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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tanner is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Don't Bite the Dick. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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190 cm
26
206 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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189 cm
27
209 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tony Masters! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick Tanner! The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tanner forces Masters back against the cage and clinches. Tanner pushes off an throws an elbow but Masters leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Masters lands an uppercut. Masters blocks an elbow strike from Tanner.
Masters is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Tanner pulls him back up using the underhooks. Masters tries for a takedown but Tanner manages to get underhooks.
Masters tries to work over Tanner's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Tanner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Masters.
Tanner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Masters's defenses.
It looks like Tony Masters has been cut. Masters misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tanner comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Masters. Tanner pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Masters is trying to drag Tanner to the mat but Tanner just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tony Masters. That's going to take a lot out of him. Tanner looking to throw knees to the head but Masters is blocking nicely.
Masters looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Masters blocks an elbow strike from Tanner.
Masters takes a knee to the side of the body. Masters lands with a light punch inside. Tanner blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tanner lands a nice elbow. Tanner pushes off an throws an elbow but Masters leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Tanner landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Masters trying to control the position but instead, Tanner has worked for underhooks and has pushed Masters into the cage. A right hand to the body from Masters.
Tanner creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Masters's defenses. Tanner gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tony Masters's cut is getting worse. Tanner landing knees to the body.
Tanner lands a nice elbow. Tanner has a couple of punches blocked by Masters.
Masters avoids the elbow strike from Tanner, against the cage.
Tanner throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Masters avoids a wild elbow strike from Tanner. Tanner pushes off an throws an elbow but Masters leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Tanner unloads a knee to the mid-section. Masters is breathing heavily. A short right from Tanner on the inside. Masters misses with the head strike.
Tanner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tanner with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Tanner stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Tanner missing with knees to the body.
Masters on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tanner lands an elbow inside. Tanner lands a shoulder strike. Nice elbow from Tanner.
Tony Masters's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Masters avoids the elbow strike from Tanner, against the cage.
Masters has Tanner pressed against the cage.
Masters doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tanner lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. With the fighters up against the cage, Tanner throws an elbow but misses. Tanner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Masters blocks it with crossed arms. Masters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tanner missing with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Masters.
Masters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tanner trying to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tanner throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Masters blocks it with crossed arms. Masters lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Tanner misses with a knee to the head. Masters avoiding damage as Tanner throws knees to the body.
Tanner tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Masters takes a knee to the side of the body. Masters misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tanner. Nice elbow from Tanner. Masters scores with a shoulder strike. Masters blocks the elbow strike.
Masters just leaning against Tanner, taking a breather. Masters wants to break free but Tanner has control.
Tanner misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Masters.
Masters lands an uppercut. Masters lands with a short shot to the head. Masters avoids the elbow strike from Tanner, against the cage.
Masters is trying to force a seperation but Tanner has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tanner with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Masters fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tanner throws an elbow but it misses.
Masters avoiding damage as Tanner throws knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action! Masters working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Masters. Tanner lands an elbow just above Masters 's eye.
Jeez, Tony Masters's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked. A short right hand to the side of the head by Masters. Tanner lands a nice knee to the body. Masters breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tanner wants to clinch up but Masters keeps it at a distance. Masters scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Tanner is looking to take this fight into the clinch. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Masters gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tanner.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tony Masters's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dick Tanner! A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Dick Tanner made sure he mentioned Non-Stop Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
76% |
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