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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Henriki St Street (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elias Paniki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Elias Paniki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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291 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Henriki St Street!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Elias Paniki!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Street throws a sloppy head kick and Paniki moves out of range easily.
Paniki throws a leg kick
and St Street counters with a head kick. That will keep Paniki thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Paniki scores with a hook.
Paniki takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
St Street throws a sloppy head kick and Paniki moves out of range easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paniki wants to slow St Street down by chopping away at his legs.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Paniki.
Paniki throws out a powerful jab.
Paniki is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Paniki is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Paniki blocks the body kick.
Paniki tries to land a front kick but St Street steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
St Street throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Donk. Paniki catches St Street right on the button with a cross.
St Street throws a head kick but Paniki moves out of range.
Paniki scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
St Street throws a wild body kick that Paniki sees coming a mile off.
Good shot there by Paniki.
St Street on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Street scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
St Street tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Paniki is able to avoid easily.
St Street fakes the leg kick and cracks Paniki in the body.
Paniki blocks a head kick by St Street.
Paniki is looking to land body kicks.
St Street throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Paniki scores with a hook to the body. St Street takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
St Street misses with a kick to the body.
St Street just misses with a punch to the body.
St Street is breathing heavily.
Paniki looks for the body kick but St Street saw that one coming.
Paniki throws the kick towards the body but St Street avoids it.
St Street takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Paniki throws a sloppy head kick and St Street moves out of range easily.
Paniki misses with a kick to the body.
Paniki moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Paniki avoids the head kick by St Street.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paniki lets loose with a powerful body kick. St Street will feel that in the morning.
A lazy body kick from St Street
and Paniki counters with a nice kick to the body.
Paniki lands with a shot to the body.
St Street with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Paniki to score with a decent uppercut.
Paniki thuds his shin into the meat of St Street's side.
Paniki throws a head kick that St Street semi-blocks.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Paniki.
Paniki thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on St Street if he has to take too many more of those.
Paniki lands a nice looking kick to the body. St Street takes a step back to recover.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Paniki - that will leave a mark!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head kick misses from Paniki.
Paniki is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! St Street had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
A lazy body kick from St Street
and Paniki counters with a nice kick to the body.
Paniki scores with a push kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Elias Paniki dominated that round.
That's time! St Street's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Paniki lands with a straight right. St Street didn't see that one coming.
Paniki lands a big head kick that sends St Street tumbling to the mat! Paniki takes a step backwards and waves St Street back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Henriki St Street has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Street misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Paniki is looking to chop away at St Street's legs.
Paniki throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Paniki throws a head kick but St Street moves out of range.
Elias Paniki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
St Street throws a sloppy head kick and Paniki moves out of range easily.
St Street tries to move into range but Paniki moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Paniki blocks a head kick by St Street.
Paniki fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and St Street has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Paniki scoring well with a low kick there.
St Street takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Paniki wants to slow St Street down by chopping away at his legs.
St Street takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A slapping body kick lands there for Paniki.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for St Street.
Paniki with a nice cross.
St Street will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
St Street moves out of range as Paniki throws a body kick.
St Street takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Paniki lands with a kick to the temple. St Street shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
St Street throws a head kick that misses
and Paniki counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Paniki works the jab nicely.
Paniki has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St Street misses with a low kick.
Paniki paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
St Street looks to land a body kick but Paniki moved away.
Paniki lands a body shot.
St Street checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
St Street sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paniki avoids the head kick by St Street.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paniki lands a high kick!
Paniki jabs St Street right on the nose. St Street blinks but takes it well.
Paniki throws the kick towards the body but St Street avoids it.
Paniki throws a good cross that connects.
Crunch! Paniki slams his shin into St Street's torso.
Paniki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Paniki lands a head kick. St Street smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Paniki throws the kick towards the body but St Street avoids it.
St Street throws a leg kick which misses Paniki's front leg but catches the back leg as Paniki tries to avoid it.
St Street pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
St Street on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
St Street takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
St Street ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Paniki moves away.
Paniki misses with a kick to the body.
Henriki St Street has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
St Street stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Paniki.
And that's the end of the fight!
Elias Paniki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Paniki 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 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Elias Paniki!
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Elias Paniki!
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight for Elias Paniki!
Elias Paniki wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Elias Paniki thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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