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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Yin Tao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arvo Penaali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tao comes to the ring accompanied by Philip Bailey - Walking on the Chinese Wall. Penaali is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Immortal Technique - Obnoxius. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Arvo Penaali enters the ring!
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160 lbs
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158 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
38 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yin Tao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Arvo Penaali!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Nard Betker and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penaali thows a left - swing and a miss!
Penaali cracks a nice hook into Tao's ribs.
Tao scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tao dodges the punch combination from Penaali.
Penaali defending well as Tao loads up on a big left hand.
Penaali is looking for the big counter here.
Penaali has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Penaali fails to land with a series of punches.
Penaali lands a two punch combo.
Tao is looking to slow Penaali down with leg kicks.
A jab from Penaali misses.
Tao has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Homunculus Alembic in the buildup to the fight.
Tao throws a push kick but Penaali slaps the foot to one side.
Penaali walks into a straight right hand from Tao.
Tao fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Penaali checks it well.
Tao throws a body kick that misses.
Penaali looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Penaali tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Penaali looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tao is fending him off so far but Penaali persists. Nope, Tao circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penaali needs to keep his hands up - Tao had a free shot at his head there.
Tao throws out a loose jab but Penaali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tao motions for Penaali to come forward. Tao throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tao throws a leg kick but Penaali sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Tao throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Penaali stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tao throws a body shot but no joy.
Penaali takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tao bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tao cracks the inside of Penaali's front leg.
Penaali chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tao can pounce on him.
Tao misses with an uppercut. Penaali saw that one coming.
Penaali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tao.
Penaali takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Penaali closes the distance and clinches up with Tao, looking for a takedown. Penaali pushes Tao against the ropes but Tao circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tao attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penaali darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Tao makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Penaali tries to clinch up but Tao circles away and keeps his distance.
Penaali bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tao's head.
Tao throws the kick towards the body but Penaali avoids it.
Tao tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Penaali was well out of range. Poor timing from Tao.
Tao misses with a low kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tao.
Tao throws the kick towards the body but Penaali avoids it.
Penaali shoots in for a takedown but Tao shows good takedown defense.
Yin Tao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arvo Penaali.
Tao lands a really nice looking cross but Penaali seems unphased.
Tao takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Penaali swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Penaali uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tao has time to react.
Penaali looks to land a left hand but Tao moved out of range nicely.
Penaali avoids a punch combination nicely.
Penaali fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tao tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Penaali tries to clinch but Tao moves out of range.
Tao tried to counter with a leg kick but Penaali avoided it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tao.
Penaali tries to clinch
and Tao counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Penaali moves in looking to clinch but Tao pushes him off.
Tao throws a wild body kick that Penaali sees coming a mile off.
Penaali looks to land a combination but Tao avoids it well.
Penaali misses with a hook to the body
enabling Tao to counter with a crisp jab.
Tao tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Penaali lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Penaali throws a right and a left that Tao avoids nicely.
Tao connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Penaali feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Taos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tao.
Tao gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Penaali.
Tao throws a good cross that connects.
Tao is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tao takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A bone on bone clash there as Penaali blocks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Tao misses.
Penaali lands with a straight right. Tao didn't see that one coming.
Tao throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Penaali counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Penaali connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tao momentarily.
Penaali's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tao slips a jab and a cross from Penaali.
Penaali takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Penaali misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Tao counters with a low kick, right behind Penaali 's knee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yin Tao dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Penaali throws a hook but Tao blocks it.
As Penaali looks to move away, Tao throws a big counter combo bu Penaali just gets out of the way.
A slow jab from Penaali misses its intended target.
Penaali throws a right hand that Tao ducks under and follows up with a left that Tao also avoids with ease.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Penaali.
Penaali darts in trying to clinch
and Tao counters with a good low kick that Penaali was not able to check.
Penaali moves in looking to clinch but Tao pushes him off.
Penaali is looking to clinch but Tao is avoiding it.
It appears Tao was looking to counter with a kick there.
Penaali takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tao misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters circling a little - Tao finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Penaali avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penaali moves out of range as Tao throws a body kick.
Tao takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Penaali lands a slapping body shot.
A punch combination from Penaali misses.
Penaali scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yin Tao is winning the standup battle so far.
Penaali throws a hook but Tao avoids it easily.
Tao tries to land a front kick but Penaali steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Penaali scores with a shot to the body.
Tao throws an overhand right that lands on Penaali's shoulder, as Penaali tries to avoid the shot.
Tao walks into a straight right hand from Penaali.
Tao uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Penaali.
Yin Tao is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tao misses with a low kick as Penaali jumps back.
A swing and a miss from Penaali.
Tao clobbers Penaali with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penaali misses with a straight left.
Tao looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Penaali let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick by Tao misses
and Penaali counters with a single leg into guard. Tao didn't expect that.
Tao looking to control.
Penaali throws a big right hand that misses.
Penaali stops Tao from standing up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Penaali trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Penaali throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tao keeping full guard, as Penaali tries to pass.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tao is on top in guard.
Tao avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tao slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Tao stands and steps away. Penaali gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Tao thumps Penaali with a low kick.
Penaali goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tao lands a nice looking body shot.
Tao misses with a low kick.
Tao scores with a nice body kick.
Penaali shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Tao as he avoids it easily.
Penaali throws a good cross that connects.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tao looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tao misses with an uppercut. Penaali saw that one coming.
Penaali misses with a wild combination.
Tao connects with a leg kick. Penaali looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And Penaali tries to counter it with a takedown but Tao pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Penaali blocks a low kick nicely.
Penaali drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tao defends it well.
Tao has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tao there as he acknowledges the shot.
Penaali moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tao shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Tao cracks the inside of Penaali's front leg.
Penaali goes for a double leg but Tao avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Tao continues to drive forward.
Yin Tao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arvo Penaali.
Penaali takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Yin Tao will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Tao drops his hands momentarily and Penaali takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tao.
Tao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Penaali.
Penaali clobbers Tao with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice takedown defense from Tao. No joy for Penaali on that attempt.
Penaali throws a jab but it's blocked by Tao.
Penaali is looking to clinch but Tao is avoiding it.
Tao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Penaali lands with a nice body punch.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tao.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Penaali.
Tao throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Penaali on the side of the head.
Good work by Penaali as he checks the leg kick.
Penaali now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Penaali misses with the combination.
Penaali lands a slapping body shot.
Tao scores with a leg kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Penaali.
Tao throws a quick counter head kick but Penaali was just out of range.
Tao throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Left hook, right uppercut from Penaali.
Penaali tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Arvo Penaali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Penaali shoots and misses
and Tao makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Yin Tao has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arvo Penaali.
Penaali takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tao looks to score with a jab to the body but Penaali is just out of range.
Tao scores with a jab. Penaali acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Penaali takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Penaali lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tao backs up against the ropes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tao tries to land a front kick but Penaali steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Penaali lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Penaali shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tao as he jumps to the side.
Tao lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Penaali gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tao buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tao lands with a kick to the temple. Penaali shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Tao misses with a head kick.
Tao scores with a sloppy right hand. Penaali should have avoided that one.
Penaali misses with a combination
and Tao counters with an outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tao chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Penaali checks a low kick from Tao.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tao. That's going to slow Penaali down.
Penaali blocks a leg kick.
Penaali shoots in but Tao avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Penaali misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Penaali lands with a nice body punch.
Tao is looking to land body kicks.
Tao throws a leg kick that is checked
enabling Penaali to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tao pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Penaali drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Tao defends it well.
Penaali lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Penaali throws a body punch but Tao moves out of range.
Penaali closes the distance and clinches up with Tao, looking for a takedown. Penaali pushes Tao against the ropes but Tao circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Penaali 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.
Penaali with a nice cross.
Penaali tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tao was well out of range. Poor timing from Penaali.
Tao fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Penaali is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tao throws out a loose jab but Penaali uses good head movement to avoid it.
Arvo Penaali has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tao throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Penaali checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tao swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tao throws a leg kick but Penaali sees it coming and moves out of range.
Penaali misses the shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yin Tao showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tao 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yin Tao!
A victorious Yin Tao thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Arvo Penaali was interviewed post fight and said 'i´ll be back and i will fight anyone, anywhere anytime.'.
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