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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wango Tango (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arvydas Sabonis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tango comes to the cage accompanied by Super Bon Bon - Soul Coughing. Sabonis is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: James Brown - Superbad. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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300 lbs
24 - 19 - 0 |
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38
289 lbs
40 - 25 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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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
24 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Wango Tango!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Arvydas Sabonis!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tango uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sabonis.
Tango misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tango throws a quick inside leg kick.
Sabonis moves out of range of the body kick from Tango.
Sabonis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Sabonis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sabonis jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sabonis has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sabonis bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sabonis uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Tango clinches.
Sabonis lands with a light punch inside.
Our sources have told us that Tango has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sabonis struggles to land a body shot inside as Tango controls his hands.
Tango is pushing Sabonis up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tango misses with some punches.
Sabonis letting Tango take a breather here.
Tango lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Sabonis.
Tango is trying to stall.
Tango misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sabonis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sabonis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sabonis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tango lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tango - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tango is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Sabonis is defending well for now.
Sabonis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tango's elbow.
Tango misses with some punches.
Tango working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sabonis wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sabonis lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sabonis misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tango trying to land knees to the body.
Tango blocks an uppercut.
Sabonis struggles to land a body shot inside as Tango controls his hands.
Tango with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Still in the clinch, Sabonis scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sabonis misses with a punch on the inside.
Sabonis is pushing Tango up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sabonis creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Tango's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Tango drops to his knees and Sabonis pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Arvydas Sabonis!
Arvydas Sabonis spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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