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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Justin Herald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kingo Kongo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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281 lbs
19 - 12 - 0 |
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194 cm
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244 lbs
29 - 19 - 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 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Justin Herald!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kingo Kongo!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Herald throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Herald fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kongo lands a jab to the nose.
Herald takes a swing at Kongo's ribcage but misses.
Herald misses with a low kick.
Herald thows a body shot but no joy.
Herald cracks the inside of Kongo's front leg.
A head kick misses from Kongo.
Kongo pushes Herald up against the cage in a clinch.
Herald breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Herald throws the left hand but Kongo avoids the punch easily.
Kongo walks into a straight right hand from Herald.
It looks like Kingo Kongo has been cut.
Kongo tries to clinch up.
Justin Herald seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kongo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Herald throws out the jab.
Kongo takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Kongo 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.
Kongo wants to land a leg kick but Herald is out of range.
Kongo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Herald swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Herald takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Kongo tries a head kick but it misses.
A punch combination from Herald misses.
Kongo throws a sloppy head kick and Herald moves out of range easily.
Kongo throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Herald dips to his left and cracks Kongo with an uppercut!
The fighters circle momentarily. Kongo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Herald throws a leg kick that is checked
and Kongo counters with an outside leg kick.
Kongo pushes Herald up against the cage in a clinch.
Herald tries a body shot but Kongo blocks it.
Herald wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kongo has him pressed against the cage.
Herald is trying to break the clinch but Kongo is controlling him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kongo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Herald breaks from the clinch.
Herald gets tackled into the cage by Kongo. Kongo maintains the clinch.
Kongo tries a body shot but Herald blocks it.
Herald tries to break free but Kongo pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Herald scores with a shoulder strike.
Herald breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kongo is looking to clinch.
Kongo misses the shot to the body.
Kongo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Herald takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Herald lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kongo. Herald does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kongo clinches with his opponent.
Kongo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Herald struggles to land a body shot inside as Kongo controls his hands.
Herald prevents a body shot from Kongo.
Herald pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Herald ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kongo defending well as Herald loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Herald's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kongo under the eye.
That has opened up Kingo Kongo's cut even more.
Herald ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've been told by Herald's head coaches at The Consortium - Rio (Message for Tryouts) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kongo looks winded!
Herald circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Kongo to the canvas! Kongo doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Herald keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Justin Herald!
Justin Herald retains his heavyweight title!
Justin Herald spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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