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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eka Tahuna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Sito (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Sito's choice of entrance music: DMX - What's my name?. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
23 - 10 - 1 |
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172 cm
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157 lbs
19 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eka Tahuna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robert Sito!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Richard Clark and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sito bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sito ducks under a wild hook from Tahuna.
Sito throws a right hand that Tahuna ducks under and follows up with a left that Tahuna also avoids with ease.
Tahuna fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sito looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Eka Tahuna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tahuna walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tahuna misses with a head kick.
Tahuna tries to land a leg kick but Sito saw it coming and moves away.
Tahuna tries to close the distance and clinch but Sito swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tahuna looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Tahuna avoids a punch combination nicely.
A head kick from Sito lands but Tahuna takes it in his stride.
Sito lands a head shot.
Tahuna with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slapping leg kick lands for Tahuna.
Sito takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sito blocks a leg kick.
Sito swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sito moves out of range of the strikes.
Tahuna looks to land a left hand but Sito moved out of range nicely.
Tahuna thows a leg kick but Sito checks it
and Sito cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tahuna closes the distance and clinches.
Tahuna presses Sito against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Tahuna throws an elbow but it misses.
Sito throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sito misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sito swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tahuna lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tahuna blocking some punches.
Tahuna has a couple of punches blocked by Sito.
Tahuna lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tahuna tries a body shot but Sito blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Tahuna.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sito can't find room to land a body shot as Tahuna controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tahuna throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sitos head.
A short right from Tahuna.
A body shot lands from Tahuna.
Tahuna has a couple of punches blocked by Sito.
Sito escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Tahuna is looking to slow Sito down with leg kicks.
Tahuna gets a clinch.
Tahuna tries a body shot but Sito blocks it.
Tahuna doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sito throws a punch but it's blocked by Tahuna.
Sito throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sito creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tahuna misses with a body punch.
Tahuna goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sito lands with a short shot to the head.
Sito's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sito shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sito takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sito breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tahuna throws a hook but Sito blocks it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tahuna.
Tahuna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sito moves away.
Sito avoids the body shot from Tahuna.
Sito looks to land a left hand but Tahuna moved out of range nicely.
Tahuna wants to clinch up but Sito keeps it at a distance.
Tahuna with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sito to score with a decent uppercut.
Tahuna tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tahuna dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Sito. That did some damage!
Sito throws the left hand but Tahuna avoids the punch easily.
Tahuna walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sito checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sito looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sito ducks right into an uppercut from Tahuna.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sito takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sito throws a body punch but Tahuna moves out of range.
Tahuna sizes up Sito with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tahuna misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sito only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Tahuna feints and then cracks Sito's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sito down.
Both fighters circling a little - Sito finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tahuna swings widly with a right hand
letting Sito counter with a right hand.
Tahuna wants to slow Sito down by chopping away at his legs.
Sito takes a kick to the side of the head.
Tahuna lands with a right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sito throws a hook to the side of Tahuna's head but Tahuna sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sito stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tahuna is rocked!
Tahuna throws a lazy uppercut
and Sito counters with a low kick, right behind Tahuna 's knee.
Oh Tahuna is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tahuna is breathing heavily.
Sito seems to be stalking Tahuna here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastating head kick! Tahuna drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Robert Sito!
A very excited looking Robert Sito made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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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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