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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikos Giannopoulos (ranked 944 p4p, 147 weight class) and John Tarley (ranked 2765 p4p, 373 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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207 lbs
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210 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nikos Giannopoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Tarley!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Mauricio Rocha and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giannopoulos connects with an inside leg kick.
Tarley just misses with a punch to the body.
Tarley moves into range and clinches up with Giannopoulos.
Giannopoulos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tarley misses with a punch to the body.
Tarley struggles to land a body shot inside as Giannopoulos controls his hands.
Giannopoulos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tarley backwards.
Tarley tries a body shot but Giannopoulos blocks it.
Tarley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Giannopoulos lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tarley backwards.
Giannopoulos lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tarley backwards.
Tarley tries to break the clinch but Giannopoulos is controlling the position.
Giannopoulos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tarley throws a punch but it's blocked by Giannopoulos.
Tarley misses with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tarley working hard to break the clinch.
Tarley throws a punch but it's blocked by Giannopoulos.
Giannopoulos misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Giannopoulos blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tarley blocks a body shot from Giannopoulos.
Tarley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tarley wants to get back to striking at distance but Giannopoulos won't allow it.
Giannopoulos lands a nice uppercut.
A short right from Giannopoulos.
Giannopoulos throws a punch but it's blocked by Tarley.
Giannopoulos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tarley tries to clinch but Giannopoulos is having none of it.
Giannopoulos keeps the fight on the outside.
Giannopoulos keeps the fight on the outside.
Tarley closes the distance looking to clinch
and Giannopoulos counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tarley thinking.
Giannopoulos lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarley swings for the body but Giannopoulos moves out of range.
Tarley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Giannopoulos stuns Tarley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tarley bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Giannopoulos's head backwards.
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!
Tarley fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tarley swings for the body but Giannopoulos moves out of range.
Giannopoulos ducks under a wild hook from Tarley.
As Tarley backs away, Giannopoulos returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Giannopoulos feints and then cracks Tarley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tarley down.
Tarley misses with a straight right.
Giannopoulos scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tarley in his tracks.
Giannopoulos keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giannopoulos looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Tarley misses with a hook. Giannopoulos ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarley looks to clinch
and Tarley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Tarley throws a combination that misses
and Giannopoulos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Giannopoulos takes one to the chin there.
Tarley tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tarley with a hook.
Tarley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Giannopoulos throws a body punch but Tarley moves out of range.
Tarley steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Giannopoulos.
Tarley tries to clinch up
and Giannopoulos counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tarley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Giannopoulos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
An attempted straight right counter from Giannopoulos misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tarley moves into the clinch successfully.
Giannopoulos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
I was talking to Giannopoulos's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Giannopoulos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tarley blocks an uppercut.
Tarley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Giannopoulos lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Giannopoulos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Giannopoulos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tarley's elbow.
Tarley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Giannopoulos prevents a body shot from Tarley.
Tarley lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Giannopoulos fails to land.
Giannopoulos blocks a body shot from Tarley.
Giannopoulos working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tarley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tarley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Giannopoulos misses with a punch to the body.
Tarley tries to throw a body punch but Giannopoulos avoids it by throwing Tarley back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Tarley scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikos Giannopoulos dominated that round.
That's time! Giannopoulos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Tarley changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tarley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Giannopoulos moves away.
Tarley gets a clinch.
Giannopoulos lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Giannopoulos blocks a body shot from Tarley.
Tarley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tarley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Giannopoulos.
Giannopoulos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Giannopoulos lands a body punch in the clinch.
Giannopoulos lands a body punch in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giannopoulos can't find room to land a body shot as Tarley controls the action.
Giannopoulos misses with a punch to the body.
Tarley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Giannopoulos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Giannopoulos.
Tarley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short uppercut from Tarley.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giannopoulos blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Tarley as the two fighters clinch.
Nikos Giannopoulos has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Giannopoulos throws a head punch that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Giannopoulos.
Tarley blocking some punches.
Giannopoulos doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice left hand lands by Giannopoulos.
Giannopoulos blocks an uppercut.
Tarley tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tarley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Giannopoulos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tarley just misses with a punch to the body.
Giannopoulos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tarley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Giannopoulos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
It looked like Giannopoulos wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Tarley misses with a jab, cross combination.
A quick step to the side and Giannopoulos tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tarley wants to clinch
enabling Giannopoulos to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tarley. Giannopoulos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tarley pushes Giannopoulos up against the cage in a clinch.
Giannopoulos prevents a body shot from Tarley.
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!
Tarley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Giannopoulos throws a nice inside leg kick.
Giannopoulos cracks Tarley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Giannopoulos throws a jab but it's blocked by Tarley.
Tarley digs a good hook to Giannopoulos's body.
Tarley is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Giannopoulos rather than just go for the knockout.
Giannopoulos drops Tarley with a straight right hand, right on the button! Giannopoulos follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nikos Giannopoulos!
Nikos Giannopoulos bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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