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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Staal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Langston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Langston comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Al Kapone - You Ain't Stoppin Me kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! John Staal has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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307 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Staal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Bobby Langston!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Langston avoids the body shot from Staal.
A clash of legs there as Langston blocks the low kick.
Staal throws a body kick that misses.
Staal slips under a jab from Langston.
Langston throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Staal stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Staal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Langston was well out of range. Poor timing from Staal.
Staal throws a head kick that misses.
Staal misses with a low kick as Langston jumps back.
Langston fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Staal, pushing him back against the cage.
Staal trying to control the position but instead, Langston has worked for underhooks and has pushed Staal into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Langston fails to land.
Langston misses with a short punch on the inside.
Langston is struggling to control the position.
Staal is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Staal misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Langston.
A hook to the body from Staal.
Staal throws a head punch that misses.
Staal is working Langston over against the cage.
Staal using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Langston has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Staal dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Langston tries a body shot but Staal blocks it.
Langston misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Staal.
Staal is leaning against Langston and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A frustrated look appears on Staal's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Staal is struggling to control the position.
Staal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Staal stalling.
Langston managing to block the knees to the body from Staal.
A nice left hand lands by Langston.
Langston lands a left hand.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Staal tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Langston swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Staal lands a body punch.
Staal wants to stall.
Staal misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Langston.
Staal avoiding damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langston tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Langston swings wildly with an uppercut but Staal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Langston gets through Staal's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Staal stalls.
Staal lands with a light punch inside.
It looks like Bobby Langston has been cut.
Staal trying to control the position but instead, Langston has worked for underhooks and has pushed Staal into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by John Staal.
Langston checks a leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Langston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Staal manages to avoid it.
Langston pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Staal connects with a body shot that sends Langston's belly button to the back.
A jab from Staal does it's job there.
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!
Nice uppercut there from Staal.
Langston throws a jab but it's blocked by Staal.
Staal thuds a left hand into Langston's body.
Langston misses with an uppercut. Staal saw that one coming.
Staal lands with a thumping leg kick.
Langston rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Staal counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Staal misses with a shot to the body
and Langston counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Langston throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Langston lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Staal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Langston's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Staal connects with an inside leg kick.
John Staal is winning the standup battle so far.
Staal tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Langston fails with an attempt to clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Staal lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Langston has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Langston and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Langston scoring well with a low kick there.
Langston throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Staal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Staal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Langston throws a leg kick but Staal moved away.
Langston tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Staal ducks under a wild hook from Langston.
Staal cracks Langston with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Staal lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A bone on bone clash there as Langston blocks the leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Staal throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Langston tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Staal is able to avoid easily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Staal checks a leg kick.
Good work by Langston as he checks the leg kick.
Staal is looking to wear down Langston with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Staal throws a sloppy head kick and Langston moves out of range easily.
Langston fails in his attempt to clinch.
Langston misses with the combination.
Staal blocks a head kick by Langston.
Staal throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Langston lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Langston looks to throw the jab but Staal is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Staal lands with a good body shot.
Staal connects with a nice looking jab.
Langston tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Staal looks to score with a jab to the body but Langston is just out of range.
Staal looks to score with a jab to the body but Langston is just out of range.
Staal walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Langston checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Staal misses with a hook. Langston ducked under it nicely.
Bobby Langston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Langston clinches with his opponent.
Staal misses with a short punch on the inside.
Langston looking to stall.
Staal stalls.
Staal lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Langston throws a head punch that misses.
Langston misses with a punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Langston's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Langston tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Langston waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Staal.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Staal here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Langston waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Staal.
Staal buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Staal misses with a wild body shot.
Langston takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Langston misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Staal thows a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Staal.
Staal bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Langston keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Staal slips under a jab from Langston.
Langston avoids the body shot from Staal.
Staal lands with a straight right. Langston didn't see that one coming.
Staal jabs at Langston's body.
Staal jabs Langston to the body, keeping him at a distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Staal walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Langston checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A big left from Langston misses.
Staal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Langston.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Staal dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Langston's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Staal connects with a leg kick. Langston looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Langston swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Staal pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Staal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Staal lands with a thumping leg kick.
Staal stuns Langston with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Staal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Langston doesn't manage to clinch there - Staal circles away.
Staal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Langston throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Staal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Langston scores with a nice head shot.
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!
Staal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Staal tries to land a leg kick but Langston saw it coming and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Staal lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Langston at a distance.
Staal tries to clinch there but Langston circles away.
Staal has closed the distance and engaged Langston in a clinch.
Langston holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Staal works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Staal blocks an uppercut.
Staal lands a nice elbow.
Staal lands a hook to the side of the head.
Staal slows down the pace here.
Staal lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That has opened up Bobby Langston's cut even more.
Langston misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bobby Langston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Staal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Langston blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Langston blocks an elbow strike from Staal.
Staal trying to stall but Langston improves his position.
Staal working hard to break the clinch.
Staal missing with knees to the body.
Langston tries a body shot but Staal blocks it.
John Staal has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Staal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Staal scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Staal thows a body shot but no joy.
Langston walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Staal checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Staal throws a leg kick
and Langston makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Langston looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Staal lands a leg kick that knocks Langston off balance momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langston misses with a hook. Staal ducked under it nicely.
Staal scores with a decent looking hook.
Staal staying out of range there.
Langston throws a leg kick
and Staal counters with a thumping low kick.
Langston takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Langston on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Staal turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Staal pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Langston takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Langston on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The cut above Bobby Langston's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Staal lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Staal darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Langston throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Langston's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Staal.
Staal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Langston can do to turn this around?
Staal cracks Langston with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Langston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Staal manages to avoid it.
Staal buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Langston throws a leg kick
and Staal counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Langston takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Langston takes a swing at Staal's ribcage but misses.
Staal scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Staal fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Langston has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Staal staying out of range there.
Staal checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Staal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Staal has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Staal!
Our winner, John Staal, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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