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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Hearns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and El Loco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hearns kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Black Eyed Bruiser. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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275 lbs
18 - 18 - 0 |
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275 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
18 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Hearns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, El Loco!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Loco misses the shot to the body.
Hearns throws a body punch but Loco moves out of range.
A good leg kick by Hearns.
Hearns blocks a low kick nicely.
Loco uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hearns.
Hearns fails in his attempt to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Hearns misses the target.
Hearns throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hearns ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Loco throws a jab but it's blocked by Hearns.
Hearns lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Loco sprawling to the canvas. Hearns follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Loco hang on?
Loco is rocked!
It looks like El Loco has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Loco is trying to maintain the position but Hearns is very close to passing his half guard.
Loco wants to get back to full guard.
Hearns decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Hearns takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearns attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hearns moves in looking to clinch but Loco pushes him off.
Loco misses with a double jab.
Hearns wants to land a leg kick but Loco is out of range.
Hearns tries to work over Loco's front leg with a kick but Loco checks it.
Loco misses with an uppercut.
Loco fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Hearns is out of range.
Hearns misses the shot to the body.
Hearns lands a nice leg kick that just misses Loco's sensitive parts.
Hearns throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Loco counters with a one-two to the body.
Hearns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Loco misses with a few strikes there.
Hearns fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hearns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Loco 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.
Hearns moves into the clinch.
Hearns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hearns throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Loco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Loco. Hearns does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Loco missing with a left hand there. Hearns was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hearns looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Loco is looking to clinch.
Loco avoids a punch combination nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Loco 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.
Hearns connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Loco throws the left hand but Hearns avoids the punch easily.
Hearns throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Loco throws a jab but it's blocked by Hearns.
Loco clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hearns throws an elbow but misses.
Loco looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hearns keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Loco's efforts to push away.
Loco manages to break the clinch.
Hearns tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Loco paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Loco misses with a looping right.
Hearns fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Loco changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Loco throws a looping overhand right but Hearns ducks down to avoid it.
Loco throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hearns sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Loco's corner calls for a 1-2. Loco obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hearns throws a front kick aimed at Loco's knee but Loco avoids it well.
A low kick from Hearns misses
and Loco counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circling - Hearns throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A cross from Loco lands.
Hearns throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hearns connects with a leg kick. Loco looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Hearns waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Loco.
Loco cracks Hearns with a right hand to the side of the head.
Loco keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hearns.
Loco gets tackled into the cage by Hearns. Hearns maintains the clinch.
Hearns breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Loco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hearns uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Loco.
Hearns looks for the body kick but Loco saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hearns drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hearns moves into the clinch.
Loco working hard to break the clinch.
Hearns lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Hearns is trying to pull guard but Loco has him pressed against the cage.
Loco wants to break free but Hearns has control.
Loco blocks an elbow strike.
Hearns breaks the clinch.
Loco tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hearns wants to clinch.
Loco takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Loco thuds his right hand into Hearns's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hearns scores with a shot to the body.
Hearns tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hearns checks a leg kick.
Hearns rushes Loco and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Hearns dominated that round.
The cut man is working on El Loco's cut.
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.
Hearns chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hearns misses the shot to the body.
Loco swats away the attempt to clinch by Hearns.
Loco checks a leg kick nicely.
Hearns sizes up Loco with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Loco cracks Hearns with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Loco lands a really nice looking cross but Hearns seems unphased.
Loco sizes up Hearns with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hearns drops his shoulder and cracks Loco with a huge uppercut! Loco goes down! Can Hearns finish him?
Loco is still in real trouble! Can Hearns finish him?
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hearns is pushing down on Loco's leg trying to pass to half guard. Loco is fighting to maintain full guard but Hearns has managed to sneak the leg through.
Loco trying to control here.
Hearns sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Hearns gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Loco scores with a spinning back kick!
Loco seems to have recovered his senses.
Loco has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hearns.
Thomas Hearns is winning the standup battle so far.
Loco scores with a body shot.
Loco throws an overhand right that lands on Hearns's shoulder, as Hearns tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Loco misses with a low kick.
Loco has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Loco there as he acknowledges the shot.
Loco works the jab nicely.
Hearns throws a front kick aimed at Loco's knee but Loco avoids it well.
A jab from Hearns misses.
Hearns comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Loco is breathing heavily.
Loco chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hearns can pounce on him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hearns wants to clinch up but Loco keeps it at a distance.
Hearns is looking to clinch.
Loco misses with a looping left.
Jab, jab by Loco - just one landing.
Hearns connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hearns throws a big shot that misses.
Hearns darts in and lands a big hook, right on the button! Loco's legs crumble underneath him as he falls to the canvas! The ref tackles Hearns before he gets to land any more shots to his stricken foe.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thomas Hearns!
An out of breath and clearly excited Thomas Hearns thanked Cripplers Corner for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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hype
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