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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fatu Tua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Laputa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tua's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Freak on a Leash by Korn. Laputa is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Suicidal Tendencies - You Can't Bring Me Down. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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269 lbs
37 - 27 - 0 |
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264 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
37 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Fatu Tua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kirk Laputa!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tua shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tua fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Tua misses with a looping right.
Tua ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Laputa moves away.
Laputa wants to counter the offense by Tua and move into the clinch position.
Tua throws an overhand right that lands on Laputa's shoulder, as Laputa tries to avoid the shot.
Tua fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Laputa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Laputa throws a leg kick but Tua sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Tua.
Laputa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tua.
Laputa misses with a hook.
Tua tries to land a leg kick but Laputa saw it coming and moves away.
Tua lands a right hook to the body.
Laputa misses with an uppercut.
Nice cross by Laputa.
Laputa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tua.
Laputa throws a looping overhand right but Tua ducks down to avoid it.
Tua is looking to counter punch.
No joy there for Laputa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Laputa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tua throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laputa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Laputa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tua throws a looping overhand right but Laputa ducks down to avoid it.
Tua lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Laputa clinches up against the cage.
Tua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Donk. Tua catches Laputa right on the button with a cross.
Tua misses with a two punch combination.
Tua with a jab.
A swing and a miss from Tua.
Laputa wants to counter with a clinch but Tua pushes him away.
Tua takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Laputa looks to score with a jab to the body but Tua is just out of range.
Tua waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laputa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laputa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Laputa misses the body punch
and Tua counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua cracks a nice hook into Laputa's ribs.
Tua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tua throws an overhand right that lands on Laputa's shoulder, as Laputa tries to avoid the shot.
Laputa wants to counter with a clinch but Tua pushes him away.
Laputa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Tua throws a hook but Laputa avoids it easily.
Tua looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tua tries to keep at a distance but Laputa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tua looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Laputa utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tua breaks from the clinch.
Tua on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Laputa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua throws out a loose jab but Laputa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laputa moves away from the strike by Tua.
Tua throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tua misses with a looping left.
Laputa is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Laputa misses with a straight right.
Tua rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Laputa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Laputa.
Tua misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tua looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Laputa lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Fatu Tua has been cut.
Tua on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tua has a couple of punches blocked by Laputa.
Tua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laputa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tua stalks Laputa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Laputa's face. Laputa staggers backwards, shaken.
Tua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laputa manages to avoid it.
Laputa wants to counter the offense by Tua and move into the clinch position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Laputa slips under a jab from Tua.
Laputa wants to counter the offense by Tua and move into the clinch position.
Laputa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Laputa throws a sloppy head kick and Tua moves out of range easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Laputa. That snapped Tua's head back.
Laputa avoids the body shot from Tua.
Tua throws a leg kick that is checked
and Laputa counters by moving into the clinch.
Tua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tua lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tua lands a nice looking body shot.
Tua misses with a straight right.
Laputa wants to counter the offense by Tua and move into the clinch position.
Laputa is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tua.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laputa takes a swing at Tua's ribcage but misses.
Laputa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Laputa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tua manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fatu Tua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fatu Tua's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Laputa feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tuas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Laputa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fatu Tua is winning the standup battle so far.
Donk. Tua catches Laputa right on the button with a cross.
Fatu Tua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laputa ducks under a wild hook from Tua.
Tua sets himself, and Laputa steps forward looking for the clinch! Tua avoids it this time.
Tua drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Laputa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tua moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Tua lands a jab to the head.
A lazy left from Laputa finds it's target.
Nice cross by Tua.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tua walks into a straight right hand from Laputa.
Laputa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tua smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Tua connects with a jab.
Laputa tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laputa slips under a jab from Tua.
Laputa wants to counter the offense by Tua and move into the clinch position.
A left lands for Laputa.
Tua with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Tua lands the left hand.
Laputa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Tua takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The fighters circling - Laputa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laputa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tua misses with a few strikes there.
Laputa tries to counter with a clinch but Tua shakes him off and moves away.
Laputa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
It looks like Kirk Laputa has been cut.
Tua misses with a few strikes there.
Tua jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laputa. Tua does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tua waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Laputa.
Tua sets himself, and Laputa steps forward looking for the clinch! Tua avoids it this time.
Tua lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laputa was well out of range. Poor timing from Tua.
Laputa clobbers Tua with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A clash of legs there as Laputa blocks the low kick.
Tua loads up on a big right hand but Laputa slips the punch.
Laputa looks to land a right hand but Tua moved out of range.
Laputa misses with a low kick as Tua jumps back.
Laputa misses with a double jab
and Tua counters with a stiff right hand.
Laputa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tua avoids the head kick by Laputa.
Tua moves out of range as Laputa strikes.
Laputa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tua darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Tua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Laputa was well out of range. Poor timing from Tua.
Laputa wants to counter with a clinch but Tua pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua misses with a wild body shot.
Tua on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Laputa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tua throws an overhand right that lands on Laputa's shoulder, as Laputa tries to avoid the shot.
Laputa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tua.
An attempted straight right counter from Tua misses the target.
Laputa throws a big shot that misses.
Laputa ducks under a wild hook from Tua.
Laputa throws a right and a left that Tua avoids nicely.
Laputa moves out of range of the leg kick from Tua.
Laputa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tua counters with a stiff right hand.
A jab from Laputa finds it's way through Tua's defenses.
Tua lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tua just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Tua misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Tua lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tua throws the left hand but Laputa avoids the punch easily.
The fighters circling - Tua throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tua throws a body shot but no joy.
Laputa steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Tua.
Laputa misses with a shot to the body
and Laputa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Laputa looks to throw the jab but Tua is out of range.
Laputa swings for the body but Tua moves out of range.
Tua lands a jab to Laputa's midsection.
A jab from Tua misses.
Laputa cracks the inside of Tua's front leg.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Tua, as that shot connected.
Tua will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Laputa dodges the punch combination from Tua.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fatu Tua dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Laputa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tua.
Laputa tries to counter with a clinch but Tua shakes him off and moves away.
Laputa swings for the body but Tua moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Tua throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tua misses with a body punch
and Laputa holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Laputa lands an elbow inside that Tua shrugs off.
Tua takes a knee to the side of the body.
Laputa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tua lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kirk Laputa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Laputa landing knees to the head.
Laputa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tua's elbow.
Laputa lands an elbow inside.
Laputa lands an elbow just above Tua 's eye.
Tua managing to block the knees to the body from Laputa.
Tua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laputa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Tua takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tua struggles to land a body shot inside as Laputa controls his hands.
Tua managing to block the knees to the body from Laputa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tua fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laputa lands a body shot.
Laputa lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Laputa.
Laputa putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Tua in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Laputa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Laputa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tua's defenses.
Laputa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Laputa lands an elbow that stopped Tua in his tracks for a moment.
Tua working hard to break the clinch.
Tua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laputa creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tua's defenses.
Tua blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Laputa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tua avoids it.
Kirk Laputa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua tries to break free but Laputa pushes him back against the cage.
Laputa pushes off an throws an elbow but Tua leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laputa tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tua avoids it.
Laputa is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Laputa lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Laputa lands a nice knee to the body.
Laputa lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Tua is rocked!
Laputa creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Tua! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Laputa.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kirk Laputa!
Kirk Laputa took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'I have a second chance, and I'm not going to blow the opportunity.'.
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hype
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