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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Toure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seamus Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunter has chosen Veins- Huntr as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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193 cm
26
260 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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201 cm
19
266 lbs
3 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Intelligent |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, William Toure! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Seamus Hunter! The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Dmitry Maklakov and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hunter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Hunter has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Hunter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Toure. Hunter scores with a jab to the jaw. Toure on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Hunter is looking to clinch but Toure is avoiding it.
Toure seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter. Toure misses with a double jab.
Hunter drops his shoulder and cracks Toure with a huge uppercut! Toure goes down! Can Hunter finish him?
It looks like William Toure has been cut. This has been an exciting period of action! Toure bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Hunter's guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Toure's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today. Toure loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Toure is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. Toure wants to control from the top but Hunter keeps moving. Hunter wants to stand up but Toure is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round. Toure controls from within his opponent's guard. Hunter is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Toure defends well. Hunter is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Hunter is trying to control the position but Toure postures up. Toure makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard. Toure scoring with punches to the head and body. Toure avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Toure with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Toure keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hunter's head. Hunter keeping moving, preventing Toure from controlling successfully. Hunter is trying to keep Toure in close.
Toure avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Toure avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Toure cracks Hunter with a solid left hand. Toure wants to control from the top but Hunter keeps moving. Toure controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Toure is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Hunter has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Toure can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. Toure prevents Hunter from getting back to his feet. Toure lands a couple of decent looking shots. Toure content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Toure stands up over Hunter, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Toure trying to control but Hunter is working from the bottom. Hunter is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Toure is controlling him. Toure scoring with some ground and pound. Toure scoring with punches to the head and body. Toure is working Hunter over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Hunter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Toure passes into half guard. Toure working Hunter over with strikes. Hunter looks like he's trying to stand up.
Ground and pound from Toure. Hunter is looking to control Toure's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Hunter avoid being mounted? Toure is keen to just control but Hunter is a slippery customer. Toure drops an elbow to the side of Hunter's head. Hunter is not content to let Toure control the position. Hunter looking for submissions off his back. Toure has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Nice strikes from Toure there. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Toure dominated that round. The cut man is working on William Toure's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Toure swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunter. Hunter connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Toure tumbling to the canvas! Hunter pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Toure was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Seamus Hunter! Seamus Hunter decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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