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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between George Alexander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lu Wai Ping (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wai Ping is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Once upon a time in China. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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157 lbs
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, George Alexander!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lu Wai Ping!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alexander looks to throw the jab but Wai Ping is out of range.
Alexander misses with a jab, cross combination.
Alexander has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Alexander digs a good hook to Wai Ping's body.
Wai Ping clinches up against the cage.
Wai Ping misses with a knee to the head.
Wai Ping throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Alexanders head.
Wai Ping tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alexander breaks from the clinch.
Wai Ping fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Alexander swinging wildly here.
The fighters circling - Alexander throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wai Ping rushes Alexander and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wai Ping drops down looking for an ankle pick but Alexander pulls his leg out and moves away.
Alexander missing with a left hand there. Wai Ping was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab by Wai Ping.
Wai Ping throws a lazy uppercut
and Alexander counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alexander keeps the fight on the outside.
An attempted straight right counter from Alexander misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexander throws a nice looking combination but Wai Ping bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Wai Ping 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.
Alexander throws a head kick but Wai Ping moves out of range.
Alexander throws a right and a left that Wai Ping avoids nicely.
Wai Ping wants to counter the offense by Alexander and move into the clinch position.
Wai Ping tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alexander swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wai Ping throws a series of punches but Alexander avoids them all with ease.
Alexander connects with a jab.
Alexander waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wai Ping.
Alexander sets himself, and Wai Ping steps forward looking for the clinch! Alexander avoids it this time.
Wai Ping is looking to clinch but Alexander is avoiding it.
Wai Ping uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Alexander.
Wai Ping fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wai Ping lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Wai Ping scores with a spinning back kick!
Alexander swats away the attempt to clinch by Wai Ping.
Wai Ping moves into the clinch successfully.
Alexander working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexander breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wai Ping fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wai Ping throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wai Ping throws a hook to the side of Alexander's head but Alexander sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Alexander tries to bum rush Wai Ping with a series of wild strikes but Wai Ping uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Alexander scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Alexander lands a nice leg kick that just misses Wai Ping's sensitive parts.
A telegraphed right hand from Alexander misses the target.
Wai Ping looks to land a left hand but Alexander moved out of range nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wai Ping looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Alexander throws a hook to the side of Wai Ping's head but Wai Ping sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wai Ping steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Alexander.
Alexander throws a head kick but Wai Ping moves out of range.
Wai Ping throws a leg kick but Alexander moved away.
Alexander misses with a straight left.
Wai Ping avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wai Ping has Alexander up against the cage in a clinch.
Wai Ping with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Alexander escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alexander slips under a jab.
Alexander waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wai Ping.
A little jabbing left from Wai Ping on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Wai Ping gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Alexander is trying to force a seperation but Wai Ping has the dominant position.
Alexander wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Wai Ping working aggressively here.
Alexander wants to break the clinch but can't.
Alexander tries to break free but Wai Ping pushes him back against the cage.
Wai Ping swings wildly with an uppercut but Alexander uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alexander wants to break the clinch but can't.
Wai Ping connects with a knee to the head.
Alexander looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alexander wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wai Ping has him pressed against the cage.
Wai Ping looking to throw knees to the head but Alexander is blocking nicely.
Alexander tries to break the clinch but Wai Ping is controlling the position.
Alexander blocks an uppercut.
Wai Ping lands a knee to the body.
Alexander looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wai Ping keeps control of Alexander as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Wai Ping with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wai Ping throws a head punch that misses.
Alexander pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wai Ping takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wai Ping ducks under a wild hook from Alexander.
Wai Ping is looking to clinch but Alexander is avoiding it.
Alexander tries a head kick but it misses.
Wai Ping tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alexander is looking for a counter combo.
Wai Ping moves into 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 George Alexander will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Alexander moves out of range of the leg kick from Wai Ping.
Wai Ping clinches up with Alexander and pushes him back against the cage.
Wai Ping with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lu Wai Ping seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alexander's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wai Ping closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wai Ping tries to land a knee to the head but Alexander blocks with his arms.
Alexander escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alexander is looking to land body kicks.
Alexander takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Wai Ping tries to clinch but Alexander is having none of it.
Alexander scores with a jab.
George Alexander is winning the standup battle so far.
Wai Ping defending well as Alexander loads up on a big left hand.
Alexander misses with an uppercut. Wai Ping saw that one coming.
Wai Ping connects with a jab.
Alexander keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wai Ping has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wai Ping misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wai Ping tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wai Ping lands a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Alexander.
Wai Ping keeps control of Alexander as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Alexander breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wai Ping tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Alexander misses with an uppercut.
Wai Ping throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wai Ping is looking to clinch.
Alexander avoids the body shot from Wai Ping.
Wai Ping scores with the left hand. Alexander knows he should have avoided that one.
Alexander is rocked!
Wai Ping cracks Alexander with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Lu Wai Ping!
During a confident post fight interview, Lu Wai Ping thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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