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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yeo Jae Suk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Howard comes into the arena with Eddie Money - Take me home tonight blaring out of the sound system. Jae Suk has chosen The Trial as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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277 lbs
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245 lbs
20 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harold Howard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yeo Jae Suk!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard cracks Jae Suk with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Jae Suk takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Howard throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Howard throws a big shot that misses.
Jae Suk tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Howard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Howard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Howard misses with a lunging right hand
and Jae Suk counters with a nice uppercut.
Jae Suk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Howard fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Jae Suk is out of range.
Howard throws a lazy uppercut
and Jae Suk counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
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!
Howard throws a combination. Jae Suk tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Yeo Jae Suk has been cut.
Jae Suk throws a leg kick which misses Howard's front leg but catches the back leg as Howard tries to avoid it.
Howard misses with a series of wild punches.
Jae Suk 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.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Howard checks a leg kick.
Howard misses the jab.
Howard scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jae Suk scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jae Suk tries to move into range but Howard moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Howard misses with a looping right.
A head kick misses from Jae Suk.
Jae Suk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Howard.
Jae Suk bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jae Suk is looking to slow Howard down with leg kicks.
A thudding body kick lands there by Jae Suk!
Howard misses with an uppercut.
Jae Suk throws a hook but Howard blocks it.
Jae Suk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Howard misses with a hook. Jae Suk ducked under it nicely.
Jae Suk with a nice cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Howard looks to land a left hand but Jae Suk moved out of range nicely.
Jae Suk misses with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jae Suk moves out of range as Howard strikes.
Howard moves out of range as Jae Suk throws a body kick.
Jae Suk connects with a jab.
Howard walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Jae Suk checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Howard swings for the body but Jae Suk moves out of range.
Jae Suk dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Howard throws a good cross that connects.
Jae Suk blocks a jab.
Jae Suk blocks a jab.
Jae Suk throws a push kick but Howard slaps the foot to one side.
Howard feints and then cracks Jae Suk's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jae Suk down.
Howard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Howard throws a jab when Jae Suk was well out of range.
Jae Suk lands with a nice body kick.
Jae Suk lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Howard at a distance.
Howard is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard darts in and clinches Jae Suk up against the cage.
Jae Suk avoiding damage as Howard throws knees to the body.
Jae Suk tries to land knees in the clinch but Howard avoids the damage to the body.
Jae Suk pushes Howard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Howard throws a punch but it's blocked by Jae Suk.
A shot in the inside from Jae Suk.
Howard managing to block the knees to the body from Jae Suk.
Jae Suk working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jae Suk makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jae Suk landing knees to the body.
Jae Suk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Howard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Howard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jae Suk obliges.
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!
Howard takes a knee to the side of the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jae Suk.
Howard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Jae Suk obliges.
Howard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jae Suk lands a nice knee to the body.
Howard takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Harold Howard has been cut.
Howard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jae Suk is defending well for now.
Howard with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Jae Suk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Howard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Jae Suk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Howard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Our sources have told us that Howard has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Howard scores with a nice hook to the head.
Jae Suk missing with knees to the body.
Howard tries a knee to the head but Jae Suk blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howard working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jae Suk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jae Suk.
Jae Suk prevents a body shot from Howard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yeo Jae Suk dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Howard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Howard gets tackled into the cage by Jae Suk. Jae Suk maintains the clinch.
Jae Suk misses with a punch to the body.
Jae Suk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A short right from Howard on the inside.
Jae Suk is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Howard throws a head punch that misses.
Howard lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jae Suk backwards.
Howard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Jae Suk creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Howard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jae Suk's elbow.
Jae Suk misses with a knee strike.
Jae Suk misses with a knee strike.
Jae Suk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Howards head.
Jae Suk tries to land knees in the clinch but Howard avoids the damage to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Howard fails to land.
Jae Suk missing with knees to the body.
Howard misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jae Suk lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Jae Suk.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Howard working aggressively here.
Jae Suk lands a good knee to the midsection. Howard won't want to take too many of those.
Howard looking to throw knees to the head but Jae Suk is blocking nicely.
Jae Suk tries to land a knee to the head but Howard blocks with his arms.
Howard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Yeo Jae Suk seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Howard throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Jae Suk blocks it with crossed arms.
Jae Suk misses with a punch to the body.
Jae Suk misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Howard.
Jae Suk tries to land knees in the clinch but Howard avoids the damage to the body.
Jae Suk missing with knees to the body.
Jae Suk working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Jae Suk throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Howards head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jae Suk landing knees to the head.
Jae Suk blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Jae Suk.
Howard tries to work over Jae Suk's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Howard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Jae Suk lands a left hand that snaps the head of Howard backwards.
Howard pushes Jae Suk back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jae Suk lands a good knee to the midsection. Howard won't want to take too many of those.
Jae Suk crunches a lovely knee into Howard's ribcage.
A short left from Jae Suk.
Howard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jae Suk tries to land a knee to the head but Howard blocks with his arms.
Howard tries to land a knee to the head but Jae Suk blocks with his arms.
Jae Suk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jae Suk looking to stall.
Jae Suk crunches a lovely knee into Howard's ribcage.
Jae Suk scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Howard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jae Suk missing with knees to the body.
Jae Suk slows down the pace here.
Howard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Howard scores with a hook to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Howard fails to land.
Jae Suk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Howard throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jae Suk drops Howard with a big knee straight up the middle! Howard is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Howard is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jae Suk throws a sloppy head kick and Howard moves out of range easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Jae Suk.
Howard throws an overhand right that lands on Jae Suk's shoulder, as Jae Suk tries to avoid the shot.
Jae Suk misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Jae Suk does it's job there.
Oh Howard is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Jae Suk - that will leave a mark!
Howard seems to have got his legs back now.
Jae Suk lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Jae Suk dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Howard. That did some damage!
Howard on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jae Suk has managed to clinch.
Jae Suk lands a left hand.
Jae Suk gets through Howard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Jae Suk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Howard misses with a body punch.
Jae Suk makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Jae Suk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Howard swings wildly with an uppercut but Jae Suk uses good head movement to avoid it.
Howard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jae Suk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Howard blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yeo Jae Suk showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!
Howard closes the distance and clinches.
Jae Suk is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Jae Suk is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Howard is defending well for now.
Howard throws a head punch that misses.
Jae Suk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Jae Suk connects with a knee to the head.
Jae Suk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Howard throws a punch but it's blocked by Jae Suk.
Jae Suk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Howard's face.
Jae Suk landing knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howard.
Jae Suk misses with a knee strike.
Jae Suk is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Howard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Jae Suk's elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Howard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howard has a couple of punches blocked by Jae Suk.
A right hand to the body from Jae Suk.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Howard throws a punch but it's blocked by Jae Suk.
Jae Suk tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Howard avoids it.
Howard throws a punch but it's blocked by Jae Suk.
Jae Suk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Howard's face.
Howard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Jae Suk trying to land knees to the body.
Howard misses with a punch on the inside.
Jae Suk blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Jae Suk lands a nice knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Jae Suk scores with a nice short uppercut.
Jae Suk landing knees to the body.
Jae Suk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
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!
Jae Suk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Howard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Howard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Jae Suk lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Howard throws a punch but it's blocked by Jae Suk.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jae Suk putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Howard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Howard avoiding damage as Jae Suk throws knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jae Suk.
Jae Suk connects with a knee to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Jae Suk - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Howard lands a right hand.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Howard.
Howard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Howard has a couple of punches blocked by Jae Suk.
Jae Suk blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Howard throws a head punch that misses.
Jae Suk lands a knee to the head.
Jae Suk drops Howard with a big knee straight up the middle! Howard is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Yeo Jae Suk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jae Suk lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Howard falls backwards - clearly groggy! Jae Suk dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yeo Jae Suk!
Yeo Jae Suk is the new super heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Yeo Jae Suk thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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