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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kirk Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikki Tysson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kirk Hall could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Mikki Tysson's chin.
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180 cm
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182 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
24
176 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kirk Hall! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mikki Tysson! The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tysson closes the distance and clinches. Hall is trying to force a seperation but Tysson has the dominant position. Tysson misses with a knee to the head. Tysson pulls guard. Hall missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. Tysson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Hall postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Hall throws an elbow that misses. Tysson uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hall's guard. Nice move by Tysson! Hall is trying to control the position but Tysson postures up. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Tysson stands up and waves to Hall to follow him. Tysson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Tysson cracks Hall with a big right hand but Hall just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tysson misses with an attempted head punch from side control. Tysson trying to control the action but Hall is working from the bottom. Tysson decides to stand up, so the ref orders Hall to his feet. Tysson moves into the clinch. Hall wants to get back to striking at distance but Tysson won't allow it.
Tysson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Tysson gets control of Hall's arms and successfully pulls guard. Tysson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. Tysson wants to stand and escape but Hall is having none of it. Hall 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. Tysson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Tysson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hall trying to control the position from guard on top but Tysson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Hall with a flurry of punches that miss. Hall trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Tysson has a closed guard, preventing Hall from standing up. Hall is looking to work some ground and pound but Tysson has wrist control. Hall wants to stand but Tysson is controlling his posture from full guard. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Tysson is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tysson keeping moving, preventing Hall from controlling successfully.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet. Hall lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tysson dodges the punch combination from Hall.
Hall throws a body shot but no joy. Hall misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tysson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hall, pushing him back against the cage. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tysson obliges. Hall is breathing heavily. Tysson misses with a knee strike.
Tysson is trying to trip Hall. He has hold of a leg but Hall is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Tysson persists though and gets the takedown into guard. Hall preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tysson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow. Tysson lands a left and a right that send Hall crashing to the mat, dazed. Tysson thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Hall is rocked!
It looks like Kirk Hall has been cut. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hall throws a right and a left that Tysson avoids nicely. Tysson clinches up against the cage. A shot in the inside from Tysson. Oh Hall is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Tysson drops Hall with a big knee straight up the middle! Hall is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet! Tysson closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hall to the mat! Hall manages to get full guard. Tysson throws a big elbow that misses. Tysson gets to his feet. Hall looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! Kirk Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Hall misses with a few strikes there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikki Tysson dominated that round. The cut man is working on Kirk Hall's cut. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hall loses concentration momentarily and Tysson pounces with a three punch combo! Right, left, right! Hall crashes face first to the mat, out cold! Tysson finishes this one with a fantastically precise combo! Great stuff.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Mikki Tysson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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