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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tank Ispa (ranked 2165 p4p, 291 weight class) and Frank Lloyd (ranked 1845 p4p, 263 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Tank Ispa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Lloyd!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Chad Campbell and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lloyd just misses with a punch to the body.
Ispa looks to throw the jab but Lloyd is out of range.
Ispa misses with a looping left.
A countering left hand to the body from Lloyd misses.
Ispa lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Frank Lloyd has been cut.
Ispa throws a predictable looking body shot
and Lloyd counters with a straight right hand.
Lloyd takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Lloyd keeps the fight on the outside.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Lloyd! But no joy.
Ispa misses with a double jab
and Lloyd counters with a right hand to the body.
Ispa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Lloyd scores with a punch to the head.
Ispa closes the distance and clinches up with Lloyd, looking for a takedown. Ispa pushes Lloyd against the cage but Lloyd circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lloyd is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Ispa with a body shot.
Ispa throws a lazy uppercut
and Lloyd counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lloyd throws a big shot that misses.
Ispa rushes Lloyd and presses him up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Lloyd displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ispa up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lloyd lands with a right to the head.
Lloyd breaks from the clinch.
Ispa tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lloyd manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lloyd now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lloyd ducks under a wild hook from Ispa.
Ispa cracks a nice hook into Lloyd's ribs.
Lloyd tries to keep at a distance but Ispa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ispa misses with some punches.
Ispa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lloyd is trying to maintain a safe position but Ispa gets an underhook and turns Lloyd into the cage.
Lloyd swings wildly with an uppercut but Ispa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lloyd just leaning against Ispa, taking a breather.
Ispa jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lloyd walks away with a smile on his face. Ispa gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Ispa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Ispa.
Tank Ispa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lloyd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ispa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lloyd throws a lazy uppercut
and Ispa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lloyd throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ispa misses with a wild combination.
It seemed like Lloyd was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ispa shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lloyd wants to counter the offense by Ispa and move into the clinch position.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tank Ispa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lloyd tests Ispa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Ispa misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Lloyd on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A jab from Ispa finds it's way through Lloyd's defenses.
Lloyd lands a jab to the head.
Ispa staying out of range there.
Ispa looks to land a right hand but Lloyd moved out of range.
Ispa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lloyd cracks Ispa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lloyd swats away the attempt to clinch by Ispa.
Lloyd defending well as Ispa loads up on a big left hand.
Ispa throws out a loose jab but Lloyd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lloyd looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lloyd misses with a hook
enabling Ispa to counter with a crisp jab.
Ispa throws a right and a left that Lloyd avoids nicely.
Ispa throws a right and a left that Lloyd avoids nicely.
Ispa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A combination from Ispa does no damage.
Ispa throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Lloyd was covering up waiting for the punch and Ispa finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Ispa postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Lloyd is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Ispa, into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ispa looking for a triangle here. Lloyd is fighting it but it looks tight! Ispa pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Lloyd is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Tank Ispa!
Tank Ispa took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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