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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Hess (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giuseppe Maldini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hess comes to the cage accompanied by Demiurge. Maldini comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Just one cornetto kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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260 lbs
42 - 14 - 0 |
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210 cm
34
275 lbs
32 - 19 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
42 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jon Hess!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
32 - 19 - 1, fighting out of London, Giuseppe Maldini!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Andrew Berry and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maldini moves out of range of the strikes.
Maldini scores with a nice strike.
It looks like Jon Hess has been cut.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Maldini.
Maldini motions for Hess to come forward. Maldini throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hess buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hess lands a front kick.
Hess tries to move into range but Maldini moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Maldini buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hess lands with a shot to the body.
Hess misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maldini.
A chopping leg kick lands by Maldini.
Nice body kick from Maldini.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hess misses with a body kick.
Hess displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Maldini throws out the jab.
Maldini uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hess.
Maldini is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hess misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Maldini.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Maldini looks to throw the jab but Hess is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maldini scores with a nice head shot.
Hess throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hess throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Maldini counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Maldini thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Hess if he has to take too many more of those.
Maldini lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Hess pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Maldini scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hess stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hess uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Maldini.
Maldini takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hess.
Maldini looks winded!
Maldini checks the leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maldini takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hess checks a leg kick.
Hess tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maldini was well out of range. Poor timing from Hess.
Hess lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Maldini lands with an uppercut that bounces Hess off the cage and back into range.
Hess throws an overhand right that lands on Maldini's shoulder, as Maldini tries to avoid the shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hess throws a body shot but no joy.
Hess just misses with a punch to the body.
Maldini missing with a left hand there. Hess was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Maldini lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Hess thuds his shin into the meat of Maldini's side.
Hess thuds his right hand into Maldini's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hess just misses with a punch to the body.
Hess misses with a body shot.
Maldini fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Hess checks it well.
Hess pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hess connects with a jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hess crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Maldini - the referee stops the clock and Hess gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Maldini. Hess manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hess looks to land a body kick but Maldini moved away.
Hess swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hess jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hess moves out of range of the body kick from Maldini.
Hess throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Maldini takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hess is looking to wear down Maldini with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hess.
Hess lands a big right hand that sends Maldini crashing to the mat! Hess stays standing though and waves Maldini back to his feet!
Maldini is rocked!
Hess has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Maldini.
Hess lands a big right hand that sends Maldini crashing to the mat! Hess stays standing though and waves Maldini back to his feet!
Maldini is still on wobbly legs! Can Hess finish him?
Hess looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab from Maldini.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Hess crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Maldini - the referee stops the clock and Hess gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Maldini. Hess manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Maldini seems to have recovered his senses.
Maldini misses with a double jab.
Maldini throws an overhand right that lands on Hess's shoulder, as Hess tries to avoid the shot.
Hess feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Maldini's calf.
Maldini scores with a kick to the body.
Hess misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hess takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hess loads up on a big right hand but Maldini slips the punch.
Hess moves out of range as Maldini throws a body kick.
Hess looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Maldini takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Maldini steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Hess. That one must have hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maldini tries to land a leg kick but Hess saw it coming and moves away.
Maldini fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hess manages to avoid it.
A leg kick checked by Maldini.
Hess moves out of range of the body kick.
Maldini buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A jab from Maldini finds it's way through Hess's defenses.
Maldini misses with a straight left.
An attempted straight right counter from Hess misses the target.
Maldini avoids a kick to the body.
Hess tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Maldini was well out of range. Poor timing from Hess.
Maldini has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A shot to the liver by Hess. Beautiful body shot.
Maldini lands with a slapping head kick.
Hess throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Maldini checks a leg kick nicely.
Hess scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maldini misses with an uppercut.
A bone on bone clash there as Maldini blocks the leg kick.
Maldini attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Hess lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Hess dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Hess's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hess darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hess takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Hess throws a nice looking combination but Maldini bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And Maldini responds with a good body kick, but Hess manages to step out the way in time.
Hess misses with a head kick.
Maldini misses with a kick to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Maldini might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hess has got the better of the exchanges.
Hess uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Maldini.
Maldini throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hess throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maldini lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Maldini scores with a crisp jab that stopped Hess in his tracks.
Hess takes one to the chin there.
Hess throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Jon Hess seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hess checks a leg kick nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hess. Maldini does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jon Hess is winning the standup battle so far.
Hess sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Maldini drops his hands momentarily and Hess takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hess on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Maldini. Maldini obviously looking to wear him down.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hess.
Maldini is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hess misses with a body shot.
Hess connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Hess lands a big head kick that sends Maldini tumbling to the mat! Hess takes a step backwards and waves Maldini back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Hess ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Maldini's jaw. Maldini's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Hess does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jon Hess!
Jon Hess retains his heavyweight title!
An out of breath Jon Hess thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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