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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 . 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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154 lbs
23 - 6 - 0 |
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285 lbs
17 - 24 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
23 - 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 - 24 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Attilius!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tarnowski chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tarnowski throws a predictable looking body shot
and Attilius counters with a three punch combo that has Tarnowski backing up. Tarnowski nods at Attilius to acknowledge the strikes.
Crunch! Tarnowski slams his shin into Attilius's torso.
Attilius checks the leg kick nicely there.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tarnowski.
Attilius on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Tarnowski. Tarnowski obviously looking to wear him down.
Tarnowski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Attilius at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarnowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Attilius checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tarnowski loads up on a big right hand but Attilius slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarnowski throws a solid leg kick but Attilius takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tarnowski.
Tarnowski misses with a body kick.
Tarnowski misses with a straight right.
Tarnowski misses with a wild body shot.
Tarnowski throws a hook but Attilius blocks it.
A leg kick checked by Attilius.
Tarnowski connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tarnowski throws a predictable looking body shot
and Attilius counters with a three punch combo that has Tarnowski backing up. Tarnowski nods at Attilius to acknowledge the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarnowski just misses with a punch to the body.
Tarnowski shoots in but no luck this time.
Tarnowski throws a leg kick
and Attilius counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tarnowski throws a hook but Attilius avoids it easily.
Tarnowski throws a jab when Attilius was well out of range.
Tarnowski scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tarnowski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Attilius avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Tarnowski lands an impressive looking overhand right. Attilius doesn't seem phased though.
Tarnowski is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Attilius's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Both fighters circling a little - Tarnowski finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
No luck for Tarnowski with that takedown attempt.
Attilius blocks a head kick by Tarnowski.
Tarnowski shoots in for a takedown but Attilius shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michal Tarnowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tarnowski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Attilius circles away quickly and effectively.
Marcus Attilius is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tarnowski shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Attilius's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Attilius is looking to stand up but Tarnowski isn't so interested in that idea.
Attilius is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Tarnowski cracks Attilius with a solid left hand.
Tarnowski won't allow Attilius to get back to his feet.
Attilius keeping moving, preventing Tarnowski from controlling successfully.
Attilius is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tarnowski is controlling him.
Tarnowski trying to control but Attilius is working from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michal Tarnowski dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Tarnowski thumps Attilius with a low kick.
Tarnowski is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A head kick misses from Tarnowski.
Michal Tarnowski is winning the standup battle so far.
Attilius displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tarnowski.
Tarnowski misses with a left hand
and Attilius counters with a nice uppercut.
Marcus Attilius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tarnowski missing with a left hand there. Attilius was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tarnowski swings widly with a right hand
and Attilius counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarnowski turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Attilius checks the leg kick.
Tarnowski swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Attilius makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Attilius takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Tarnowski scores with a leg kick.
Tarnowski throws a hook to the side of Attilius's head but Attilius sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tarnowski fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Attilius on the side of the head.
Attilius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tarnowski.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarnowski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tarnowski scores with a kick to the midsection.
Tarnowski tries to land a front kick but Attilius steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tarnowski throws a half hearted mid kick.
Good work by Attilius as he checks the leg kick.
Attilius uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tarnowski.
Tarnowski misses with a few strikes there.
Attilius's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarnowski lands with a nice body punch.
Tarnowski throws a half hearted mid kick.
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.
Attilius moves out of range of the strikes.
Tarnowski tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Attilius swivels and escapes.
The fighters circling - Tarnowski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tarnowski.
Tarnowski fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michal Tarnowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarnowski connects with a leg kick. Attilius looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Tarnowski throws a leg kick but Attilius sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tarnowski ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tarnowski connects with the punch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Attilius moves out of range of the body kick from Tarnowski.
Tarnowski is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Attilius can do to turn this around?
Tarnowski pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michal Tarnowski dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Tarnowski. Attilius does a little dance to reset his feet.
Attilius chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tarnowski can pounce on him.
Tarnowski throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tarnowski throws out a loose jab but Attilius uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tarnowski. Attilius does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tarnowski drives through with a takedown into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Attilius wants to get back to his feet but Tarnowski is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tarnowski thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Attilius wants to stand and escape but Tarnowski is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarnowski is in close to Attilius's body, working some short punches and elbows.
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 trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tarnowski lands a couple of elbows.
Tarnowski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tarnowski works over Attilius with some ground and pound from guard.
Tarnowski might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Tarnowski controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Tarnowski trying to control but Attilius is working from the bottom.
Tarnowski throwing strikes but missing.
Tarnowski throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Attilius works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Attilius wants to stand and escape but Tarnowski is having none of it.
Marcus Attilius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Tarnowski looks to land a combination but Attilius avoids it well.
Attilius walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Attilius blocks a leg kick.
Tarnowski cracks Attilius with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Tarnowski fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Attilius is out of range.
Tarnowski scores with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarnowski tries a head kick but it misses.
Tarnowski tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Attilius is able to avoid easily.
Tarnowski throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Attilius.
Attilius looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tarnowski scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tarnowski lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Attilius takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good leg kick by Tarnowski there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Tarnowski.
Attilius avoids a kick to the body.
Tarnowski lands a leg kick that knocks Attilius off balance momentarily.
Michal Tarnowski is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tarnowski misses with a body kick.
Attilius avoids the head kick by Tarnowski.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tarnowski scoring well with a low kick there.
Tarnowski cracks the inside of Attilius's front leg.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michal Tarnowski showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tarnowski has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 30:26
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michal Tarnowski!
A very excited looking Michal Tarnowski made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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