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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zhengtao Wei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Tamad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tamad has chosen The Joker as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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200 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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184 cm
39
200 lbs
28 - 27 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zhengtao Wei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 27 - 1, fighting out of London, Juan Tamad!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamad takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tamad scores with a jab. Wei acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tamad closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wei did well to prevent Tamad getting side control.
Tamad throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Wei preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Wei manages to get to full guard.
Wei controls Tamad momentarily but Tamad frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wei has control of Tamad's left arm, preventing Tamad from doing any damage.
Wei is looking for a triangle but Tamad pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wei keeping moving, preventing Tamad from controlling successfully.
Tamad throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Wei works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Wei looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wei pulls Tamad in close to prevent any damage.
Wei utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tamad trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Wei trying to control the position.
Wei working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tamad.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Wei scores with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tamad takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tamad throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Wei to counter with a crisp jab.
A cross from Tamad lands.
Tamad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tamad shoots in looking for a takedown. Wei tries to sprawl out of it but Tamad keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wei manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tamad has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Zhengtao Wei is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wei feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tamad's calf.
Tamad misses with an uppercut. Wei saw that one coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wei.
Wei scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wei throws a leg kick but Tamad moved away.
Wei throws a solid leg kick but Tamad takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wei.
Wei misses the shot to the body.
Horrible takedown attempt by Tamad or perhaps it was just good defense by Wei, which made it look bad.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wei throws a body punch but Tamad moves out of range.
Wei waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tamad.
Tamad swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tamad checks the leg kick.
Tamad misses with a low kick.
That kick from Wei tenderised Tamad's leg. Tamad is trying to keep his angry face on.
Tamad buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Tamad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tamad takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tamad lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Wei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wei throws a head kick but Tamad moves out of range.
Tamad connects with a looping right hand.
Tamad ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Tamad throws a looping overhand right but Wei ducks down to avoid it.
Tamad throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wei lands a nice looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wei lands with a thumping leg kick.
Tamad looks to throw the jab but Wei is out of range.
Tamad swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tamad connects with a single shot there.
Tamad will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Zhengtao Wei has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Tamad.
Wei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tamad appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Tamad moves out of range of the body kick from Wei.
Tamad looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tamad throws a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Tamad misses the target.
Wei throws a jab when Tamad was well out of range.
Wei will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Wei definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Wei throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tamad dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wei. That did some damage!
Wei is looking to wear down Tamad with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tamad walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wei keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tamad.
Wei takes a swing at Tamad's ribcage but misses.
Tamad is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wei tries to counter with a takedown but Tamad is quick to defend against it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zhengtao Wei dominated that round.
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.
Decent striking displayed by Wei there.
Tamad is looking to clinch.
Wei looks to score with a jab to the body but Tamad is just out of range.
Wei throws a hook but Tamad avoids it easily.
Wei lands with a good body shot.
Wei throws out a loose jab but Tamad uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tamad. Wei does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wei defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Tamad.
Wei lands a jab to the head.
Wei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tamad avoids the body shot from Wei.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wei uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Tamad.
Wei feinted with a counter takedown.
Tamad misses with a looping right.
Decent striking displayed by Tamad there.
Tamad throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Zhengtao Wei has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wei checks a leg kick nicely.
Wei has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wei scores with a nice strike.
Tamad checks a leg kick nicely.
Wei tries to land a front kick but Tamad steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Tamad throws a low kick but Wei moves out of range easily.
Tamad misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wei is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tamad can do to turn this around?
Tamad throws a sloppy head kick and Wei moves out of range easily.
Tamad throws a big shot that misses.
Tamad throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wei checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tamad throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wei chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Wei misses with a wild combination.
Tamad looks to score with a jab to the body but Wei is just out of range.
Tamad looks to score with a jab to the body but Wei is just out of range.
Wei uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tamad.
A quick step to the side and Wei tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tamad fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wei manages to avoid it.
Wei throws a solid leg kick but Tamad takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wei.
Wei throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tamad sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tamad throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wei lands a right hook to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tamad throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wei seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Wei throws a leg kick but Tamad checks it.
Wei circles away from the clinch attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Wei misses the target.
Decent striking displayed by Wei there.
Wei throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wei walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tamad shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Tamad was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Tamad is trying to ground and pound but Wei uses the momentary lack of control by Tamad to regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamad stalling away here and it's allowed Wei to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Wei is looking for a triangle but Tamad pushes his legs off easily.
Tamad in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Tamad controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Tamad with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tamad scoring with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Wei preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tamad stopping the sweep attempt from Wei.
Tamad postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Tamad throws a strike but Wei rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Wei is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Tamad is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wei loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Zhengtao Wei will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Zhengtao Wei's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Tamad misses with a wild combination.
Tamad staying out of range there.
Wei on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tamad tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tamad looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wei tries to work over Tamad's front leg with a kick but Tamad checks it.
Tamad blocks a head kick by Wei.
Tamad misses with a wild combination.
Wei lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wei.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wei throws a leg kick but Tamad checks it.
Wei misses with a straight left.
Wei feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Tamad's calf.
Tamad checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tamad lands with an uppercut that bounces Wei off the cage and back into range.
Tamad tries to clinch
and Wei counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tamad controls Wei momentarily but Wei frees himself.
Tamad is looking to sweep but instead, Wei has passed into half guard.
Wei is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Tamad trying to hold on to Wei's head to control him but Wei postures up.
Tamad manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wei with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tamad is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wei won't allow Tamad to sweep him here.
Tamad is trying to control the position but Wei postures up.
Wei content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tamad keeping moving, preventing Wei from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tamad looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tamad looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Wei puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Zhengtao Wei overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tamad trying to control here.
Wei is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Tamad is defending against the submission attempts here by Wei.
Juan Tamad has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tamad looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Zhengtao Wei is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wei connects with a solid leg kick.
A cross from Wei lands.
Tamad bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Zhengtao Wei is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tamad pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wei takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Tamad chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wei can pounce on him.
Nice uppercut lands for Tamad. That snapped Wei's head back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zhengtao Wei showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Wei has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zhengtao Wei!
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energy
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hype
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