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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nino Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Namor McKenzie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Blaze comes to the cage accompanied by Pendulum - Slam. McKenzie has chosen Man From Atlantis as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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214 lbs
30 - 11 - 0 |
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241 lbs
27 - 12 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
30 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Nino Blaze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Namor McKenzie!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McKenzie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blaze steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McKenzie.
A looping hook to the body misses from McKenzie. Blaze does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blaze misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
McKenzie misses with a hook. Blaze ducked under it nicely.
Blaze lands a jab to McKenzie's midsection.
Blaze bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
It looks like Namor McKenzie has been cut.
Blaze will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Blaze throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McKenzie's coach down at Team Hopkins was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on McKenzie's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blaze. McKenzie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blaze misses with a looping left.
Blaze waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McKenzie.
McKenzie swings widly with a right hand
and Blaze counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Blaze misses with a leg kick
and McKenzie counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Blaze connects with the punch.
Nice defenses there by McKenzie.
McKenzie checks the leg kick.
Blaze connects with a right hand. McKenzie shakes it off.
Blaze ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McKenzie moves away.
McKenzie doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Blaze on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by McKenzie. McKenzie obviously looking to wear him down.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Blaze.
Nino Blaze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blaze scores with a push kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Blaze lands an overhand right.
No joy there for McKenzie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blaze fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but McKenzie is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Blaze misses.
Blaze drives through and clinches with McKenzie against the cage.
McKenzie blocks a body shot from Blaze.
A short body shot lands from Blaze as the two fighters clinch.
McKenzie gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Nino Blaze has been cut.
Blaze swings wildly with an uppercut but McKenzie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blaze blocks an elbow strike from McKenzie.
Blaze is working McKenzie over against the cage.
McKenzie lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Blaze.
McKenzie lands a body punch.
Blaze blocking some punches.
Blaze tries to throw a body punch but McKenzie avoids it by throwing Blaze back against the cage.
Blaze working aggressively here.
Blaze tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Blaze is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but McKenzie is keeping busy.
McKenzie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie swings wildly with an uppercut but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
McKenzie digs a right hand underneath Blaze's ribcage. Blaze let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Blaze wants to stall.
Blaze blocking some punches.
McKenzie throws a head punch that misses.
McKenzie lands an elbow just above Blaze 's eye.
Blaze lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McKenzie backwards.
Blaze doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
McKenzie lands with a short shot to the head.
Blaze struggles to land a body shot inside as McKenzie controls his hands.
Blaze misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blaze misses with the head strike.
Still in the clinch, McKenzie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Blaze lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McKenzie misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blaze managing to block the knees to the body from McKenzie.
Blaze stalling against the cage.
McKenzie has a couple of punches blocked by Blaze.
Blaze trying to stall but McKenzie improves his position.
A nice left hand lands by Blaze.
McKenzie comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Blaze working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Blaze tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McKenzie's elbow.
Blaze lands a body punch.
McKenzie missing with knees to the body.
Blaze scores with a hook to the body.
Blaze lands a shot to the body.
Blaze doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blaze lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McKenzie backwards.
Blaze is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
McKenzie lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Blaze stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nino Blaze dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
McKenzie lands a head kick!
McKenzie has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blaze.
McKenzie checks a low kick from Blaze.
Blaze ducks under a wild hook from McKenzie.
A chopping leg kick lands by Blaze.
McKenzie loads up on a big right hand but Blaze slips the punch.
McKenzie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blaze.
Blaze pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blaze avoids the head kick by McKenzie.
McKenzie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blaze.
Good exchange - Blaze coming out on top.
McKenzie just misses with a punch to the body.
Blaze throws a hook but McKenzie avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent McKenzie stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
McKenzie throws out a loose jab but Blaze uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by McKenzie. That's going to slow Blaze down.
Blaze cracks McKenzie with a right hand to the side of the head.
Blaze misses with an uppercut.
Blaze tries to score with a low kick but McKenzie moves his leg out of the way.
A leg kick checked by McKenzie.
McKenzie has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Blaze.
Blaze scores with a sloppy right hand. McKenzie should have avoided that one.
McKenzie is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blaze throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blaze is looking to land body kicks.
Blaze throws out a leg kick but McKenzie moves out of range and Blaze only half commits.
McKenzie throws a head kick but Blaze moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McKenzie connects with a high kick.
Blaze uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McKenzie.
McKenzie gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
McKenzie is still on wobbly legs! Can Blaze finish him?
That has opened up Namor McKenzie's cut even more.
McKenzie with a hook.
Nino Blaze is winning the standup battle so far.
Blaze dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McKenzie. That did some damage!
McKenzie seems to have recovered his senses.
Blaze throws a nice inside leg kick.
A low kick from Blaze misses
and McKenzie counters with a leg kick.
Blaze throws a right and a left that McKenzie avoids nicely.
Blaze tries to close the distance and clinch up but McKenzie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blaze connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McKenzie checks the leg kick nicely there.
McKenzie gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze digs a good hook to McKenzie's body.
Blaze lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
McKenzie scores with a hook.
Blaze throws an overhand right from the outside, which connects and sends McKenzie stumbling backwards into the cage! McKenzie bounces back off the cage towards Blaze, who cracks him with a two punch combination that drops him to his knees! Blaze lands two more shots before the referee has chance to intervene - what a finish! Blaze celebrates with his corner as the crowd cheer loudly.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nino Blaze!
Nino Blaze tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
In defeat, Namor McKenzie stepped up to the mic, saying 'He was so slippery I think he greased himself? but you know what I'm still getting my money anyway but I he did some fishy things'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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