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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Misiek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Pope (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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157 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rafael Misiek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, John Pope!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pope works the jab nicely.
Pope takes a swing at Misiek's ribcage but misses.
Misiek scores with a three punch combo!
Pope keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pope closes the distance and clinches.
Misiek scores with a knee to the head.
Misiek manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Misiek with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Misiek misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pope.
Misiek missing with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Misiek.
Pope managing to block the knees to the body from Misiek.
Pope is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pope trying to stall but Misiek improves his position.
Misiek lands a nice elbow.
Misiek lands with a light punch inside.
Misiek throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Misiek lands a damaging elbow.
Misiek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Misiek throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Misiek avoids the elbow strike from Pope, against the cage.
Pope tries to land knees in the clinch but Misiek avoids the damage to the body.
Misiek avoiding damage as Pope throws knees to the body.
Misiek avoiding damage.
Misiek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Misiek lands an uppercut.
Pope avoiding damage as Misiek throws knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Misiek.
The referee calls for Misiek to work.
Misiek blocks an elbow strike.
Misiek controlling the action here for a moment.
Misiek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Misiek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pope is defending well for now.
Misiek misses with a body punch.
Misiek lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Misiek's defenses.
Pope misses with an elbow strike.
Misiek is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pope is defending well for now.
Misiek missing with knees to the body.
Misiek works on Pope's body with a couple of short punches.
A short left from Misiek.
Misiek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pope throws an elbow but it misses.
Misiek lands a good knee to the midsection. Pope won't want to take too many of those.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pope throws an elbow but misses.
Pope's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Misiek is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Pope is trying to stall.
Misiek avoids a wild elbow strike from Pope.
Pope is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pope pushes off an throws an elbow but Misiek leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misiek managing to block the knees to the body from Pope.
Misiek dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Misiek as Pope tries to tie him up.
Misiek managing to block the knees to the body from Pope.
Misiek tries a knee to the head but Pope blocks it.
Misiek throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Misiek lands with a light punch inside.
Misiek throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pope avoiding damage as Misiek throws knees to the body.
Misiek throws an elbow but it misses.
Misiek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pope has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pope throws an elbow that misses.
Pope pushes off an throws an elbow but Misiek leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Misiek makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Misiek lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Misiek.
Misiek tries to land knees in the clinch but Pope avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misiek doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Misiek throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Popes head.
Misiek lands a knee to the body.
Pope pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Misiek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pope avoids it.
Misiek digs a right hand into Pope's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pope's gas tank.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Misiek lands a shoulder strike.
Misiek comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Misiek is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Misiek trying to land knees to the body.
Pope lands an elbow inside that Misiek shrugs off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Misiek is struggling to control the position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Misiek.
Pope tries to land knees in the clinch but Misiek avoids the damage to the body.
Misiek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pope has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Misiek dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Misiek takes a kick to the side of the head.
Misiek takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pope lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Pope misses with a body shot.
Pope moves away from the strike by Misiek.
Pope clinches up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Misiek.
Misiek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pope lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Misiek.
Pope is trying to maintain a safe position but Misiek gets an underhook and turns Pope into the cage.
Misiek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Misiek blocks the elbow strike.
Misiek lands a right hand that snaps the head of Pope backwards.
Pope pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Misiek dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pope just misses with a elbow thrown towards Misiek's brow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Misiek stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Pope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Pope avoiding damage as Misiek throws knees to the body.
Misiek dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Misiek.
Pope throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pope taking a breather.
Pope looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pope blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Misiek lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Misiek.
Misiek comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Misiek blocks an elbow strike from Pope.
Misiek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pope avoiding damage as Misiek throws knees to the body.
Misiek scores with a shot to the side of Pope's head.
Misiek blocks an elbow strike from Pope.
Pope throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pope is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Misiek is defending well for now.
Misiek slows down the pace here.
Misiek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Misiek is working Pope over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Misiek landing knees to the body.
Misiek lands an elbow that stopped Pope in his tracks for a moment.
Misiek dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
Misiek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Misiek misses with a knee strike.
Misiek takes an elbow to the temple.
Misiek blocks an elbow strike from Pope.
Misiek taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Misiek looking to throw knees to the head but Pope is blocking nicely.
Pope throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Misiek avoids the elbow strike from Pope, against the cage.
Rafael Misiek has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Misiek blocks an elbow strike from Pope.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misiek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pope has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Misiek blocks an elbow strike from Pope.
Pope trying to stall but Misiek improves his position.
Misiek misses with a knee strike.
Pope is looking to control Misiek's arms but Misiek gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pope has his back to the cage.
Misiek pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right from Misiek on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Misiek obliges.
Misiek gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Misiek dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
Misiek landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Misiek obliges.
Misiek with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Misiek blocks an elbow strike from Pope.
Misiek tries to land knees in the clinch but Pope avoids the damage to the body.
Misiek looking to throw knees to the head but Pope is blocking nicely.
Pope throws an elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misiek lands an elbow just above Pope 's eye.
Misiek slowing the pace effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Misiek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Misiek lands a nice shot to the body.
Misiek takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Good body shot from Misiek.
Misiek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A bit of stalling here from Misiek.
Pope throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Misiek lands an elbow inside.
Pope misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Misiek.
Misiek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pope avoids it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Misiek avoids the elbow strike from Pope, against the cage.
Misiek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Misiek tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pope avoids it.
Pope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Misiek dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Pope scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Misiek tries a head kick but it misses.
Pope has Misiek up against the cage in a clinch.
Misiek dodges an elbow strike from Pope.
Pope avoiding damage as Misiek throws knees to the body.
Pope missing with knees to the body.
Misiek blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Pope throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pope pushes off an throws an elbow but Misiek leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pope throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pope looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Misiek connects with a knee to the head.
Misiek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pope has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Misiek landing knees to the body.
Misiek is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Misiek avoids a wild elbow strike from Pope.
Misiek avoids a wild elbow strike from Pope.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pope just misses with a elbow thrown towards Misiek's brow.
Misiek takes an elbow to the temple.
Misiek lands with a light punch inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Misiek as Pope tries to tie him up.
Misiek landing knees to the body.
Misiek blocks the elbow strike.
Misiek lands an elbow inside.
Pope throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Misiek pushes off an throws an elbow but Pope leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Misiek slows down the pace here.
Misiek lands a body punch in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pope throws an elbow but misses.
Pope creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Misiek throws an elbow but misses.
John Pope has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misiek lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Misiek with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Pope is rocked!
With the fighters up against the cage, Pope throws an elbow but misses.
Pope is still on wobbly legs! Can Misiek finish him?
Misiek with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Misiek blocks an elbow strike from Pope.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Misiek.
Misiek using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pope has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Good body shot from Misiek.
Pope lands an elbow that stopped Misiek in his tracks for a moment.
Pope throws an elbow that misses.
Misiek utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Misiek.
Misiek tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pope stalls.
Misiek on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pope takes a knee right on the jaw!
Misiek has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Pope - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Misiek, and another! Pope is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Rafael Misiek!
After the big win, Rafael Misiek made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors DTK Designs (Laundry) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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