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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Toby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Freddy Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Toby's entrance music is Will Smith - The Fresh Prince. A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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275 lbs
11 - 10 - 1 |
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195 cm
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282 lbs
25 - 16 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
11 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Toby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Freddy Steel!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Toby looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Steel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Steel gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Steel manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Toby throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Steel throws a counter combo.
Steel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Toby.
Steel tries a head kick but it misses.
Toby misses with a looping left.
Toby misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Toby fails with the takedown
and Steel counters with a nice uppercut.
Freddy Steel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Toby has Steel up against the cage in a clinch.
Toby tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toby swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steel lands a shoulder strike.
Steel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toby lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
Toby misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel looking to throw knees to the head but Toby is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toby.
Steel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Steel blocks an uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toby.
Toby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Toby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Toby working aggressively here.
Steel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toby swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toby misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
Steel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Toby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Toby swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toby scores with a shot to the side of Steel's head.
Toby throws a head punch that misses.
Toby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toby misses with a hook from the clinch.
Toby lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
It looks like Freddy Steel has been cut.
Toby has a couple of punches blocked by Steel.
Steel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Toby scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel working aggressively here.
Toby swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steel blocks an uppercut.
Toby misses with a punch on the inside.
Toby lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Steel.
Toby misses with the head strike.
Toby has a couple of punches blocked by Steel.
Toby lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Steel blocking some punches.
Toby tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toby misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Toby fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Toby dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Freddy Steel's cut.
That's time! Toby's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Toby will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
And Steel tries to counter it with a takedown but Toby pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Toby will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Steel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Toby moves away.
A low kick from Steel is predictable there
and Toby counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Steel lands with a hook. Toby tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Steel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toby.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toby is looking to clinch.
Toby throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Steel's waist but Steel gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Toby off to one side.
Toby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Steel can do to turn this around?
Some wild striking there from Toby.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toby chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Steel can pounce on him.
Steel will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Steel throws a lazy right hand but Toby sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Toby throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
James Toby is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Toby shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Steel sprawls well. Steel wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Toby gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Toby. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steel throws a right and a left that Toby avoids nicely.
Toby uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Toby lands with a nice body punch.
Steel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A head kick misses from Steel.
The fighters circling - Steel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Steel throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Toby throws a 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!
Toby looks to land a combination but Steel avoids it well.
Toby is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Steel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Toby rushes Steel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A short left from Toby.
Steel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toby misses with a punch on the inside.
Toby misses with the head strike.
Steel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steel.
Toby throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Toby throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Toby throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Steel working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toby misses with some punches.
Toby misses with the head strike.
Steel misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Steel.
Steel blocking some punches.
Steel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Toby lands a right hand that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Toby fails to land.
Steel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toby misses with the head strike.
Steel blocks an uppercut.
Toby lands with a left to the head.
Toby tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Toby misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Toby dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Freddy Steel's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Steel uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Toby swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Steel counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Toby pushes Steel off and scrambles back to his feet.
Freddy Steel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Steel keeps the fight on the outside.
Steel leaves Toby with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Toby tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As Toby backs off Steel throws a huge counter combo but Toby manages to avoid it all.
Toby walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Steel pulls out of a head kick attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Toby misses the target.
Steel scores with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toby connects with the punch.
Steel takes a swing at Toby's ribcage but misses.
As Steel looks to move away, Toby throws a big counter combo but Steel just gets out of the way.
Toby moves out of range of the body kick.
Toby has closed the distance and engaged Steel in a clinch.
Steel lands a knee to the body.
Toby misses with the head strike.
Steel pushes Toby back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Toby swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Toby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steel blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toby lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Toby throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Freddy Steel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James Toby has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Toby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toby misses with a punch on the inside.
Toby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Toby throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Steel lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Steel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toby swings wildly with an uppercut but Steel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Steel fails to land.
Steel misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steel has a couple of punches blocked by Toby.
Steel tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Toby working aggressively here.
Steel has a couple of punches blocked by Toby.
Toby misses with some punches.
Steel blocking some punches.
Steel blocking some punches.
Toby lands with a right to the head.
Steel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
James Toby is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Steel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Toby throws a punch but it's blocked by Steel.
Toby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Toby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steel misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steel misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Toby.
Toby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Toby takes a shot to the head.
Toby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Steel scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Toby fails to land.
Steel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Toby misses with some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Freddy Steel.
I think Toby has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Toby!
As James Toby got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Thanks Bobby B. And The SkrapBox
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energy
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hype
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pop
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