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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tito Sobis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darryl Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Haze has chosen Border Patrol - Eek A Mouse as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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278 lbs
25 - 6 - 0 |
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224 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tito Sobis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Darryl Haze!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sobis thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Haze if he has to take too many more of those.
Sobis thuds his right hand into Haze's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Haze tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sobis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sobis lands a big head kick that sends Haze tumbling to the mat! Sobis takes a step backwards and waves Haze back to his feet - he wants the finish!
It looks like Darryl Haze has been cut.
Haze pushes Sobis up against the cage in a clinch.
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!
Sobis displaying some good clinch control by pressing Haze up against the cage.
Haze lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sobis backwards.
Haze avoids a wild elbow strike from Sobis.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Sobis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Haze takes a knee to the side of the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Haze lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sobis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sobis is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sobis is struggling to control the position.
Haze lands an elbow that stopped Sobis in his tracks for a moment.
Sobis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sobis is pushing Haze up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Haze breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sobis scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Haze closes the distance and clinches.
Sobis tries to land knees in the clinch but Haze avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sobis tries a knee to the head but Haze blocks it.
Haze misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sobis just misses with a elbow thrown towards Haze's brow.
Sobis stalls.
A head punch on the inside from Haze fails to land.
Haze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sobis stalling in the clinch.
Haze is trying to force a seperation but Sobis has the dominant position.
A bit of stalling here from Sobis.
Sobis crunches a lovely knee into Haze's ribcage.
Sobis controlling the action here for a moment.
Our sources have told us that Sobis has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Haze trying to stall but Sobis improves his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sobis controlling the action here for a moment.
Sobis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sobis obliges.
Sobis is struggling to control the position.
Sobis utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Haze looks winded!
Sobis just leaning against Haze, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tito Sobis.
Haze gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sobis has Haze pushed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Sobis.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Sobis for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Haze misses with the head strike.
Sobis blocks the elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze throws a head punch that misses.
Haze lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sobis.
Sobis trying to land knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Haze scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sobis.
Haze on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haze misses with the head strike.
Haze has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sobis seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Haze can turn it around.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haze.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haze.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sobis trying to stall but Haze improves his position.
Haze scores with a shoulder strike.
Sobis taking a breather.
Sobis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haze avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tito Sobis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darryl Haze's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sobis gets tackled into the cage by Haze. Haze maintains the clinch.
Haze avoiding damage as Sobis throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Haze.
Sobis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Haze can do to turn this around?
Sobis stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Sobis just leaning against Haze, taking a breather.
Haze is looking to control Sobis's arms but Sobis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Haze has his back to the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sobis.
Sobis is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Haze is defending well for now.
A head punch on the inside from Haze fails to land.
Haze throws a head punch that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Haze.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Haze is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Haze just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sobis's brow.
Sobis tries to land knees in the clinch but Haze avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze misses with some punches.
Haze is trying to break the clinch but Sobis is controlling him.
Haze swings wildly with an uppercut but Sobis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sobis tries to land knees in the clinch but Haze avoids the damage to the body.
Sobis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Haze is looking to control Sobis's arms but Sobis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Haze has his back to the cage.
Haze on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sobis taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Haze managing to block the knees to the body from Sobis.
Sobis trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Haze.
Sobis is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Haze swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sobis is stalling here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Come on Sobis - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Sobis seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Haze lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sobis effectively controlling the action here.
Sobis missing with knees to the body.
Darryl Haze seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sobis lands a body shot.
Haze is breathing heavily.
Sobis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Haze wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short left from Sobis.
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!
Sobis blocks an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Sobis stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze is trying to stall.
Haze has a couple of punches blocked by Sobis.
Haze has a couple of punches blocked by Sobis.
Haze fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Sobis obliges.
Sobis blocks an uppercut.
Haze creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Haze misses with a punch on the inside.
Haze fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Sobis avoids a wild elbow strike from Haze.
Sobis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Haze tries to clinch up.
Sobis is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sobis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Haze on the side of the head.
Sobis throws the left hand but Haze avoids the punch easily.
Haze looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Darryl Haze is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sobis fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Haze takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sobis throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Haze sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Haze is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sobis with a body shot.
Sobis scores with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sobis throws a body punch but Haze moves out of range.
Sobis looks to throw a body kick
and Haze counters with a series of strikes. Sobis will be more careful next time no doubt.
Sobis is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Sobis throws a leg kick which misses Haze's front leg but catches the back leg as Haze tries to avoid it.
Sobis throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Haze on the side of the head.
Sobis steps in with a hook that catches Haze right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Sobis follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Haze looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tito Sobis!
In defeat, Darryl Haze stepped up to the mic, saying 'I lost because I was spat on by a venomous snake on my way to the arena and I had trouble seeing on account of the bright lights in my dressing room. I had blurred vision and numbness in my neck, eyes, arms, and lower torso. No way I would have lost otherwise!'.
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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
RATING
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