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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tigellinus Satanae (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Don King will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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229 lbs
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281 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tigellinus Satanae!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Don King!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King misses with a jab, cross combination.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Satanae.
King misses the shot to the body.
Satanae is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from King.
King throws a hook to the side of Satanae's head but Satanae sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Satanae on the wrong end of a nice hook.
It looks like Tigellinus Satanae has been cut.
King works Satanae's body with a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King throws a right hand that Satanae ducks under and follows up with a left that Satanae also avoids with ease.
Satanae tries to counter by clinching up but King breaks away and moves out of range.
King waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Satanae.
Satanae darts in trying to clinch
and King counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Satanae wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Satanae has King up against the cage in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Satanae.
Satanae slowing the pace effectively.
Satanae seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A nice left hand lands by King.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Satanae avoiding damage.
A knee to the head by Satanae.
King tries a body shot but Satanae blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Satanae.
King tries to break the clinch but Satanae is controlling the position.
Satanae looking to stall.
Satanae's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Satanae tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King can't break the clinch.
King tries to break the clinch but Satanae is controlling the position.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
King lands a nice uppercut.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Satanae backwards.
King wants to break the clinch but can't.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Satanae obliges.
Satanae throws an elbow but it misses.
King blocks an elbow strike.
A nice left hand lands by King.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Satanae fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Satanae.
Satanae tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Satanae backwards.
King scores with a nice hook to the head.
Satanae blocks an uppercut.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Don King has been cut.
Satanae lands a knee to the head.
Satanae keeps control of King as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
King tries to break free but Satanae pushes him back against the cage.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
Satanae using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Satanae using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Satanae scores with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Satanae misses with a knee to the head.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Satanae using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Satanae blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
King misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satanae blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Satanae just misses with a elbow thrown towards King's brow.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Satanae with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Satanae missing with knees to the body.
Satanae with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Satanae with a knee to the head.
Satanae misses with a punch to the body.
Satanae misses with a knee strike.
Satanae lands a knee to the head.
Satanae blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
King is trying to break the clinch but Satanae has him pressed against the cage.
King working hard to break the clinch.
Satanae with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
King lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
King working hard to break the clinch.
King dodges an elbow strike from Satanae.
Satanae tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, King creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Don King will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
King throws a lazy right hand but Satanae sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Satanae tries to counter by clinching up but King breaks away and moves out of range.
King moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Satanae wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Satanae fails in his attempt to clinch.
King now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
King throws a series of punches but Satanae avoids them all with ease.
King lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Satanae circles away quickly and effectively.
As King tries to get set, Satanae tries to push him back and clinch up but King manages to avoid the attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Satanae misses the shot to the body.
Satanae tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
Satanae with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling King to score with a decent uppercut.
King scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tigellinus Satanae's cut is getting worse.
King throws a shot from downtown. Satanae moves away and avoids it.
King misses with a looping left.
Satanae seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
King lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Satanae circles away quickly and effectively.
Satanae seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Satanae instigates a clinch.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Satanae takes a shot to the head.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Satanae lands a knee to the head.
King is trying to break free.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Satanae.
King's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Don King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Satanae moves into the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
King has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
King is trying to break free.
King takes a knee to the side of the body.
King misses with some punches.
Satanae leaning against his opponent.
Satanae blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Satanae.
Satanae has a couple of punches blocked by King.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Satanae swings wildly with an uppercut but King uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
Satanae is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
King tries to break the clinch but Satanae is controlling the position.
King can't break the clinch.
Satanae with a knee to the head.
Satanae trying to control the position but instead, King has worked for underhooks and has pushed Satanae into the cage.
Satanae tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Satanae with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Satanae gets through King's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Satanae connects with a knee to the head.
King lands on the inside with an uppercut.
King can't break the clinch.
A short uppercut from King.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satanae effectively controlling the action here.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Satanae lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Satanae blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Satanae.
King throws a head punch that misses.
Satanae misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Satanae throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Satanae lands a knee to the body.
King is breathing heavily.
Satanae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tigellinus Satanae has scored more points in the clinch so far.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Satanae.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Satanae.
Satanae blocks an uppercut.
Satanae using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Satanae connects with a nasty looking knee right to King's face.
Satanae just leaning against King, taking a breather.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Don King will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Satanae rushes King and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Satanae has King pressed against the cage, preventing King from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Satanae - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Satanae looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A hook to the body from Satanae.
Satanae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Satanae is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Satanae misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King has had enough of the clinch but Satanae keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Satanae.
Satanae lands a knee to the body.
King takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Satanae connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Satanae.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's one minute gone in the round.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
Satanae unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Satanae lands a good knee to the midsection. King won't want to take too many of those.
Satanae goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Satanae putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has King in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Satanae slowing the pace effectively.
King can't break the clinch.
Satanae scores a nice knee to the body.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
That has opened up Don King's cut even more.
Still in the clinch, Satanae scores with a nice short uppercut.
Satanae looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
King takes a knee right on the jaw!
Satanae lands a knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Satanae keeps the fight in the clinch, despite King's efforts to push away.
Satanae lands a nice knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Satanae takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Satanae here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Satanae.
Satanae landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by Satanae.
King is trying to push Satanae away but Satanae has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Satanae connects with a knee to the head.
Satanae blocking some punches.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Satanae.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
King swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Satanae throws a knee to the head but misses.
Satanae throws a knee to the head but misses.
King fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
King is looking to break free of the clinch but Satanae has double underhooks.
Satanae blocking some punches.
Satanae with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King working aggressively here.
Satanae looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
Satanae tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Satanae landing knees to the head.
King has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
King tries to throw a body punch but Satanae avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
Satanae keeps the fight in the clinch, despite King's efforts to push away.
Satanae trying to control the position but instead, King has worked for underhooks and has pushed Satanae into the cage.
King tries to circle away but Satanae has him pinned against the cage.
King is trying to break the clinch but Satanae is controlling him.
King pushes Satanae back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Satanae looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
King lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
King looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tigellinus Satanae has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Satanae has King pressed against the cage, preventing King from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Knees to the body from Satanae.
King is trying to break free.
King has a couple of punches blocked by Satanae.
King misses with a short punch on the inside.
Satanae prevents King from breaking the clinch.
Satanae using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
King lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
King tries to circle away but Satanae has him pinned against the cage.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Satanae's elbow.
King throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
Satanae lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A body shot lands from King.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Satanae misses with some punches.
King tries to break the clinch but Satanae is controlling the position.
Don King is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Satanae with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tigellinus Satanae showed his dominance in that final round.
I think King has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Don King!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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