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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Musashimaru Koyo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Tripper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koyo comes to the cage accompanied by "Tengoku Kara Kaminari" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole . Tripper is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Disturbed - Land Of Confusion. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 cm
35
300 lbs
32 - 13 - 2 |
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192 cm
38
284 lbs
28 - 17 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
32 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Musashimaru Koyo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
28 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jack Tripper! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tripper smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Koyo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tripper misses with a body kick. Tripper lands with a hook. Koyo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Tripper tries a head kick but it misses.
Tripper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koyo moves away. Tripper lands a nice shot that snaps Koyo's head back.
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! Koyo thows a body shot but no joy. Koyo throws the kick towards the body but Tripper avoids it. Tripper moves into range and connects with a jab. Koyo takes a swing at Tripper's ribcage but misses. Koyo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tripper but Tripper pushes him off and we're back to square one. Koyo shoots for a double leg takedown but Tripper sprawls well. He's pushed Koyo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. Koyo tests Tripper's chin there with a solid looking shot. A shot to the liver by Tripper. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tripper buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Koyo misses with a wild body shot. Koyo is looking to slow Tripper down with leg kicks. Koyo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tripper but Tripper pushes him off and we're back to square one. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Musashimaru Koyo. That's going to take a lot out of him. Tripper ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. A shot to the liver by Tripper. Beautiful body shot. Tripper lands with a hook. Koyo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Koyo takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Tripper with a body punch. A glancing blow. Tripper has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Koyo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Koyo 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. Koyo is breathing heavily. A looping hook to the body misses from Tripper. Koyo does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Koyo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tripper.
Tripper throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Musashimaru Koyo has been cut. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tripper, as that shot connected.
Tripper connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Jab, jab by Tripper - just one landing. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tripper, right into the meat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Koyo. Tripper is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Koyo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté. Koyo misses the shot to the body. Koyo moves out of range of the body kick from Tripper.
Koyo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Koyo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tripper moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Koyo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Tripper finds it's way round the side to connect with Koyo's head. Tripper tries a low kick but Koyo avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Koyo shoots in for a takedown but Tripper shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Tripper throws a nice outside leg kick. Tripper throws a body punch but Koyo moves out of range. Koyo tried to score with a low kick but Tripper checks it. Tripper motions for Koyo to come forward. Tripper throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Tripper thows a body shot but no joy. Tripper throws a low kick but Koyo moves out of range easily. Koyo digs a good body shot into Tripper's ribs. Koyo shoots in and gets a takedown into Tripper's guard. Koyo preventing the sweep. Tripper pulls Koyo in close to prevent any damage. Tripper trying to control the position.
Koyo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Koyo with a flurry of punches that miss. Koyo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Tripper is trying to control the position from the bottom.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Jack Tripper hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart. Tripper shoots in for a takedown but Koyo shows good takedown defense. Tripper scores with a decent looking hook. Nice straight punches there by Tripper. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tripper. Tripper tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Tripper checks a low kick from Koyo. Tripper cracks Koyo with an open hand slap. Tripper connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Tripper dominated that round. The cut man is working on Musashimaru Koyo's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Koyo tries to move into range but Tripper moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. A low kick from Koyo is predictable there and Tripper counters with a three punch combo that has Koyo backing up. Koyo nods at Tripper to acknowledge the strikes. Koyo tries a low kick but Tripper avoids it. Nice shot lands for Tripper. Koyo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tripper moves away. Tripper lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Koyo at a distance.
Tripper scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A shot to the liver by Koyo. Beautiful body shot. Koyo blocks a low kick nicely. Jack Tripper seems to be getting the better of the standup. Koyo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tripper is fending him off so far but Koyo persists. Nope, Tripper circles away and we're back to standing. Tripper cracks Koyo with an open hand slap. Tripper fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Tripper is looking to score with low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tripper scoring well with a low kick there.
Tripper lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Koyo looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. Koyo misses with a hook
and Tripper counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. A leg kick checked by Koyo. Tripper lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tripper tests Koyo's chin there with a solid looking shot. Tripper is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. Tripper cracks the inside of Koyo's front leg. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Koyo misses with a wild combination.
Koyo is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Koyo blocks a leg kick. Koyo is looking to wear down Tripper with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Tripper checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Tripper takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tripper connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Koyo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tripper. Koyo stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tripper. Tripper fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Koyo. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Tripper ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koyo moves away. Tripper with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tripper slips a straight right by Koyo. Decent striking displayed by Tripper there. Tripper cracks Koyo with a right hand to the side of the head. A shot to the liver by Tripper. Beautiful body shot. Tripper cracks Koyo with a right hand to the side of the head. Koyo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Koyo is rocked! Tripper thows a body kick. Koyo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Koyo drops his hands momentarily and Tripper takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Oh Koyo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Tripper drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Koyo right on the button. Koyo goes down! Tripper follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Tripper gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Tripper! A very excited looking Jack Tripper rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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