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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vo Nguyen Giap (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samurai Jack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Giap comes to the cage accompanied by Beach Party Vietnam. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Samurai Jack enters the cage!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vo Nguyen Giap!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Samurai Jack!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giap wants to clinch.
Jack keeps the fight on the outside.
Jack is looking to land body kicks.
Jack throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jack connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Jack scores with the left hand. Giap knows he should have avoided that one.
Jack keeps the fight on the outside.
Giap lands a body shot.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giap moves in looking to clinch but Jack pushes him off.
Jack loads up on a big right hand but Giap slips the punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Jack.
Jack does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Jack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Giap was well out of range. Poor timing from Jack.
Giap tries to clinch but Jack is having none of it.
Jack throws a one two combo.
Jack bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Giap's head backwards.
Jack misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Giap.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jack misses with a low kick as Giap jumps back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack keeps the fight on the outside.
Giap waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Jack.
Giap is looking to clinch.
Giap darts in and clinches Jack up against the cage.
Jack takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Samurai Jack has been cut.
Giap scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jack misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Giap.
Jack lands a hook that snaps the head of Giap backwards.
Jack breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jack scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Jack misses with a looping right.
Giap is looking to clinch but Jack is avoiding it.
Giap wants to clinch but Jack slips to the side
and Jack counters with a nice uppercut.
Giap slips a straight right by Jack.
Jack tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Giap is able to avoid easily.
Giap steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jack.
Jack throws a nice looking combination but Giap bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jack connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Jack is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Giap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giap darts in trying to clinch
and Jack finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
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!
Jack wants to land a leg kick but Giap is out of range.
Giap rushes Jack and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Giap fails to land.
Jack takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jack tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Giap lands a nice elbow.
Giap blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jack blocks an uppercut.
Jack throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Giap blocks it with crossed arms.
Giap is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Jack unloads a knee to the mid-section. Giap lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Jack can't break the clinch.
Jack lands a knee to the body.
Jack trying to land knees to the body.
Giap scores with a shot to the side of Jack's head.
Jack breaks from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giap moves out of range of the leg kick from Jack.
Giap wants to clinch up but Jack keeps it at a distance.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giap tries to clinch but Jack is having none of it.
Jack wants to land a leg kick but Giap is out of range.
Jack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Giap wants to clinch up but Jack keeps it at a distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jack fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Giap manages to avoid it.
Giap tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jack counters with a good low kick that Giap was not able to check.
Giap is looking to clinch but Jack is avoiding it.
Giap punishes Jack's body with a nice straight punch.
Jack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Giap was well out of range. Poor timing from Jack.
Nice body punch from Jack.
Giap keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giap is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Giap wants to clinch up but Jack keeps it at a distance.
Giap tries to clinch up but Jack circles away and keeps his distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giap tries to clinch up but Jack circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice uppercut there from Jack.
Jack looks to score with a jab to the body but Giap is just out of range.
Jack thows a left - swing and a miss!
Giap pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jack lands with an uppercut that bounces Giap off the cage and back into range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Giap tries to clinch up.
Giap misses with a hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jack, right into the meat.
Giap tries to clinch up but Jack circles away and keeps his distance.
Giap uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jack.
Giap avoids the head kick by Jack.
Jack feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Giap's calf.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Giap blocks a head kick by Jack.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch but Jack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Giap uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jack.
Giap wants to clinch.
Jack misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samurai Jack dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Samurai Jack's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Giap wants to clinch.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch but Jack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Giap closes the distance but Jack moves to the side
and Jack counters with an inside leg kick.
Jack throws a leg kick but Giap checks it.
Jack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jack feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Giaps jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The fight stays on the outside here - Giap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jack lands with a slapping head kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jack. Giap does a little dance to reset his feet.
Giap closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jack connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jack has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jack there as he acknowledges the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Jack misses the target.
Jack tries to score with a low kick but Giap moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giap tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jack counters with a stiff right hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Jack.
Jack throws a series of punches but Giap avoids them all with ease.
Jack throws a poor cross that misses
and Giap counters with a nice body shot.
Jack misses with a double jab.
Jack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Giap was well out of range. Poor timing from Jack.
Jack tried to score with a low kick but Giap checks it.
Giap is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Jack doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Jack scores with a jab. Giap acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
Giap tries to clinch up but Jack circles away and keeps his distance.
A big left from Jack misses.
Jack thows a body shot but no joy.
Giap tries to clinch but Jack is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Giap tries to clinch but Jack moves out of range.
Giap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Giap moves in looking to clinch but Jack pushes him off.
Jack swats away the attempt to clinch by Giap.
Giap stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jack.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Giap 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.
No joy there for Jack, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Giap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jack manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jack ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Giap forces Jack back against the cage and clinches.
Jack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Giap lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jack backwards.
Giap is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Giap fails to land.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jack.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giap tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jack with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Jack breaks from the clinch.
Giap wants to clinch up but Jack keeps it at a distance.
Giap chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jack can pounce on him.
Giap is looking to clinch.
Giap tries to clinch but Jack moves out of range.
Jack takes a swing at Giap's ribcage but misses.
Giap tries to clinch there but Jack circles away.
Jack tries a head kick but it misses.
Jack avoids the body shot from Giap.
Jack swats away the attempt to clinch by Giap.
Giap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jack manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Jack misses with a looping right.
Giap avoids the body shot from Jack.
Jack on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giap avoids a punch combination nicely.
Giap is looking to clinch but Jack is avoiding it.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch but Jack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jack misses with a straight right.
Jack misses with a hook.
Giap moves away from the strike by Jack.
Giap tries to clinch but Jack moves out of range.
Giap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jack throws a low kick but Giap avoids it.
Giap doesn't manage to clinch there - Jack circles away.
Jack misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch but Jack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Giap moves out of range of the leg kick from Jack.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jack.
Giap takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Jack just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samurai Jack showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Samurai Jack's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Giap avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Samurai Jack seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jack gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Giap.
Jack turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Giap.
Giap blocks a jab.
Giap tries to clinch up.
Jack lands with a nice body punch.
Giap showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jack.
Giap tries to clinch up but Jack circles away and keeps his distance.
Jack misses with a straight left.
Giap tries to clinch but Jack is having none of it.
Jack pivots, looking for a leg kick but Giap is out of range and Jack settles back down.
Giap moves in looking to clinch but Jack pushes him off.
Jack attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Giap looks to score with a jab to the body but Jack is just out of range.
A shot to the liver by Jack. Beautiful body shot.
Giap walks into a stiff left hand from Jack.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giap swings for the body but Jack moves out of range.
Giap wants to clinch
and Jack counters with a nice body shot.
Giap tries to clinch there but Jack circles away.
Jack throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Giap counters with a stiff right hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Giap lands a nice shot to the body.
Giap fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Jack paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Giap tries to clinch up but Jack circles away and keeps his distance.
Jack swats away the attempt to clinch by Giap.
Jack swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Giap keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jack lands a body shot.
Giap tries to clinch but Jack moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Jack.
Jack avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jack missing with a left hand there. Giap was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Giap lands with an uppercut that bounces Jack off the cage and back into range.
Giap tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Jack manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Giap tries to clinch but Jack moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giap pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jack ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Giap moves away.
Jack throws out a leg kick but Giap moves out of range and Jack only half commits.
Jack swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Giap tries to clinch but Jack moves out of range.
Giap tries to clinch up but Jack circles away and keeps his distance.
Giap tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giap looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jack digs a good hook to Giap's body.
Giap wants to clinch up but Jack keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Giap checks a leg kick nicely.
Jack swings for the body but Giap moves out of range.
Giap scores with a body shot.
Jack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A lazy left from Jack finds it's target.
Jack is looking to slow Giap down with leg kicks.
Giap tries to clinch up
and Jack counters with a stiff right hand.
Jack fails to land with a series of punches.
Jack throws a jab but it's blocked by Giap.
Giap tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jack swings for the body but Giap moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jack. Giap does a little dance to reset his feet.
A telegraphed right hand from Jack misses the target.
Giap tries to clinch up but Jack circles away and keeps his distance.
Giap fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Giap moves in looking to clinch but Jack pushes him off.
Nice body punch from Jack.
Jack throws a hook but Giap avoids it easily.
Jack pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Giap lands a nice shot that snaps Jack's head back.
Giap fails in his attempt to clinch.
Giap darts in and clinches Jack up against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jack landing knees to the head.
Jack trying to land knees to the body.
Vo Nguyen Giap has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Samurai Jack seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jack takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Giap stalls.
Jack throws a knee to the head but misses.
Giap throws an elbow that misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jack pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jack dips to his left and cracks Giap with an uppercut!
Jack tries to score with a low kick but Giap moves his leg out of the way.
Giap lands with a nice body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Samurai Jack.
Well Jack 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 28:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Samurai Jack!
During a confident post fight interview, Samurai Jack thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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