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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kova Tangis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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218 lbs
8 - 5 - 1 |
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186 cm
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205 lbs
4 - 8 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Kova Tangis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, David Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Tangis.
Johnson misses with a few strikes there.
Tangis darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Tangis working Johnson over with strikes.
Tangis is looking for a kimura here.
Tangis missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Johnson wants to get back to full guard.
Tangis is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Johnson tries to roll over but Tangis keeps him under control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Johnson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Johnson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tangis.
Tangis decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tangis decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Tangis has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Johnson tries to hold on but Tangis pushes him away.
Johnson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Tangis lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Johnson hang on?
Tangis tries to control but Johnson wriggling away.
Johnson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Tangis lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Johnson tries to hold on but Tangis pushes him away.
Tangis controlling from the full mount.
Tangis fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tangis tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tangis looking to finish Johnson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Johnson!
Johnson trying desperately to get to his feet.
Tangis wants to control the pace but Johnson is squirming around nicely.
Tangis landing shots from mount.
Tangis sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tangis putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tangis takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tangis postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Johnson looks a forlorn figure.
Johnson defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Tangis.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tangis punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big strike lands for Tangis! That's really hurt Johnson and he's turned his back - Tangis keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Tangis jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kova Tangis!
A very excited looking Kova Tangis made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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