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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between John Kimble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Hollyfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kimble comes to the cage accompanied by Ecstasy Of Gold. Hollyfield is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Paris. John Kimble could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Tyson Hollyfield's chin.
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155 lbs
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156 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Good kicks
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 1, fighting out of London, John Kimble!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyson Hollyfield!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hollyfield gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kimble drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Hollyfield gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hollyfield pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hollyfield tries to clinch but Kimble moves out of range.
Hollyfield takes a swing at Kimble's ribcage but misses.
Kimble throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hollyfield tries to clinch but Kimble moves out of range.
Hollyfield tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kimble paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hollyfield has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kimble wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nice elbow from Hollyfield.
Kimble on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hollyfield breaks from the clinch.
Kimble lands a right hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Kimble.
Kimble tries to land a leg kick but Hollyfield saw it coming and moves away.
Kimble closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hollyfield circles away.
Kimble avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hollyfield tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Kimble counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hollyfield's guard now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield wants to sweep here but Kimble controlling him for the moment.
Hollyfield keeping moving, preventing Kimble from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up because John Kimble just wasn't active enough.
Hollyfield tries to clinch there but Kimble circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield fails in his attempt to clinch.
Hollyfield keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kimble.
Kimble throws a hook but Hollyfield avoids it easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Kimble.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Kimble. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for Kimble with that takedown attempt.
Kimble throws out a loose jab but Hollyfield uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kimble cracks Hollyfield with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Kimble pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hollyfield tries to clinch there but Kimble circles away.
Hollyfield tries to clinch there but Kimble circles away.
Kimble throws a hook but Hollyfield avoids it easily.
Kimble attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hollyfield ducks under a wild hook from Kimble.
Hollyfield tries to clinch but Kimble moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that John Kimble will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hollyfield connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Kimble shoots in looking for a takedown but Hollyfield manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Kimble's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hollyfield wants to clinch.
Kimble closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hollyfield circles away.
Kimble throws a hook to the side of Hollyfield's head but Hollyfield sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hollyfield slips under a jab from Kimble.
Hollyfield clinches up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kimble is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Hollyfield is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Kimble. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hollyfield unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kimble lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hollyfield lands an elbow that stopped Kimble in his tracks for a moment.
Kimble takes an elbow to the temple.
Hollyfield lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hollyfield is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Hollyfield leaning his opponent against the cage.
Hollyfield taking a breather.
Kimble misses with a body punch.
Kimble scores with a shoulder strike.
Hollyfield comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hollyfield displaying some good clinch control by pressing Kimble up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hollyfield lands a shot to the body.
Hollyfield lands an elbow inside that Kimble shrugs off.
Kimble tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hollyfield using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hollyfield lands an elbow just above Kimble 's eye.
Kimble is rocked!
Hollyfield working Kimble over with knees to the body.
Oh Kimble is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Hollyfield obliges.
A right hand to the body from Hollyfield.
Kimble seems to have got his legs back now.
Hollyfield lands a knee to the body.
Hollyfield unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Tyson Hollyfield seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Kimble takes a knee right on the jaw!
Hollyfield breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hollyfield has Kimble up against the cage in a clinch.
Clinched against the cage, Hollyfield lands a big elbow that drops Kimble! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Kimble is complaining that he's OK but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tyson Hollyfield!
Tyson Hollyfield 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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