga fails with the takedown and Hearts counters with a single leg into guard. Tanga didn't expect that. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hearts is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Tanga wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Hearts manages to pass to side control. Well, if Hearts is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Hearts scoring with strikes to the body and head. Hearts sitting and controlling from the half guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tanga on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Tanga won't allow Hearts to pass to mount. Hearts controlling the action here. Hearts's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground. Tanga wants to get back to his feet.
A J Hearts has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet. Tanga misses with a takedown and Hearts counters with a lovely straight right hand! A J Hearts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Tanga.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tanga has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Hearts finds it's way round the side to connect with Tanga's head. Hearts is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Tanga's half guard.
Tanga is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Hearts takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position. Tanga has hold of Hearts's hands but Hearts slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow. Hearts lands with a punch from half guard. Tanga avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hearts. Hearts is controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tanga is trying to stand.
Tanga looks gassed! Hearts keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
We're going to have a standup here because A J Hearts wasn't active enough for the referee's liking. Hearts with a hook. Hearts circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Tanga to the canvas! Tanga doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Hearts keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). A J Hearts! A J Hearts gave a mention to Steel Penn's Skin Shop *laundry 93% in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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A |
G |
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G |
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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
49% |
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