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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Gunn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Meyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gunn comes to the cage accompanied by Audioslave - Exploder. Meyer has chosen I'd Love to Knock the Hell out of You as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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270 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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TWGC Champion
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Charles Gunn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Kurt Meyer!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Meyer there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Meyer jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Meyer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Meyer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gunn wants to slow Meyer down by chopping away at his legs.
Gunn moves into range and clinches up with Meyer.
Gunn blocks a body shot from Meyer.
Meyer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Meyer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meyer throws a leg kick that is checked
and Gunn counters with a slapping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gunn slips a jab from Meyer.
Kurt Meyer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meyer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Kurt Meyer has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Meyer.
Meyer rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gunn moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A right handed body shot lands from Meyer.
Meyer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Meyer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Meyer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gunn.
Meyer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gunn wants to clinch up but Meyer keeps it at a distance.
Meyer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gunn.
Meyer fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meyer fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gunn misses with a wild body shot.
Gunn throws a leg kick but Meyer checks it.
Meyer stalks Gunn and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gunn's face. Gunn staggers backwards, shaken.
Gunn looks to score with a jab to the body but Meyer is just out of range.
Meyer throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gunn misses with an attempted mid kick.
Meyer throws a low kick but Gunn moves out of range easily.
Meyer circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gunn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gunn walks into a left hand.
Some wild striking there from Meyer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Meyer, right into the meat.
Meyer misses the shot to the body.
Meyer misses with a straight left.
Gunn walks into a left hand.
Meyer misses with a straight left.
Gunn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Meyer. Meyer obviously looking to wear him down.
Meyer misses with a straight left.
Meyer paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gunn walks into a stiff left hand from Meyer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gunn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Meyer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meyer thows a body shot but no joy.
Meyer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gunn tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Meyer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jab from Meyer.
Gunn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meyer.
Meyer tests Gunn's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Meyer throws a right hand that misses
and Gunn counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gunn throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Meyer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Meyer throws a right and a left that both miss.
Meyer avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Meyer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kurt Meyer's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Meyer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gunn manages to avoid it.
Meyer tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gunn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gunn is looking to wear down Meyer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Gunn throws a push kick but Meyer slaps the foot to one side.
Gunn thuds his right hand into Meyer's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Meyer stuns Gunn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
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!
Decent striking displayed by Meyer there.
Meyer moves into range and connects with a jab.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Meyer 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 Gunn has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Gunn and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Meyer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Meyer throws a right and a left that Gunn avoids nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meyer throws a right hand that misses
and Gunn counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Meyer throws a leg kick but Gunn moved away.
Gunn fails with an attempt to clinch.
Meyer throws an off balance right hand
and Gunn counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Meyer lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Meyer looks to land a combination. Gunn sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Meyer misses with a lunging right hand
and Gunn counters with a leg kick.
Meyer is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gunn jabs Meyer right on the nose. Meyer blinks but takes it well.
Kurt Meyer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meyer swings for the body but Gunn moves out of range.
Meyer misses with a body punch
and Gunn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That has opened up Kurt Meyer's cut even more.
A slow jab from Meyer misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn fakes the leg kick and cracks Meyer in the body.
That kick from Gunn tenderised Meyer's leg. Meyer is trying to keep his angry face on.
Gunn tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meyer was well out of range. Poor timing from Gunn.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gunn.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gunn. Meyer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gunn bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Meyer comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Meyer is looking to score with low kicks.
Meyer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gunn lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gunn lands a nice leg kick that just misses Meyer's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn scores with a crisp jab that stopped Meyer in his tracks.
The cut above Kurt Meyer's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gunn throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gunn is looking to clinch but Meyer is avoiding it.
A big right from Meyer misses.
Gunn with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gunn lands with a kick to the ribs.
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!
Gunn fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gunn connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gunn thumps Meyer with a low kick.
Gunn dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Gunn has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn lands a body punch in the clinch.
Gunn stalling against the cage.
Gunn crunches a lovely knee into Meyer's ribcage.
Gunn tries a body shot but Meyer blocks it.
Meyer blocks a body shot from Gunn.
Meyer avoiding damage as Gunn throws knees to the body.
Meyer blocks a body shot from Gunn.
Meyer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Gunn.
Meyer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gunn throws a body punch but Meyer moves out of range.
Meyer tried to score with a low kick but Gunn checks it.
Meyer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gunn blocks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Gunn dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Kurt Meyer'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. This is the final round!
Gunn tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Meyer manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gunn slips under a jab.
Gunn chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gunn avoids the body shot from Meyer.
Meyer moves out of range of the body kick from Gunn.
Gunn rushes Meyer and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Gunn here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Gunn tries to land a knee to the head but Meyer blocks with his arms.
Meyer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Meyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Gunn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Meyer is stalling here.
Meyer tries to work over Gunn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gunn keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meyer's efforts to push away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gunn unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Meyer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gunn is trying to maintain a safe position but Meyer gets an underhook and turns Gunn into the cage.
Charles Gunn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Meyer working aggressively here.
Gunn tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meyer fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer tries to break the clinch but Gunn is controlling the position.
Gunn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Gunn prevents Meyer from breaking the clinch.
Gunn blocking some punches.
Gunn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gunn cracks Meyer with a nice body shot.
Meyer managing to block the knees to the body from Gunn.
Gunn pushes Meyer back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Gunn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Meyer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gunn lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Meyer or not.
Knees to the body from Gunn.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gunn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meyer's elbow.
Gunn misses with a body punch.
Gunn lands with a right to the head.
Gunn works on Meyer's body with a couple of short punches.
Gunn connects with a nasty looking knee right to Meyer's face.
Meyer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Meyer swings wildly with an uppercut but Gunn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gunn tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meyer's elbow.
Meyer tries to circle away but Gunn has him pinned against the cage.
Meyer manages to break the clinch.
Gunn misses with a two punch combination.
Gunn looks to score with a jab to the body but Meyer is just out of range.
A shot to the liver by Meyer. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gunn checks a leg kick.
A big left from Meyer misses.
Gunn avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Meyer tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gunn is able to avoid easily.
Horrible takedown by Gunn or perhaps it was just good defense by Meyer which made him look bad.
Gunn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gunn misses with a knee strike.
Gunn tries to land knees in the clinch but Meyer avoids the damage to the body.
Gunn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meyer lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gunn backwards.
Gunn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gunn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Gunn missing with knees to the body.
Meyer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Meyer throws a series of punches but Gunn avoids them all with ease.
Gunn moves in looking to clinch but Meyer pushes him off.
Gunn doesn't manage to clinch there - Meyer circles away.
Gunn checks the leg kick nicely there.
Meyer lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gunn takes one to the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Gunn takes one on the button.
Meyer throws an off balance right hand
and Gunn counters with an inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charles Gunn showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gunn 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charles Gunn!
Charles Gunn decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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