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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Large (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Neely (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Large comes to the cage accompanied by Blue - U Make Me Wanna . Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Jack Neely enters the cage!
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195 cm
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280 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Bob Large!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jack Neely!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Neely bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Neely cracks the inside of Large's front leg.
Large lands a really nice looking cross but Neely seems unphased.
Neely lands with a good body shot.
Neely looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Neely uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Large.
Large connects with a crisp jab.
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!
Neely misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Large throws the left hand but Neely avoids the punch easily.
Large tests Neely's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Large. Neely does a little dance to reset his feet.
Neely works Large's body with a nice hook.
Large is breathing heavily.
Neely scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Neely landing strikes.
Neely wants to lay and pray for a moment but Large keeps working.
Large dodges the ground and pound from Neely.
Large is not content to let Neely control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neely working the ground and pound but Large is defending the strikes.
Neely scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Large to see if he's OK.
Large is not content to let Neely control the position.
Large manages to work his way to half guard, despite Neely's best efforts.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Large avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Neely.
Neely prevents Large from improving his position.
Neely thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Large's head.
Neely sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Large defending well though.
Neely is pressing down on Large's thigh, looking to free his foot. Large is holding on for now.
Ground and pound from Neely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Large avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Neely.
Neely tries to pass to full mount but Large defends it.
Neely throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Neely connects with a nice short shot to Large's temple.
Large misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Large is staying active underneath Neely, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Neely prevents Large from improving his position.
Large is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Neely scores with a couple of nice shots.
Large is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Neely's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Neely's back!
Large lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Large.
Large has the hooks in. Neely is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Neely tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neely sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Neely is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Large's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Large's back!
Neely has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Large tries to escape the position.
Neely is trying to stick to Large's back but Large is turning into Neely. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Neely's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Large.
Large trying to control the position from guard on top but Neely is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Neely bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Large's guard.
Large manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Large pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Large controlling the pace for now.
Large wants to control the pace but Neely is squirming around nicely.
Large punishing his opponent with strikes.
Neely is desperately trying to improve his position but Large has a good base and remains in mount.
Neely sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Neely is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Large's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Large's back!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Neely trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Neely lands a shot to the body.
Neely loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Large hold on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Neely dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Neely throws a half hearted mid kick.
Large scores with a nice right hand.
It looks like Jack Neely has been cut.
Large misses with a right hand
and Neely counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Large is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Neely throws a looping overhand right but Large ducks down to avoid it.
Large throws a leg kick that misses.
Whack! Neely lands a heavy head kick that drops Large. The ref tackles Neely to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Large was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Jack Neely!
During a confident post fight interview, Jack Neely thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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