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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Mackenzie King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Holmes comes to the cage accompanied by Everybody Knows My Name. Mackenzie King has chosen Westside Connection - Gangsta Nation as his entrance music. William Mackenzie King has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mike Holmes's chin.
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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
27 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Holmes!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, William Mackenzie King!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A right-left combo lands from Mackenzie King.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mackenzie King.
A slow jab from Holmes misses its intended target.
Mike Holmes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holmes throws an off balance right hand
and Mackenzie King counters with a nice double leg into side control. Holmes won't be happy with that.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Mackenzie King misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Holmes is looking for a sweep.
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!
Mackenzie King tries to score with some ground and pound. Holmes controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Holmes is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mackenzie King throws an elbow but Holmes slips to the side and avoids it well.
Holmes is looking to regain half guard here but Mackenzie King keeps moving and retains side control.
Holmes throws Mackenzie King to one side and escapes!
Holmes gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Mackenzie King throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Holmes works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes is looking for a triangle but Mackenzie King pushes his legs off easily.
Mackenzie King throws a strike but Holmes rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Holmes stands and steps away. Mackenzie King gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Holmes scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Mike Holmes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Holmes dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mackenzie King fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mackenzie King throws a body punch but Holmes moves out of range.
Mackenzie King throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mackenzie King attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mackenzie King staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes feints and then cracks Mackenzie King's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mackenzie King down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mackenzie King misses with a kick to the body.
Mackenzie King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Holmes was well out of range. Poor timing from Mackenzie King.
Holmes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mackenzie King lands a nice looking body shot.
An inside leg kick from Mackenzie King misses.
Mackenzie King avoids a kick to the body.
Holmes throws a head kick that misses.
Mackenzie King stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Holmes.
Mackenzie King is looking to chop away at Holmes's legs.
A shot to the liver by Mackenzie King. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Mackenzie King misses with a two punch combination.
Mackenzie King 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.
Holmes misses with a hook.
Mackenzie King thumps Holmes with a low kick.
Mackenzie King with a nice cross.
Holmes takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Holmes shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mackenzie King eats them both and turns towards Holmes to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Holmes stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Mackenzie King.
Holmes connects with a body shot.
Holmes misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Holmes lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Good leg kick by Holmes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Mackenzie King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Holmes.
Holmes missing with a left hand there. Mackenzie King was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A leg kick checked by Holmes.
Holmes buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Holmes misses with the body kick
so Mackenzie King counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holmes wants to stand and escape but Mackenzie King is having none of it.
Mackenzie King pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holmes is keeping the position for now.
Holmes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Mackenzie King dominated that round.
That's time! Holmes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Holmes cracks Mackenzie King with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Holmes misses with a low kick.
Mackenzie King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Holmes manages to avoid it.
Mackenzie King throws a leg kick but Holmes checks it.
Holmes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Mackenzie King swings for the body but Holmes moves out of range.
Holmes with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mackenzie King to score with a decent uppercut.
Mackenzie King scores with a hook.
Holmes displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mackenzie King.
Mackenzie King misses with a head kick.
Holmes blocks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mackenzie King slips under a jab from Holmes.
Holmes throws a chopping leg kick but Mackenzie King manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Holmes digs a good body shot into Mackenzie King's ribs.
Holmes takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Holmes connects with an inside leg kick.
Mackenzie King's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Holmes. That's going to slow Mackenzie King down.
Mackenzie King throws a leg kick that is checked
and Holmes counters with a nice leg kick.
Mackenzie King is breathing heavily.
Holmes throws a push kick but Mackenzie King slaps the foot to one side.
Mackenzie King is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Holmes rather than just go for the knockout.
Good work by Mackenzie King as he checks the leg kick.
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!
Holmes defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mackenzie King.
Mackenzie King shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Holmes as he jumps to the side.
Mike Holmes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of William Mackenzie King.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mackenzie King has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Holmes.
Holmes ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Holmes lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mackenzie King avoids the head kick by Holmes.
Mackenzie King walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Holmes checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Holmes keeps Mackenzie King at a distance using the push kick.
Holmes checks a low kick from Mackenzie King.
Holmes misses with a body shot.
Mackenzie King checks the leg kick nicely there.
Mackenzie King takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes scores with a leg kick.
Holmes throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mackenzie King on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Holmes misses with a double jab.
Mackenzie King looks to land a body kick but Holmes moved away.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Holmes lands a right hook to the body.
Mackenzie King on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
It looks like William Mackenzie King has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Holmes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Holmes, right into the meat.
Holmes scores with a one two! Mackenzie King had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Holmes lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mackenzie King's sensitive parts.
Mike Holmes is winning the standup battle so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mackenzie King checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Holmes lands a big head kick that sends Mackenzie King tumbling to the mat! Holmes takes a step backwards and waves Mackenzie King back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Mackenzie King is rocked!
A solid body kick from Holmes.
Mackenzie King is still on wobbly legs! Can Holmes finish him?
Holmes knocks out Mackenzie King with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Holmes before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Holmes picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mike Holmes!
Mike Holmes retains his light heavyweight title!
A relieved looking Mike Holmes 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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