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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gattsu Emelianenko (ranked 1334 p4p, 148 weight class) and Kvame Zulu (ranked 1169 p4p, 130 weight class). Zulu has chosen Big Badaboom as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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247 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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265 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gattsu Emelianenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kvame Zulu!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zulu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
It looks like Kvame Zulu has been cut.
Zulu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Emelianenko.
Emelianenko throws out a loose jab but Zulu uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Emelianenko misses the target.
Emelianenko misses with a lunging right hand
and Zulu cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Gattsu Emelianenko has been cut.
Emelianenko takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Zulu wants to slow Emelianenko down by chopping away at his legs.
Zulu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zulu sends Emelianenko crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Zulu is motioning to the referee to let Emelianenko up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Emelianenko is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zulu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Emelianenko was well out of range. Poor timing from Zulu.
Emelianenko throws a hook but Zulu avoids it easily.
Zulu drives through and clinches with Emelianenko against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zulu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zulu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zulu doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zulu slowing the pace effectively.
Zulu throws a punch but it's blocked by Emelianenko.
Zulu is leaning against Emelianenko and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zulu prevents a body shot from Emelianenko.
Zulu works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Emelianenko tries to break the clinch but Zulu is controlling the position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zulu.
Emelianenko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emelianenko wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zulu pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Zulu has managed to clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Emelianenko fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Zulu.
Emelianenko manages to break the clinch.
Emelianenko takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zulu rushes Emelianenko and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Emelianenko working aggressively here.
Zulu softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Emelianenko doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Emelianenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zulu creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zulu tries to work over Emelianenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Zulu fails to land.
Emelianenko is looking to break free of the clinch but Zulu has double underhooks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zulu.
A right hook to the body lands for Zulu.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Emelianenko.
Zulu misses with a body punch.
Zulu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Emelianenko goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Emelianenko misses with some punches.
Emelianenko blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Emelianenko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Zulu.
Zulu misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Zulu.
Zulu digs a right hand into Emelianenko's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Emelianenko's gas tank.
Emelianenko is breathing heavily.
Zulu lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zulu lands an uppercut.
Zulu working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Zulu manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Zulu struggles to land a body shot inside as Emelianenko controls his hands.
Emelianenko misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zulu misses with the head strike.
Zulu lands a body shot.
Zulu lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Zulu.
Zulu displaying some good clinch control by pressing Emelianenko up against the cage.
Zulu lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Zulu scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zulu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zulu presses Emelianenko against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short left from Zulu.
Zulu lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Emelianenko backwards.
Oh Emelianenko is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zulu lands a shot to the body.
Zulu tries a body shot but Emelianenko blocks it.
Emelianenko seems to have got his legs back now.
Zulu tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Emelianenko's elbow.
Zulu misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zulu lands a right hand.
Zulu misses with a hook to the ribs.
Zulu misses with a short punch on the inside.
Emelianenko prevents a body shot from Zulu.
A frustrated look appears on Emelianenko's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Emelianenko working hard to break the clinch.
Zulu misses with a punch to the body.
Zulu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zulu goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Zulu.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kvame Zulu dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Emelianenko's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Zulu throws a push kick but Emelianenko slaps the foot to one side.
Emelianenko scores with a sloppy right hand. Zulu should have avoided that one.
Zulu lands a slapping body shot.
Emelianenko connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zulu's hands.
Emelianenko throws an off balance right hand
and Zulu counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Emelianenko lands with a shot to the body.
Emelianenko swings for the body but Zulu moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A solid body kick from Zulu.
Zulu throws a head kick that misses.
A low kick from Zulu misses
and Emelianenko connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Emelianenko jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Emelianenko misses with a body punch
and Zulu counters with a nice right hand that sends Emelianenko toppling to the canvas! Emelianenko scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Zulu finish him?!
Zulu tries to move into range but Emelianenko moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Zulu lands a nice hook to Emelianenko's body. Emelianenko takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Zulu cracks the inside of Emelianenko's front leg.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zulu.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zulu lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Zulu throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Emelianenko uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zulu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emelianenko misses with a body punch
and Zulu counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Zulu ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Emelianenko out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kvame Zulu!
Kvame Zulu decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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