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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lonnie Poon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zhu Fangyu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poon comes to the cage accompanied by Jerk It Out-Caesars. Fangyu is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Demigod-Mindmasher. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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193 cm
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185 lbs
19 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lonnie Poon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zhu Fangyu!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poon scores with a sloppy right hand. Fangyu should have avoided that one.
Fangyu feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Poons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Poon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fangyu's head backwards.
Poon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fangyu scores with a leg kick.
Fangyu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Poon.
Lonnie Poon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Poon. Fangyu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Poon getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Fangyu ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Fangyu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Poon throws a jab when Fangyu was well out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Poon takes the fight into the clinch.
Poon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Fangyu.
Fangyu throws a head punch that misses.
Fangyu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fangyu misses with a hook from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poon.
I was talking to Poon's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Fangyu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Poon takes a shot to the head.
Fangyu is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Poon is keeping busy.
Fangyu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Poon misses with a punch on the inside.
Fangyu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Poon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fangyu is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fangyu has a couple of punches blocked by Poon.
Poon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fangyu working aggressively here.
Fangyu cracks Poon with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fangyu can't find room to land a body shot as Poon controls the action.
Fangyu misses with a punch on the inside.
Poon is looking to control Fangyu's arms but Fangyu gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poon has his back to the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Poon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Poon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Poon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Poon prevents a body shot from Fangyu.
Poon tries to work over Fangyu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fangyu working aggressively here.
Fangyu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Poon swings wildly with an uppercut but Fangyu uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Poon.
Poon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fangyu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fangyu.
Fangyu lands a shoulder strike.
Poon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Poon lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poon.
Fangyu blocks a body shot from Poon.
Fangyu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poon swings wildly with an uppercut but Fangyu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poon throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fangyu.
A nice left hand lands by Poon.
Poon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fangyu blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Poon lands a right hand that snaps the head of Fangyu backwards.
Fangyu blocks an uppercut.
Fangyu is trying to maintain a safe position but Poon gets an underhook and turns Fangyu into the cage.
Poon blocks a body shot from Fangyu.
Poon blocks an uppercut.
Fangyu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Poon swings wildly with an uppercut but Fangyu uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Fangyu fails to land.
Poon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Fangyu tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Poon fails to land.
Poon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fangyu is looking to control Poon's arms but Poon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fangyu has his back to the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fangyu swings wildly with an uppercut but Poon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fangyu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Poon tries to work over Fangyu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Poon misses with a punch to the body.
Fangyu has a couple of punches blocked by Poon.
Fangyu fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Poon lands with a short shot to the head.
Poon tries to work over Fangyu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Poon works on Fangyu's body with a couple of short punches.
Fangyu throws a head punch that misses.
Poon blocks a body shot from Fangyu.
Poon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fangyu's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Lonnie Poon will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Poon connects with a looping right hand.
Fangyu throws a sloppy head kick and Poon moves out of range easily.
Fangyu scores with a spinning back kick!
Poon takes the fight into the clinch.
Fangyu swings wildly with an uppercut but Poon uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fangyu is trying to maintain a safe position but Poon gets an underhook and turns Fangyu into the cage.
Fangyu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Poon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fangyu leaning his opponent against the cage.
Poon scores with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fangyu throws a head punch that misses.
Poon swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fangyu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Fangyu is looking to control Poon's arms but Poon gets an underhook and turns him. Now Fangyu has his back to the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poon misses with a body punch.
Poon scores with a nice hook to the head.
Poon blocking some punches.
Poon misses with the head strike.
Poon has a couple of punches blocked by Fangyu.
Poon is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Fangyu working aggressively here.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fangyu lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Poon blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fangyu.
Poon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fangyu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fangyu misses with a punch on the inside.
Poon is looking to control Fangyu's arms but Fangyu gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poon has his back to the cage.
Fangyu blocks a body shot from Poon.
Fangyu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Poon blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poon blocks a body shot from Fangyu.
Fangyu trying to control the position but instead, Poon has worked for underhooks and has pushed Fangyu into the cage.
Still in the clinch, Fangyu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Poon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Poon is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fangyu is keeping busy.
Fangyu lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poon.
Fangyu has a couple of punches blocked by Poon.
Poon misses with a knee to the head.
Fangyu blocks a body shot from Poon.
Poon lands a hook that snaps the head of Fangyu backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Poon.
Poon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fangyu.
The referee is keeping an eye on Fangyu - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Fangyu misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poon stalling in the clinch but Fangyu improves position.
Poon misses with a punch on the inside.
Fangyu avoids the elbow strike from Poon, against the cage.
Fangyu swings wildly with an uppercut but Poon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fangyu taking a breather.
A short uppercut from Fangyu.
Fangyu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fangyu blocks an uppercut.
Poon can't find room to land a body shot as Fangyu controls the action.
Poon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Poon taking a breather.
Fangyu blocks a body shot from Poon.
Poon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Poon is trying to maintain a safe position but Fangyu gets an underhook and turns Poon into the cage.
Poon can't find room to land a body shot as Fangyu controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Poon fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fangyu misses with a punch on the inside.
Fangyu lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fangyu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Fangyu - that landed with a thud.
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!
Poon tries to work over Fangyu's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Poon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fangyu throws a head punch that misses.
Poon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Poon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fangyu swings wildly with an uppercut but Poon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Poon takes a shot to the head.
Poon is rocked!
A body shot lands from Fangyu.
Oh Poon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Poon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Poon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fangyu's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch on the inside from Fangyu fails to land.
Fangyu swings wildly with an uppercut but Poon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fangyu throws a head punch that misses.
Poon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Poon seems to have got his legs back now.
Fangyu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zhu Fangyu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Poon misses with a right hand
and Fangyu counters with a nice body kick.
Fangyu jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Poon swings widly with a right hand
and Fangyu counters with a nice uppercut.
Fangyu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A swing and a miss from Poon.
Poon throws a leg kick
and Fangyu counters with a huge head kick that drops Poon! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zhu Fangyu!
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energy
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hype
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