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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Henderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kamekona Tupuola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamekona Tupuola has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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295 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Chris Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kamekona Tupuola!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Henderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Henderson defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tupuola.
Tupuola stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Henderson.
Tupuola dives in and scores a takedown into Henderson's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Tupuola won't allow Henderson to get back to his feet.
Tupuola has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Rob's Training Center . Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Tupuola throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Henderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Henderson wants to get back to his feet but Tupuola is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tupuola should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Tupuola stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Henderson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tupuola throws a strike but Henderson rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Henderson prevents Tupuola from getting back to his feet.
Henderson wants to stand but Tupuola is controlling his posture from full guard.
Tupuola bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Henderson's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupuola slips nicely into half guard.
Tupuola has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Henderson is trying to stand up here but Tupuola is controlling him well.
Tupuola lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Henderson wants to get back to his feet.
Tupuola is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Tupuola working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tupuola throwing shots but Henderson is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Henderson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Tupuola scores with a couple of nice shots.
Ground and pound from Tupuola.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ground and pound from Tupuola.
Tupuola uses his free foot to push down on Henderson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Henderson.
Henderson trying desperately to get to his feet.
Tupuola postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Henderson looks a forlorn figure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tupuola unloading with bombs!
Tupuola raining down shots from the mount!
Tupuola lands a big elbow - Henderson is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Henderson is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Kamekona Tupuola!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Kamekona Tupuola made sure he mentioned Mango Nutrition , along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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