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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Micah Fatu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Glenn Beck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Beck has chosen Champion as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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188 cm
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197 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
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198 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Big heart |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Micah Fatu! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Glenn Beck! The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Bruno Lombardi and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Fatu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Beck. Fatu dips to his left and cracks Beck with an uppercut! Beck lands with a right hand. Beck defending well as Fatu loads up on a big left hand. Beck tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fatu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Fatu lands a nice shot that snaps Beck's head back.
Fatu thows a left - swing and a miss! Beck takes a swing at Fatu's ribcage but misses. Beck misses with an uppercut. Fatu saw that one coming. Fatu moves away from the strike by Beck. Fatu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Nice defenses there by Beck. Beck throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fatu on the side of the head. Beck feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Fatus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist! 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! Beck throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Fatu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Micah Fatu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Fatu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fatu connects with an inside leg kick. Fatu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Beck moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. A right-left combo lands from Fatu. Fatu takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Fatu throws a head kick that half lands.
Fatu closes the distance looking to clinch and Beck counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Fatu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Beck counters with a nice body shot. Beck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fatu. Fatu misses with a straight left. Beck misses with a series of wild punches.
Some wild striking there from Fatu.
Fatu swats away the attempt to clinch by Beck. Fatu misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Beck drives through and clinches with Fatu against the cage.
Fatu misses with a knee to the head. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Beck looking to slow down the pace here. Fatu scores with an uppercut up the middle. Fatu throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fatu tries to land a knee to the head but Beck blocks with his arms.
Beck missing with knees to the body.
Beck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Fatu throws an elbow that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Fatu fails to land. Fatu putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Beck in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Fatu working aggressively here.
A nice left hand lands by Beck.
Beck blocks an uppercut.
Beck misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fatu tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Beck.
Beck missing with knees to the body.
Fatu with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Beck blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fatu misses with a short punch on the inside. Fatu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Beck is stalling here.
Fatu misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Fatu on the inside. Beck trying to land knees to the body.
Fatu swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fatu can't find room to land a body shot as Beck controls the action.
Fatu struggles to land a body shot inside as Beck controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fatu. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Fatu misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Beck.
Beck breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Fatu pushing out the jab but it's not landing. A nice combination there by Fatu.
Fatu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A nice combination there by Beck.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Fatu fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Donk. Beck catches Fatu right on the button with a cross. Beck throws a body punch but Fatu moves out of range. Fatu misses with a looping right. Fatu lands with a nice body punch. Beck is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fatu had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté. Beck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beck jabs Fatu to the body, keeping him at a distance. Fatu scores with a decent looking hook. Fatu scores with a jab to the jaw. Fatu tries to move into range but Beck moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Fatu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Beck. A swing and a miss from Fatu. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Beck tests Fatu's chin there with a solid looking shot. Beck moves in looking to clinch but Fatu pushes him off. Beck connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Fatu's hands. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Glenn Beck will probably get the nod. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Fatu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Fatu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Beck is looking to clinch but Fatu is avoiding it.
Fatu ducks under a wild hook from Beck. Fatu throws a sloppy head kick and Beck cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Fatu is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Fatu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Beck slips under a jab. Fatu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fatu misses with a head kick.
Fatu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Beck tries to bum rush Fatu with a series of wild strikes but Fatu uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Good leg kick by Fatu there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Beck connects with an inside leg kick. A bone on bone clash there as Fatu blocks the leg kick.
Beck misses the jab. Fatu misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's one minute gone in the round. Fatu looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Beck slips a jab and a cross from Fatu.
Fatu misses with a head kick.
Beck is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Donk. Beck catches Fatu right on the button with a cross. Beck thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Fatu if he has to take too many more of those.
Beck works the jab nicely. A chopping leg kick lands by Fatu. Fatu blocks a jab. A chopping leg kick lands by Beck. Fatu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fatu is looking to clinch. Beck lands a jab to the nose. A lazy left from Beck finds it's target. This has been an exciting period of action! Fatu uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Beck.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fatu's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Beck connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fatu scrambles back to his feet. Fatu looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. Beck takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fatu throws a leg kick that is checked and Beck counters with a straight right hand. Beck thows a body shot but no joy. Glenn Beck seems to be getting the better of the standup. Beck scores with a jab. Fatu acknowledges it with a nod of the head. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Fatu misses with a wild combination.
Beck tries to clinch there but Fatu circles away.
Beck throws a right and a left that Fatu avoids nicely. Beck tries to bum rush Fatu with a series of wild strikes but Fatu uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Fatu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beck tests Fatu's chin there with a solid looking shot. Fatu misses with a series of wild punches.
Fatu misses with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Fatu misses with a few strikes there.
Fatu looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Fatu throws a leg kick that is checked enabling Beck to counter with a crisp jab. Beck misses with a wild body shot. Beck lands a jab. Beck's jab looks to have found its range, popping Fatu under the eye. Beck dodges the punch combination from Fatu.
Beck tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fatu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Beck lands a right hook to the body.
Fatu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Fatu jabbing away but nothing is landing. Fatu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Beck connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Beck steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fatu. Beck thuds a left hand into Fatu's body. Beck throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Fatu throws an overhand right that lands on Beck's shoulder, as Beck tries to avoid the shot. Beck throws a head kick but Fatu moves out of range.
Fatu throws a jab when Beck was well out of range. Beck takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fatu swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fatu swings for the body but Beck moves out of range.
Beck takes a swing at Fatu's ribcage but misses. Beck connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fatu. Fatu circles away out of range and recomposes himself. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Beck throws a leg kick and Fatu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Fatu is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beck. Fatu tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Beck manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Beck throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Glenn Beck 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Beck dips to his left and cracks Fatu with an uppercut! Fatu looks to throw the jab but Beck is out of range. Beck throws a hook to the side of Fatu's head but Fatu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Beck checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Fatu throws a predictable looking body shot
and Beck counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Nice cross by Beck. Fatu loads up on a big right hand but Beck slips the punch. Fatu chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beck can pounce on him.
Fatu slips a straight right by Beck. Fatu takes a shot right to the bread basket. Beck scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Beck scores with a sloppy right hand. Fatu should have avoided that one. Beck throws a quick inside leg kick. This has been an exciting period of action! Fatu lands a jab-cross combination. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fatu lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Beck has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Beck and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. A kick lands to the mid section there for Beck.
That's one minute gone in the round. Fatu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Beck scores with a jab. Fatu takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fatu throws a right and a left that Beck avoids nicely. Beck swings widly with a right hand
and Fatu counters with a lovely straight right hand! Fatu scores with a one two! Beck had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Beck lands an overhand right. Fatu will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Beck fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Fatu throws a nice outside leg kick. Beck takes a swing at Fatu's ribcage but misses. Beck keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Fatu uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Beck. Fatu tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round. No joy there for Fatu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fatu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Beck has Fatu up against the cage in a clinch.
Beck stalling in the clinch but Fatu improves position. Fatu lands a shot to the body. Fatu lands with a short head shot on the inside. Fatu misses with a hook from the clinch. Beck breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Beck scores with a nice right hand.
Beck digs a good body shot into Fatu's ribs. Fatu misses with an uppercut. Sloppy strikes from Fatu. Those never looked like landing. Nice defenses there by Beck. Beck jabs at Fatu's body. Beck scores with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Beck avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beck stuns Fatu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Beck lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fatu at a distance.
Fatu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Fatu on the wrong end of a nice jab. Beck scores with a body shot.
A low kick from Fatu is predictable there and Beck counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Fatu shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Glenn Beck is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight. A punch lands to the side of Fatu 's head but he takes it in his stride. Beck is looking to clinch but Fatu is avoiding it.
A telegraphed right hand from Fatu misses the target. A head kick misses from Beck. Beck scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fatu in his tracks. Fatu walks into a jab. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Beck paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Fatu is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Beck thuds his right hand into Fatu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Oh Fatu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Beck misses with a few strikes there.
A punch lands to the side of Beck 's head but he takes it in his stride. Fatu seems to have got his legs back now. Beck misses the shot to the body. Micah Fatu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Beck moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Fatu scores with a jab to the body. Fatu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Fatu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Micah Fatu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Some bone on bone action there as Beck checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Beck scores with a slapping inside leg kick. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Beck cracks the inside of Fatu's front leg. A jab from Beck does it's job there. Fatu darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Fatu walks into a stiff left hand from Beck.
And that's the end of the fight! Glenn Beck comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I've got Beck winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 28:30 Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30 Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Glenn Beck! Glenn Beck made sure to mention his sponsor, Empire Threads in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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