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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wesley Correira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Ahearn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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279 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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288 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Wesley Correira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, James Ahearn!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Joseph Jones and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ahearn swings widly with a right hand
and Correira counters with a straight right hand.
Correira loads up on a big right hand but Ahearn slips the punch.
Ahearn catches Correira with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Correira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ahearn moves away.
Ahearn drops Correira with a beautiful combination! Correira stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Ahearn is looking for the KO!
It looks like Wesley Correira has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ahearn misses with a straight left.
Ahearn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ahearn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ahearn misses with a lunging right hand
and Correira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Correira comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Correira throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Correira swats away the attempt to clinch by Ahearn.
As Ahearn looks to move away, Correira throws a big counter combo but Ahearn just gets out of the way.
Correira looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Correira throws an off balance right hand
enabling Ahearn to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Ahearn misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahearn with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Correira throws a hook but Ahearn avoids it easily.
Ahearn looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Correira swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ahearn counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Correira thinking.
Ahearn has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Correira ducks under a wild hook from Ahearn.
Ahearn throws a right hand that misses
and Correira counters with a nice uppercut.
Correira keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Correira swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ahearn throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ahearn lands a nice shot that snaps Correira's head back.
Ahearn scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Correira looks to land a right hand but Ahearn moved out of range.
Ahearn is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Correira with a body shot.
Ahearn throws a lazy uppercut
and Correira counters with a stiff right hand.
Ahearn blocks a jab.
Correira swings for the body but Ahearn moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahearn throws an overhand right that lands on Correira's shoulder, as Correira tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ahearn closes the distance and clinches.
Ahearn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Correira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Correira blocks an elbow strike from Ahearn.
Ahearn misses with a punch to the body.
Ahearn tries to throw a body punch but Correira avoids it by throwing Ahearn back against the cage.
Correira swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ahearn is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ahearn takes a shot to the head.
Correira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Correira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Correira can't break the clinch.
Correira lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Correira gets through Ahearn's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ahearn misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahearn effectively controlling the action here.
A right hook to the body lands for Correira.
Ahearn looks winded!
Ahearn blocks an uppercut.
Correira blocks a body shot from Ahearn.
A nice left hand lands by Correira.
Ahearn tries to work over Correira's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Correira.
Ahearn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Correira tries to work over Ahearn's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Correira.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahearn.
Correira scores with a nice hook to the head.
Correira lands a hook that snaps the head of Ahearn backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Correira.
Correira lands with a short shot to the head.
Correira misses with the head strike.
Ahearn tries a body shot but Correira blocks it.
Correira lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Correira fails to land.
Correira throws a punch but it's blocked by Ahearn.
Correira lands a body punch.
Ahearn misses with some punches.
Correira doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Correira blocks a body shot from Ahearn.
Correira throws a punch but it's blocked by Ahearn.
Correira working aggressively here.
Correira misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ahearn blocks an uppercut.
Ahearn tries to work over Correira's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Correira stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Ahearn working aggressively here.
Ahearn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ahearn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ahearn tries to work over Correira's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Correira blocks a body shot from Ahearn.
Correira breaks from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wesley Correira will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Wesley Correira's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ahearn swings for the body but Correira moves out of range.
Correira takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
James Ahearn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ahearn tests Correira's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Correira throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ahearn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ahearn looks to land a right hand but Correira moved out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Correira on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ahearn throws a hook but Correira blocks it.
Ahearn looks to land a right hand but Correira moved out of range.
Ahearn throws a sloppy body shot
and Correira counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Correira throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Correira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahearn looks to land a combination but Correira avoids it well.
Ahearn misses with an uppercut
and Correira cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ahearn misses the jab.
Correira misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ahearn misses with a right hand
and Correira counters with a nice uppercut.
Correira lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Correira lands with a cross.
Correira scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Ahearn throws out a loose jab but Correira uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ahearn misses with a lunging right hand
and Correira connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Correira cracks Ahearn with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Correira has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Ahearn to stand back up!
Ahearn is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Correira misses the jab.
A nice side step and Ahearn releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Correira jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Correira takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Ahearn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Correira counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A big right from Correira misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Correira throws a hook but Ahearn blocks it.
Ahearn needs to keep his hands up - Correira had a free shot at his head there.
Ahearn misses with a straight right.
Correira lands a right hook to the body.
Correira throws a hook but Ahearn avoids it easily.
Ahearn misses with a shot to the body
and Correira counters with a straight right hand.
Ahearn misses with a hook. Correira ducked under it nicely.
Correira is looking to counter punch.
Good shot there by Ahearn.
Correira is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ahearn.
A shot to the body from Ahearn misses
and Correira counters with a straight right hand.
Ahearn jabs Correira to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Correira drops Ahearn with a beautiful combination! Ahearn stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Correira is looking for the KO!
Ahearn is still on wobbly legs! Can Correira finish him?
It looks like James Ahearn has been cut.
Ahearn staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Correira digs a good hook to Ahearn's body.
Ahearn is breathing heavily.
Correira scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
BAM! Correira delivers a spinning backfist that drops Ahearn like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Wesley Correira!
Wesley Correira retains his super heavyweight title!
Wesley Correira decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
James Ahearn spoke after the fight, saying 'Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny. I will not be a victim of fate. I will be back.'.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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