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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dimon Boets (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Hearns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boets comes to the cage accompanied by Штиль. Hearns has chosen Black Eyed Bruiser as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm
39
245 lbs
26 - 31 - 0 |
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204 cm
36
275 lbs
22 - 24 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
26 - 31 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dimon Boets! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
22 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Thomas Hearns! The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Boets closes this distance looking for a takedown but Hearns circles away. Dimon Boets seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Hearns digs a good hook to Boets's body.
Boets shoots in looking for a takedown but Hearns manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Boets's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away. Boets takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Hearns throws a nice inside leg kick. A jab from Hearns does it's job there. A jab from Hearns finds it's way through Boets's defenses. Nice uppercut lands for Hearns. That snapped Boets's head back.
Boets tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hearns was well out of range. Poor timing from Boets. Hearns throws out a counter right but Boets avoids it with no problem. Hearns lands with a cross. Hearns closes the distance and clinches. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Boets is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Hearns gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dimon Boets. That's going to take a lot out of him. Hearns gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Boets wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hearns has him pressed against the cage. Boets is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Boets jumps guard but Hearns stands there with Boets around his waist. Boets gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Boets blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hearns pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Hearns punishes Boets's body with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hearns throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Boets. Boets pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Boets just misses with a punch to the body.
Hearns tries to counter with a clinch but Boets shakes him off and moves away. Boets has been working on his balance at St Petersburg MMA Gym, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Hearns. Hearns misses with a double jab.
Hearns works the jab nicely. Nice straight punches there by Hearns. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hearns. Sloppy strikes from Boets. Those never looked like landing. Boets looks to score with a jab to the body but Hearns is just out of range. Hearns connects with a jab.
Boets is rocked! Hearns clinches up with Boets and pushes him back against the cage. Oh Boets is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Hearns lands a left hand.
Hearns's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. Boets tries to pull guard but Hearns won't allow it.
Hearns pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Boets! Hearns unloads with more strikes and Boets sinks to his knees! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Hearns! After the big win, Thomas Hearns made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Cripplers Corner (starting at $25) and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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