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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Walcott (ranked 654 p4p, 22 weight class) and Yang Xinhai (ranked 763 p4p, 29 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tommy Walcott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Yang Xinhai!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Aleksandr Martynov and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Walcott scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A jab lands there for Walcott.
Walcott slips a jab from Xinhai.
Walcott looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Walcott lands a nice shot to the body.
Walcott throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling Xinhai to counter with a crisp jab.
Walcott lands with a thumping leg kick.
Walcott swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little jabbing left from Xinhai on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Walcott misses with a lunging right hand
and Xinhai counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Walcott blocks a jab.
Walcott looks to score with a jab to the body but Xinhai is just out of range.
Walcott lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Walcott lands a nice shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walcott throws an off balance right hand
and Xinhai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Xinhai walks into a jab.
Xinhai drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Xinhai throws a body shot but no joy.
Nice defenses there by Walcott.
Xinhai feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Walcotts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Walcott throws a head kick that misses.
Walcott lands a right hook to the body.
Walcott has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Xinhai tries to bum rush Walcott with a series of wild strikes but Walcott uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Xinhai lands with a shot to the body.
Walcott misses with a wild body shot.
Walcott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Walcott throws a head kick that misses.
Walcott connects with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xinhai defending well as Walcott loads up on a big left hand.
Walcott takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Walcott lands a nice leg kick that just misses Xinhai's sensitive parts.
Tommy Walcott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Xinhai needs to keep his hands up - Walcott had a free shot at his head there.
Walcott pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Xinhai has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Walcott looks to land a combination but Xinhai avoids it well.
Walcott swings for the body but Xinhai moves out of range.
Xinhai misses with a hook.
Walcott is looking to wear down Xinhai with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Xinhai avoids the head kick by Walcott.
Xinhai lands with an uppercut that bounces Walcott off the cage and back into range.
Xinhai looks to land a right hand but Walcott moved out of range.
Xinhai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walcott.
Xinhai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Walcott.
Walcott tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Xinhai was well out of range. Poor timing from Walcott.
Xinhai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Xinhai slips under a jab.
Xinhai misses with a hook. Walcott ducked under it nicely.
Xinhai connects with a good right hand that stumbles Walcott. Walcott circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Xinhai throws a looping overhand right but Walcott ducks down to avoid it.
Walcott tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Xinhai might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Xinhai throws an overhand right that lands on Walcott's shoulder, as Walcott tries to avoid the shot.
Good shot there by Walcott.
Walcott throws a hook but Xinhai avoids it easily.
Walcott swings widly with a right hand
enabling Xinhai to counter with a crisp jab.
Walcott swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Xinhai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Xinhai moves away from the strike by Walcott.
Xinhai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Walcott lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Xinhai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Walcott moves away.
Walcott misses with a left hand
and Xinhai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Walcott pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Walcott throws a looping overhand right but Xinhai ducks down to avoid it.
Some wild striking there from Xinhai.
Nice defenses there by Walcott.
Walcott plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Xinhai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Walcott throws a head kick that misses.
Walcott dodges the punch combination from Xinhai.
Xinhai displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Walcott.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tommy Walcott will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Walcott slips a straight right by Xinhai.
A shot to the liver by Xinhai. Beautiful body shot.
Walcott misses the shot to the body.
Walcott tries a head kick but it misses.
Walcott swinging wildly here.
A head kick by Walcott misses
and Xinhai counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Walcott takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Walcott misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Xinhai misses with a wild combination.
Xinhai moves out of range as Walcott strikes.
Walcott dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Walcott misses with a lunging right hand
and Xinhai counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A slow jab from Walcott misses its intended target.
Xinhai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Xinhai takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Walcott just misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Xinhai throws a right hand that misses
and Walcott counters with a nice uppercut.
A telegraphed right hand from Walcott misses the target.
A jab from Xinhai misses.
Walcott changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Walcott bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Walcott ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Xinhai moves away.
Walcott lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Xinhai circles away quickly and effectively.
A little jabbing left from Xinhai on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tommy Walcott is winning the standup battle so far.
Walcott wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walcott throws a head kick that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Walcott misses the shot to the body.
Xinhai misses with a wild combination.
Xinhai misses with a few strikes there.
Xinhai just misses with a punch to the body.
Walcott throws out a powerful jab.
Walcott uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Xinhai.
Walcott half committed to a counter leg kick.
Walcott scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A cross from Walcott lands.
Nice defenses there by Xinhai.
Xinhai lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Walcott backs up against the cage.
Xinhai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Walcott.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott takes a swing at Xinhai's ribcage but misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Xinhai misses.
The fighters circling - Xinhai throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
As Xinhai looks to move away, Walcott throws a big counter combo but Xinhai just gets out of the way.
That kick from Walcott tenderised Xinhai's leg. Xinhai is trying to keep his angry face on.
A punch combination from Xinhai misses.
A punch combination from Walcott misses.
Walcott lands a right hook to the body.
Xinhai will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Xinhai scores with the left hand. Walcott knows he should have avoided that one.
Xinhai missing with a left hand there. Walcott was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Walcott buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Xinhai.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Xinhai might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Walcott has got the better of the exchanges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walcott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
No joy there for Xinhai, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Walcott throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Walcott looks to score with a jab to the body but Xinhai is just out of range.
Walcott tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Walcott just misses with a punch to the body.
Xinhai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Walcott scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Xinhai takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Walcott lands with a good body shot.
Walcott moves into the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Walcott as Xinhai tries to tie him up.
Xinhai misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Walcott dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Walcott listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Walcott misses with a body punch
enabling Xinhai to counter with a crisp jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Xinhai's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walcott tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Walcott uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Xinhai.
Xinhai lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Walcott finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Walcott throws a predictable looking body shot
and Xinhai counters with a nice uppercut.
Walcott stuns Xinhai with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Walcott throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Xinhai's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Walcott. Xinhai does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Xinhai! But no joy.
Walcott wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walcott misses with a hook to the body
and Xinhai connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Xinhai loads up on a big right hand but Walcott slips the punch.
Xinhai slips a jab from Walcott.
Walcott lands a jab.
Walcott moves into the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Xinhai scores with a nice short uppercut.
Xinhai goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Walcott has a couple of punches blocked by Xinhai.
Xinhai lands a hook that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
Xinhai lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Walcott backwards.
Walcott lands an uppercut.
Xinhai stalling in the clinch but Walcott improves position.
Walcott takes a shot to the head.
Xinhai manages to break the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Walcott misses with a body shot.
Xinhai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Xinhai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Walcott connects with a right hand. Xinhai shakes it off.
Walcott slips a jab and a cross from Xinhai.
Walcott works the jab nicely.
Walcott stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Walcott moves in looking to clinch but Xinhai pushes him off.
Walcott throws out a loose jab but Xinhai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Xinhai swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Walcott attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Xinhai takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Walcott lands a jab to the head.
Walcott throws a predictable looking body shot
and Xinhai counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Xinhai moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walcott works over Xinhai's head and body with a nice combination.
Xinhai lands a glancing blow to the side of Walcott's head.
Walcott bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Xinhai's head backwards.
Xinhai fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Walcott manages to avoid it.
Walcott takes a swing at Xinhai's ribcage but misses.
Xinhai throws a hook but Walcott avoids it easily.
Walcott looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Walcott tries to clinch
and Xinhai counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Walcott fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Xinhai manages to avoid it.
Walcott looks to land a left hand but Xinhai moved out of range nicely.
Walcott misses the shot to the body.
Xinhai misses with the combination.
Walcott appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Xinhai takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Xinhai needs to keep his hands up - Walcott had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xinhai walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Walcott connects with a body shot.
Tommy Walcott is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Walcott fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fighters circling - Walcott throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Xinhai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Walcott scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Walcott looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Walcott misses with a low kick.
Xinhai unleashes a big counter combination but Walcott bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Walcott misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Xinhai looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Walcott fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yang Xinhai has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Walcott has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Walcott there as he acknowledges the shot.
Walcott is rocked!
And that's the end of the fight!
Tommy Walcott showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Walcott, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tommy Walcott!
Tommy Walcott managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, IniTech Nutrition , into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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