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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gary Player (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Fantastic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Player comes to the cage accompanied by Jeezy - Foul Play. Fantastic has chosen System Of A Down-Cigaro as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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173 lbs
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172 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gary Player!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Johnny Fantastic!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Daniel Bishop and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fantastic misses with a body shot.
Fantastic is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Player looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fantastic. Player does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic looks to score with a jab to the body but Player is just out of range.
Fantastic checks a low kick from Player.
Fantastic misses with a wild body shot.
Fantastic throws a lazy right hand but Player sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Player avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Fantastic tries a low kick but Player avoids it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Fantastic has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Player tries to clinch up.
Fantastic throws a low kick but Player moves out of range easily.
Player tries a low kick but Fantastic avoids it.
A swing and a miss from Player.
Fantastic lands with a kick to the ribs.
Player throws a sloppy head kick and Fantastic moves out of range easily.
Fantastic scores with a nice right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Fantastic checks a leg kick.
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!
Fantastic slips a jab from Player.
Player lands with a thumping leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Player.
Player has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fantastic.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left lands for Fantastic.
Player thows a leg kick but Fantastic checks it
and Fantastic counters with a nice body shot.
Player misses with a looping right.
Fantastic avoids the head kick by Player.
Player on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic tries to close the distance and clinch but Player swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nice body kick there by Fantastic.
Fantastic takes a swing at Player's ribcage but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Player closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Player avoids the body shot from Fantastic.
Player bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fantastic tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Player swivels and escapes.
Fantastic throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Fantastic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fantastic swats away the attempt to clinch by Player.
Fantastic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Player lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A big left from Fantastic misses.
Fantastic tries to clinch up but Player circles away and keeps his distance.
A solid body kick from Fantastic.
Player blocks the body kick.
Player attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Player connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fantastic scrambles back to his feet.
Fantastic swings for the body but Player moves out of range.
Fantastic catches Player with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Fantastic takes a swing at Player's ribcage but misses.
Fantastic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Player to score with a decent uppercut.
Player missing with a left hand there. Fantastic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fantastic just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic looks to score with a jab to the body but Player is just out of range.
Fantastic scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A solid body kick from Player.
Fantastic tries to close the distance and clinch but Player swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Player lands the left hand.
Fantastic feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Player's calf.
Fantastic avoids the body shot from Player.
Fantastic's corner calls for a 1-2. Fantastic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Fantastic punishes Player's body with a nice straight punch.
A jab from Fantastic misses.
Fantastic listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fantastic looks to land a body kick but Player moved away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Player keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fantastic.
Player circles away from the clinch attempt.
Player moves out of range as Fantastic strikes.
Player lands with a slapping head kick.
Player feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fantastic's calf.
Fantastic misses with a hook.
Player lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Player lands with an overhand left.
Player keeps Fantastic at a distance using the push kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Player throws a wild body kick that Fantastic sees coming a mile off.
Fantastic tries to land a front kick but Player steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Player thows a left - swing and a miss!
Player fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fantastic manages to avoid it.
Player thumps Fantastic with a low kick.
Fantastic misses with a body shot.
Fantastic misses with a kick to the body
and Player counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Player trying to control the position from guard on top but Fantastic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fantastic is controlling Player's posture.
Player scoring with punches to the head and body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Player scoring with some ground and pound.
Player trying to move into half guard but instead Fantastic has managed to sweep!
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 Gary Player will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Fantastic punishes Player's body with a nice straight punch.
Player displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fantastic throws out the jab.
Fantastic fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Player has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Fantastic walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Fantastic wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fantastic avoids the body shot from Player.
Player looks to land a combination but Fantastic avoids it well.
Fantastic lands an overhand right.
Fantastic misses with a wild body shot.
Fantastic tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gary Player seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fantastic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic misses with a low kick.
Player tries to clinch there but Fantastic circles away.
Player scores with a body shot.
Player gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fantastic connects with a single shot there.
Player throws a sloppy head kick and Fantastic moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Player slips a straight right by Fantastic.
Player misses with a right hand
and Fantastic counters with a nice body shot.
Fantastic tries to move into range but Player moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Player tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fantastic cracks a nice hook into Player's ribs.
Nice jab there from Player.
Fantastic misses with the body kick
and Player counters with a single leg into guard. Fantastic didn't expect that.
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!
Player trying to control the position from guard on top but Fantastic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Player preventing the sweep.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Player accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fantastic controls Player momentarily but Player frees himself.
Fantastic seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Player has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic trying to keep a closed guard but Player is proving a slippery customer.
Player is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Player wants to control from the top but Fantastic keeps moving.
Fantastic is trying to control the position but Player postures up.
Fantastic might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Player haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Johnny Fantastic.
Fantastic tries to score with a low kick but Player moves his leg out of the way.
Johnny Fantastic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Player lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fantastic's sensitive parts.
Player throws out a leg kick but Fantastic moves out of range and Player only half commits.
Good standup being displayed there by Player as he connects with a hook.
Player scores with a one two! Fantastic had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Fantastic is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Player swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Player 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.
Fantastic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Player's head.
A big right from Player misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Fantastic.
Player moves out of range as Fantastic throws a body kick.
Player throws a series of punches but Fantastic avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Player manages to avoid it.
Player takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Player connects with a looping right hand.
Fantastic looks to land a left hand but Player moved out of range nicely.
Fantastic has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Player.
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!
Fantastic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Player was well out of range. Poor timing from Fantastic.
Fantastic on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Player misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Fantastic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic defending well as Player loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastic moves into range and connects with a jab.
Player cracks Fantastic with an open hand slap.
Fantastic is still on wobbly legs! Can Player finish him?
Player keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fantastic seems to have recovered his senses.
Fantastic connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Player avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fantastic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Player.
Fantastic pivots, looking for a leg kick but Player is out of range and Fantastic settles back down.
Fantastic buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Player.
Player throws a jab when Fantastic was well out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Player lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Player uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Fantastic has time to react.
Player checks a leg kick.
Player throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary Player dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A looping hook to the body misses from Player. Fantastic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic is looking to slow Player down with leg kicks.
Player stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Player throws a front kick aimed at Fantastic's knee but Fantastic avoids it well.
Nice body punch from Player.
Player on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheers as Player lands an impressive looking overhand right. Fantastic doesn't seem phased though.
Player throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Fantastic crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Gary Player!
Gary Player decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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