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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Melek Taus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thulani Ezeki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taus comes to the ring accompanied by Sho Z Pod Duba. Melek Taus has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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230 lbs
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275 lbs
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Excellent MT
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Melek Taus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Thulani Ezeki!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ezeki throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Taus to counter with a crisp jab.
Taus looks to land a left hand but Ezeki moved out of range nicely.
Ezeki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taus.
A chopping leg kick lands by Taus.
Taus lands a nice leg kick that just misses Ezeki's sensitive parts.
A shot to the body from Taus misses
and Ezeki connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ezeki misses with a looping right.
Ezeki moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Taus fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ezeki looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Taus moves away from the strike by Ezeki.
Ezeki swats away the attempt to clinch by Taus.
Good exchange - Ezeki coming out on top.
Ezeki scores with a nice head shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ezeki jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taus slips under a jab from Ezeki.
Taus fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Taus swings for the body but Ezeki moves out of range.
Ezeki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ezeki cracks Taus with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The fighters circling - Taus throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ezeki looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ezeki digs a good body shot into Taus's ribs.
Taus throws a hook but Ezeki blocks it.
Ezeki fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Taus on the side of the head.
Ezeki's coach down at 10th Planet Islanders was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ezeki's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Taus misses with a lunging right hand
and Ezeki counters with a stiff right hand.
Ezeki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Taus is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Taus doesn't manage to clinch there - Ezeki circles away.
Ezeki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taus throws a leg kick but Ezeki checks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taus misses with a body shot.
Ezeki throws a sloppy body shot
and Taus counters with a straight right hand.
Ezeki throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Taus on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ezeki moves out of range of the strikes.
A nice side step and Ezeki releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Taus slips a straight right by Ezeki.
Taus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ezeki.
Melek Taus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ezeki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taus.
Taus blocks a jab.
Ezeki lands a jab to Taus's midsection.
Taus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ezeki.
Taus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ezeki throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Taus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taus misses with a body shot
and Ezeki counters with a nice uppercut.
Ezeki with a jab.
Taus scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Taus is looking to wear down Ezeki with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Ezeki moves out of range as Taus strikes.
Ezeki is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Taus with a body shot.
Taus takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Ezeki tests Taus's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Taus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ezeki moves away.
Taus feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Ezekis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Taus thuds a left hand into Ezeki's body.
Taus throws a big shot that misses.
Taus lands with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Taus. Ezeki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ezeki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taus throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Ezeki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Taus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ezeki misses with an uppercut
and Taus counters with a stiff right hand.
The fighters circling - Taus throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Taus throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ezeki is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Taus with a body shot.
Ezeki lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ezeki is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Taus had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ezeki just misses with a punch to the body.
Ezeki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Taus.
Ezeki throws out a counter right but Taus avoids it with no problem.
Ezeki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Taus misses the jab.
Ezeki moves out of range of the leg kick from Taus.
Ezeki throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Taus thumps Ezeki with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Thulani Ezeki will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ezeki takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Taus tries to close the distance and clinch but Ezeki swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thulani Ezeki seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ezeki avoids the body shot from Taus.
Taus misses the shot to the body.
Taus throws a big shot that misses.
Ezeki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Taus connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ezeki throws a jab when Taus was well out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ezeki avoids the body shot from Taus.
Taus swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Taus looks to throw the jab but Ezeki is out of range.
Taus shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Taus fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taus misses with a hook
and Ezeki counters with a straight right hand.
Ezeki takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ezeki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taus.
Ezeki connects with a looping right hand.
Ezeki connects with a good right hand that stumbles Taus. Taus circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Taus just misses with a punch to the body.
Taus lands a nice looking body shot.
Ezeki misses with a straight right.
Taus lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Taus walks into a jab.
Taus will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Ezeki throws a hook but Taus avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taus tries to clinch but Ezeki is having none of it.
Taus moves into range and connects with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Taus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ezeki.
Ezeki is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Ezeki throws a body punch but Taus moves out of range.
Taus throws a leg kick
and Ezeki counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Ezeki is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Taus.
Taus was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ezeki swings for the body but Taus moves out of range.
Taus scores with a hook.
Taus misses with an uppercut. Ezeki saw that one coming.
Ezeki with a nice cross.
A looping hook to the body misses from Taus. Ezeki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Taus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ezeki.
It seemed like Ezeki was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Taus moves out of range of the strikes.
Taus throwing a counter right hand but Ezeki manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ezeki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Taus throws the left hand but Ezeki avoids the punch easily.
Taus takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ezeki throws a good cross that connects.
Ezeki misses with a body shot.
Ezeki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Taus.
Taus misses with a jab to the body
and Ezeki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Taus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ezeki lands a jab to the nose.
Ezeki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
No joy there for Taus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice defenses there by Taus.
Ezeki checks a low kick from Taus.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taus fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ezeki manages to avoid it.
Taus misses with an uppercut
and Ezeki counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ezeki throws the left hand but Taus avoids the punch easily.
Ezeki scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ezeki lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Ezeki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A countering left hand to the body from Ezeki misses.
Taus throws a good cross that connects.
Taus bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ezeki's head.
Ezeki is rocked!
A big right followed by a crushing left from Taus knocks Ezeki out cold! Ouch - that one's going to be featured in highlight reels for years to come!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Melek Taus!
A very excited looking Melek Taus made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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