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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Pouncey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tel Britton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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255 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
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267 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
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World class 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
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kelvin Pouncey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tel Britton!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pouncey swings for the body but Britton moves out of range.
Britton is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Good exchange - Britton coming out on top.
It looks like Kelvin Pouncey has been cut.
Britton throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pouncey shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Britton is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pouncey wants to control from the top but Britton keeps moving.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Britton manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Britton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pouncey ducks under a wild hook from Britton.
Pouncey feinted with a counter takedown.
Pouncey throws a hook but Britton avoids it easily.
Britton shoots for a takedown but Pouncey saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pouncey swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Britton. Pouncey does a little dance to reset his feet.
A punch combination from Britton misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pouncey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pouncey scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pouncey rushes Britton and presses him up against the cage.
Pouncey is looking to control Britton's arms but Britton gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pouncey has his back to the cage.
Britton breaks from the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Pouncey has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Pouncey throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Britton fails to land with a series of punches.
A left lands for Pouncey.
Pouncey lands with a nice body punch.
Pouncey throws a body shot but no joy.
Pouncey scores with a jab to the body.
Britton throws a body punch but Pouncey moves out of range.
Pouncey takes a swing at Britton's ribcage but misses.
Britton slips under a jab from Pouncey.
Pouncey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Britton manages to avoid it.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Britton has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Pouncey wants to clinch up but Britton keeps it at a distance.
Pouncey misses with a shot to the body
and Britton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Britton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey tries to clinch but Britton moves out of range.
Pouncey throws a lazy uppercut
and Britton counters with a left hand that sends Pouncey to the canvas!
Pouncey is rocked!
Britton wants to pass the guard but Pouncey is keeping the position.
Oh Pouncey is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pouncey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Pouncey seems to have got his legs back now.
Britton lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Britton throws a strike but Pouncey rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Pouncey won't allow Britton to get back to his feet.
Britton wants to sweep but no luck.
Britton working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pouncey doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pouncey manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Pouncey slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Britton.
Pouncey throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Britton is pressing down on Pouncey's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Pouncey distracts Britton with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Britton throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Pouncey has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Britton working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Pouncey doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Pouncey manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Britton looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pouncey won't allow Britton to get back to his feet.
Britton controls Pouncey momentarily but Pouncey frees himself.
Britton throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Pouncey wants to control from the top but Britton keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Britton misses with a wild body shot.
Britton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pouncey manages to avoid it.
Britton stalks Pouncey and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Pouncey's face. Pouncey staggers backwards, shaken.
Britton looks to land a combination but Pouncey avoids it well.
Britton scores with a nice head shot.
Pouncey avoids the body shot from Britton.
Pouncey shoots for a takedown but Britton saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Pouncey shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Britton's guard.
Britton throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Pouncey working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Britton managing to control the position.
Britton working for submissions but it's allowed Pouncey to get to half guard.
Britton wants to improve his position but Pouncey is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tel Britton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kelvin Pouncey's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Britton throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pouncey on the side of the head.
Britton misses with a double jab.
Pouncey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Britton manages to avoid it.
Good work by Britton as he checks the leg kick.
Pouncey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Britton moves away.
Britton throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pouncey tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Britton manages to circle out of the way.
Britton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pouncey.
Britton has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Britton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pouncey sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Britton misses with a series of wild punches.
Britton misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pouncey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Britton circles away quickly and effectively.
Britton unleashes a big counter combination but Pouncey bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Pouncey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Britton moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pouncey. Britton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Britton misses with a few strikes there.
Britton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab by Pouncey.
Pouncey is looking to wear down Britton with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pouncey showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Britton.
Pouncey half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Britton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pouncey avoids a punch combination nicely.
Britton is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Pouncey misses with a wild body shot.
Tel Britton is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Britton lands a nice looking body shot.
Britton throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Britton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pouncey was well out of range. Poor timing from Britton.
Britton connects with a single shot there.
Pouncey ducks under a wild hook from Britton.
Pouncey is looking to counter the offense by Britton and move into the clinch.
Britton lands a nice shot to the body.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Pouncey.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on Britton's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Britton throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pouncey throws a right and a left that both miss.
It seemed like Britton was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Oooh a lovely combination from Britton sends Pouncey down but not out. Britton dives into side control looking to finish.
Pouncey tries to improve position but can't.
Sloppy strikes there by Britton.
Britton misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Britton scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Pouncey is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Britton can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tel Britton!
In his post fight interview, Tel Britton started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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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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