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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michal Tarnowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Attilius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tarnowski comes to the cage accompanied by Hemp Gru - Sami swoi . On his way into the cage it seems that Michal Tarnowski has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Michal Tarnowski seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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154 lbs
22 - 6 - 0 |
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285 lbs
17 - 23 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michal Tarnowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 23 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Attilius!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Columbo Gatti and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Attilius walks into a left hand.
Tarnowski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Attilius.
Tarnowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Michal Tarnowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tarnowski misses with a double jab.
Tarnowski tries to score with a low kick but Attilius moves his leg out of the way.
Tarnowski tries to score a power double leg takedown but Attilius sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Tarnowski somewhat.
A low kick from Tarnowski misses
enabling Attilius to counter with a crisp jab.
Tarnowski scores with a one two! Attilius had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Tarnowski shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Attilius napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Tarnowski throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarnowski creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Attilius sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Attilius tries to escape but Tarnowski is in control.
Attilius parries the strikes from Tarnowski easily there. Tarnowski is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Attilius to escape.
Tarnowski misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Tarnowski misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Attilius pushes Tarnowski away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tarnowski gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Tarnowski wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Attilius, who protects the arm well.
Attilius is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Tarnowski has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Attilius taking a bit of punishment here - Tarnowski scoring with strikes.
Tarnowski wants to control but Attilius is keeping him busy.
Attilius is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Tarnowski takes a little break here. Attilius wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Attilius wants to get back to his feet but Tarnowski drags him back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarnowski works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tarnowski working the ground and pound.
Tarnowski wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Attilius, who protects the arm well.
Attilius tries to escape but Tarnowski is in control.
Tarnowski lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Tarnowski is looking to take a break and control but Attilius is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Attilius is pushing Tarnowski's head away, looking to escape. Tarnowski manages to hold on to the position though.
Tarnowski is looking to take a break and control but Attilius is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Tarnowski thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Tarnowski lands some shots froms side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attilius avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Tarnowski.
Tarnowski lands some shots froms side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A lull in the action here as Tarnowski stalls from top position.
Tarnowski 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.
Tarnowski working the body and head with strikes.
Attilius wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Tarnowski in side control lands a decent elbow.
Tarnowski working the ground and pound.
Attilius pushes Tarnowski away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tarnowski gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Attilius prevents Tarnowski from improving position.
Attilius parries the strikes from Tarnowski easily there. Tarnowski is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Attilius to escape.
Attilius is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Tarnowski is controlling him well.
Attilius is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarnowski is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Attilius is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tarnowski is putting a hurting on Attilius here, landing some big shots from side control.
Attilius really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tarnowski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Attilius is trying to buck Tarnowski off.
Tarnowski tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Tarnowski has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Attilius pushes Tarnowski away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tarnowski gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Tarnowski landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Tarnowski cracks Attilius with a big right hand but Attilius just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Attilius prevents Tarnowski from moving into mount.
Tarnowski lands some shots froms side control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tarnowski scoring with punches and elbows.
Tarnowski is trying to get an arm triangle but Attilius is defending well.
Attilius is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Tarnowski has just dragged him back down to the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michal Tarnowski dominated that round.
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.
Tarnowski fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tarnowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tarnowski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Tarnowski here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Tarnowski tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tarnowski scores with a kick to the midsection.
Tarnowski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tarnowski lands a slapping body shot.
Tarnowski fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarnowski with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A low kick from Tarnowski misses
and Attilius counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tarnowski dives in for a single leg takedown but Attilius sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Attilius breaks the clinch.
Tarnowski scores with a decent looking hook.
Tarnowski connects with a solid leg kick.
Tarnowski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Attilius can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Attilius displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tarnowski throws out the jab.
Attilius checks a leg kick.
Tarnowski lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tarnowski misses the shot to the body.
Tarnowski thows a leg kick but Attilius checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Tarnowski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tarnowski throws a head kick that misses.
Tarnowski lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Attilius takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Tarnowski fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michal Tarnowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Attilius stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Attilius wants it to stay on the feet.
Tarnowski throws a hook but Attilius blocks it.
Tarnowski swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Attilius blocks the body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarnowski feints and then cracks Attilius's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Attilius down.
Tarnowski jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Tarnowski throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Tarnowski takes a swing at Attilius's ribcage but misses.
Michal Tarnowski is winning the standup battle so far.
Attilius defending well as Tarnowski loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sloppy strikes from Tarnowski. Those never looked like landing.
Tarnowski just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michal Tarnowski dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Tarnowski cracks Attilius with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tarnowski throws a hook but Attilius avoids it easily.
Tarnowski shoots in and drives through. Attilius sprawls well.
Tarnowski lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Attilius takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tarnowski throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tarnowski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tarnowski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarnowski misses with a looping left.
Tarnowski throws a low kick but it's checked well by Attilius.
Tarnowski cracks Attilius with a good jab.
Tarnowski tries a low kick but Attilius avoids it.
Attilius's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A leg kick checked by Attilius.
Tarnowski moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tarnowski loads up on a big right hand but Attilius slips the punch.
Marcus Attilius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarnowski looks to land a left hand but Attilius moved out of range nicely.
Tarnowski dips to his left and cracks Attilius with an uppercut!
Tarnowski's jab looks to have found its range, popping Attilius under the eye.
Attilius 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.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tarnowski. That's going to slow Attilius down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tarnowski.
Tarnowski lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Attilius is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarnowski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Attilius on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Tarnowski lands with a shot to the body.
Marcus Attilius is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Attilius 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.
Marcus Attilius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tarnowski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tarnowski fails to land the takedown.
Tarnowski works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarnowski lands a leg kick that knocks Attilius off balance momentarily.
Tarnowski throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tarnowski lands with a cross.
Michal Tarnowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tarnowski cracks Attilius with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Attilius crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tarnowski - the referee stops the clock and Attilius gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tarnowski. Attilius manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Tarnowski scores with a spinning back kick!
Attilius is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tarnowski.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michal Tarnowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tarnowski, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight for Michal Tarnowski!
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight for Michal Tarnowski!
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight for Michal Tarnowski!
Michal Tarnowski wins by unanimous decision!
Michal Tarnowski seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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