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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chev Chelios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Keiji Numa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chelios comes to the ring accompanied by In Waves. The crowd seem to be enjoying Numa's choice of entrance music: You're Going Down. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Keiji Numa enters the ring!
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175 cm
28
202 lbs
24 - 9 - 1 |
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169 cm
33
188 lbs
17 - 25 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
24 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Chev Chelios! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
17 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Keiji Numa! The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Chelios throws a head kick that misses. The fight stays on the outside here - Chelios looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Numa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chelios.
Numa has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Numa looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Nice cross by Chelios. A punch lands to the side of Numa 's head but he takes it in his stride. Chelios throws a hook but Numa blocks it. Chelios blocks a low kick nicely. Numa scores with a nice head shot. Chelios throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's one minute gone in the round. Numa takes a shot right to the bread basket. Chelios looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Chelios pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chelios misses with a hook. Numa ducked under it nicely. Chelios will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Numa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chelios. That did some damage! Chelios throws a leg kick but Numa sees it coming and moves out of range. Chelios pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Chelios misses with an uppercut
and Numa counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Chelios is not content to let Numa control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Numa tries to pass the half guard into mount. Chelios knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Numa looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Numa wants to take a breather but Chelios is having none of it. Chelios is pressing down on Numa's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Numa controlling from the top position. Chelios keeping moving, preventing Numa from controlling successfully. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Chelios looking for a sweep. Not yet Chelios, not yet. Chelios keeping moving, preventing Numa from controlling successfully.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Keiji Numa hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart. It's a brutal combination of punches from Chelios! Numa is backing up but he can't get away as Chelios lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Numa and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Chev Chelios! Our winner, Chev Chelios, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
31% |
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