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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Soprano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aima Hei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Soprano might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Got Yourself a Gun . Hei has chosen Immortal Technique - The Rebel as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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212 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
22 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Tony Soprano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aima Hei!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soprano lands a head shot.
Hei pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Soprano is looking to land body kicks.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hei.
Hei fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Hei avoids the body shot from Soprano.
Soprano lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hei at a distance.
Soprano lands with a kick to the ribs.
Soprano checks a leg kick.
Soprano scores with a sloppy right hand. Hei should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hei drives through with a takedown into Soprano's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Hei trying to control but Soprano is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Soprano is on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hei has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Soprano has passed into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hei manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Soprano is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Hei reverses the position - he's now on top in Soprano's guard.
Soprano is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hei makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hei postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hei postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Soprano is trying to keep Hei in close.
Hei working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hei working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Soprano is trying to control the position but Hei postures up.
Soprano is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Soprano preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Soprano seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Hei with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hei lands a couple of digs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soprano wants to get back to his feet but Hei is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hei is looking to work some ground and pound but Soprano has wrist control.
Hei in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hei has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hei slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soprano is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hei connects with a decent elbow.
Hei cracks Soprano with a big right hand but Soprano just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Hei grinds an elbow into Soprano's temple.
Hei in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Hei looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Soprano is avoiding damage well.
You can see the frustration on Soprano's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Soprano might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hei throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soprano tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Soprano wants to control but Hei postures up.
Soprano is not content to let Hei control the position.
Hei working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hei working the ground and pound.
Soprano gets back to half guard.
Hei takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hei scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are battling for position here. Soprano manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hei accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hei won't allow Soprano to sweep him here.
Soprano keeping moving, preventing Hei from controlling successfully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hei avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Soprano trying to keep a closed guard but Hei is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aima Hei dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nice body punch from Hei.
Soprano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hei.
Soprano looks to score with a jab to the body but Hei is just out of range.
Soprano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hei.
Hei walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Soprano checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Soprano stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hei.
Hei throws a leg kick which misses Soprano's front leg but catches the back leg as Soprano tries to avoid it.
Good shot there by Hei.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Soprano crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hei - the referee stops the clock and Soprano gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hei. Soprano manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hei. Soprano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Soprano slips under a jab from Hei.
Hei misses with a straight right.
Soprano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soprano lunges at Hei with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hei's hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hei takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Soprano lets loose with a powerful body kick. Hei will feel that in the morning.
Hei pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Hei checks a leg kick.
Soprano buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Soprano throws the kick towards the body but Hei avoids it.
Soprano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Soprano ducks under a wild hook from Hei.
Hei moves away from the strike by Soprano.
Hei cracks the inside of Soprano's front leg.
Soprano feints and then cracks Hei's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hei down.
Soprano scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Soprano throws out a loose jab but Hei uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Soprano blocks the low kick.
Hei misses with a looping left.
Soprano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hei.
Hei avoids the head kick by Soprano.
Hei feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Soprano's calf.
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!
Soprano misses with an attempted mid kick.
Soprano is looking to score with low kicks.
Soprano attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Hei fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hei thuds his shin into the meat of Soprano's side.
Hei throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Soprano throws a hook but Hei blocks it.
Tony Soprano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Soprano looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hei throws a shot from downtown. Soprano moves away and avoids it.
Hei throws an overhand right that lands on Soprano's shoulder, as Soprano tries to avoid the shot.
Hei tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Soprano was well out of range. Poor timing from Hei.
Hei misses with an attempted mid kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Soprano.
Hei tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Soprano lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Soprano throws a jab but it's blocked by Hei.
Hei throws a half hearted mid kick.
Soprano moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Soprano misses with a lunging right hand
and Hei counters with an outside leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hei 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 Soprano has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Soprano and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hei cracks Soprano with an open hand slap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soprano lands with a thumping leg kick.
Soprano throws a looping overhand right but Hei ducks down to avoid it.
Soprano throws a big shot that misses.
Soprano scores with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Soprano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Hei is out of range and Soprano settles back down.
Soprano misses with a few strikes there.
Soprano scores with a spinning back kick!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hei 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 Soprano has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Soprano and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hei misses with a kick to the body.
Hei avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hei crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Soprano - the referee stops the clock and Hei gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Soprano. Hei manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hei lands with a nice body kick.
Nice defenses there by Hei.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Aima Hei will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
Hei scores with the left hand. Soprano knows he should have avoided that one.
Soprano misses with a leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Soprano.
Tony Soprano is winning the standup battle so far.
Hei throws a lazy right hand but Soprano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hei misses with a looping right.
Nice cross by Hei.
Soprano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hei throws a head kick that misses
and Soprano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Soprano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Soprano throws out a loose jab but Hei uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hei blocks the body kick.
Soprano connects with a leg kick. Hei looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Soprano fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hei is out of range.
Soprano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hei checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soprano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Soprano fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hei has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hei swings for the body but Soprano moves out of range.
A low kick from Hei misses
and Soprano counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Soprano looks to land a right hand but Hei moved out of range.
Hei thumps Soprano with a low kick.
Hei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Soprano throws a leg kick that misses.
Hei misses with a hook
and Soprano finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Soprano misses with an uppercut.
Soprano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Soprano on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Soprano misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soprano ducks under a wild hook from Hei.
Hei throws a right and a left that Soprano avoids nicely.
Hei connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hei lands a nice leg kick that just misses Soprano's sensitive parts.
Hei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Soprano.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hei 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 Soprano has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Soprano and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hei fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Soprano is out of range.
Hei uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soprano.
Hei tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hei misses with the combination.
Soprano throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Hei counters with a thumping low kick.
Hei throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soprano misses the shot to the body.
Hei throws a series of punches but Soprano avoids them all with ease.
Hei looks to score with a jab to the body but Soprano is just out of range.
Soprano loads up on a big right hand but Hei slips the punch.
Soprano misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Hei to counter with a crisp jab.
Hei shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Soprano working to try and regain half guard.
Hei postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Soprano looks a forlorn figure.
BOOM! Hei connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Soprano tries to reverse the position but Hei maintains control.
Hei with a couple of short strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Soprano wants to control but Hei is having none of it.
Hei working the ground and pound effectively.
Aima Hei has got the better of the ground game so far.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hei wants to control the pace but Soprano is squirming around nicely.
Hei working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Hei is landing with some decent strikes but Soprano is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Soprano is trying to escape the mount.
Hei lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hei wants to control the pace but Soprano is squirming around nicely.
Soprano tries to hold on but Hei pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aima Hei really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Soprano cracks the inside of Hei's front leg.
Hei has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Soprano.
Soprano misses with a few strikes there.
Hei slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hei's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Soprano connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hei scrambles back to his feet.
Hei is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Soprano.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Soprano.
Hei drives through with a takedown into Soprano's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Hei content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hei is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Soprano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Hei.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soprano controls Hei momentarily but Hei frees himself.
Hei working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Soprano's head.
Hei postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hei is looking to work some ground and pound but Soprano has wrist control.
Hei lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hei trying to control the position from guard on top but Soprano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hei working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Soprano wants to sweep here but Hei controlling him for the moment.
Hei trying to control but Soprano is working from the bottom.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Hei loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hei is in close to Soprano's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hei trying to control the position from guard on top but Soprano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hei stands up over Soprano, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Soprano is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hei is controlling him.
Hei scoring with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soprano is trying to control the position but Hei postures up.
Hei throwing strikes from guard but Soprano blocks nicely.
Hei throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Soprano keeping full guard, as Hei tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soprano has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Hei wants to control from the top but Soprano keeps moving.
Soprano pulls Hei in to control the position.
Hei trying to control the position from guard on top but Soprano is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Tony Soprano just wasn't active enough.
Soprano is looking to chop away at Hei's legs.
Hei checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Hei scores with a hook to the body. Soprano takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That kick from Soprano tenderised Hei's leg. Hei is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soprano throws a sloppy head kick and Hei moves out of range easily.
Soprano looks to land a body kick but Hei moved away.
Soprano throws a head kick but Hei moves out of range.
Hei takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Soprano misses with a body shot.
Hei feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sopranos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Hei's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Soprano connects with a looping right hand.
Hei lands the left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hei throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Soprano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Soprano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hei.
Soprano throws a head kick but Hei moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aima Hei dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
A jab from Soprano misses.
Soprano takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hei ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Soprano takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hei uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soprano.
Hei thumps Soprano with a low kick.
Hei checks the leg kick nicely there.
Soprano throws the left hand but Hei avoids the punch easily.
Soprano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hei.
Hei connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Soprano momentarily.
Hei takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hei motions for Soprano to come forward. Hei throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hei moves out of range of the leg kick from Soprano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hei. That's going to slow Soprano down.
Hei connects with a crisp jab.
Hei scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hei wants to pass to mount but Soprano is defending the position.
Soprano is trying to control but can't.
Hei sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Soprano defending well though.
Soprano trying to control but Hei postures up.
Soprano wants to improve his position but Hei is controlling well.
Hei lands strikes from half guard.
Hei prevents Soprano from standing back up.
Tony Soprano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aima Hei is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hei is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Soprano trying to control but Hei postures up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice strikes from Hei there.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hei in particular looking to stall.
Hei wants to pass to mount but Soprano is defending the position.
Nice strikes from Hei there.
Hei trying to control from half guard but Soprano is working away.
Hei slips a nice elbow through Soprano's hands, connecting with Soprano's forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soprano is looking to control Hei's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Soprano avoid being mounted?
Hei drops an elbow to the side of Soprano's head.
Still in half guard, Hei seems content to control.
Hei prevents Soprano from standing back up.
Hei lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hei throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hei slows the pace down in half guard.
Soprano wants to get back to full guard.
Soprano has hold of Hei's hands but Hei slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Hei seems content to control.
Soprano actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Soprano manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hei is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hei postures up and lands a big shot to Soprano's brow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hei passes Soprano's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hei not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Soprano is staying active underneath Hei, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aima Hei comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hei has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 46:49
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 45:50
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aima Hei!
Aima Hei is the new light heavyweight champion!
Aima Hei was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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