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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hulk Butane (ranked 237 p4p, 26 weight class) and Tormund Giantsbane (ranked 638 p4p, 69 weight class). Butane comes to the cage accompanied by Genesis. Giantsbane has chosen Girl Talk - All Eyes On Me as his entrance music. Hulk Butane has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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197 cm
27
247 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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183 cm
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240 lbs
23 - 19 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Powerful |
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hulk Butane! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
23 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tormund Giantsbane! The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Giantsbane fails to land the takedown. Butane thows a leg kick but Giantsbane checks it and Giantsbane counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Butane staying out of range there. Butane uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Giantsbane. Butane avoids the body shot from Giantsbane.
Butane throws a hook to the side of Giantsbane's head but Giantsbane sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Giantsbane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Butane tries to clinch but Giantsbane is having none of it. Giantsbane throws a right hand that misses
enabling Butane to counter with a crisp jab. Giantsbane throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Giantsbane takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Butane keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Giantsbane throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. We've been told by Butane's head coaches at Temple of Cloud Warriors-youth that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Butane scores with a crisp jab that stopped Giantsbane in his tracks. This has been an exciting period of action! Butane takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Giantsbane throws a looping overhand right but Butane ducks down to avoid it. Butane throwing a counter right hand but Giantsbane manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Giantsbane scores with a leg kick.
Giantsbane tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Butane swivels and escapes. Butane is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Hulk Butane has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tormund Giantsbane. Giantsbane swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Butane counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. Giantsbane lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Butane circles away quickly and effectively. Giantsbane swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd cheers as Butane lands an impressive looking overhand right. Giantsbane doesn't seem phased though. Butane throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Giantsbane throws an off balance right hand
and Butane counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. Giantsbane throws a big shot that misses. Giantsbane is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent. Giantsbane misses with a hook. Butane is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. Giantsbane tries to bum rush Butane with a series of wild strikes but Butane uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Giantsbane dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Giantsbane shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Butane manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Butane has his feet on Giantsbane's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Hulk Butane is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Butane showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Giantsbane.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Giantsbane swings away with a body shot that misses
and Butane cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. We've been informed that Giantsbane has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Butane misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Horrible takedown attempt by Giantsbane or perhaps it was just good defense by Butane, which made it look bad. Butane lands a big right hand that sends Giantsbane crashing to the mat! Butane stays standing though and waves Giantsbane back to his feet!
Giantsbane is rocked! Giantsbane goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Giantsbane looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Butane lands a big uppercut and Giantsbane crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Giantsbane looks OK. Butane waves Giantsbane back to his feet! Giantsbane is still on wobbly legs! Can Butane finish him? Butane cracks the inside of Giantsbane's front leg. Giantsbane ducks into an uppercut from Butane and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hulk Butane! Post fight, Hulk Butane stared into the camera and said 'I'd like to say thanks to my father Dr.Evans for my cat genes. I think my cat genes are great! Thanks dad. I will be 13 in cat yrs tomorrow so my dad said I could get drunk on yak's milk tonight.'.
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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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