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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tan Zan (ranked 5774 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Freds (ranked 5823 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tan Zan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Freds!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freds throws out a leg kick but Zan moves out of range and Freds only half commits.
Freds tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Good exchange - Zan coming out on top.
Zan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Freds blocks a jab.
Zan throws a hook to the side of Freds's head but Freds sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Freds appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freds moves away.
Zan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Freds looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Tan Zan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Zan.
Freds appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nice cross by Zan.
Zan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Freds manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zan misses with a straight right.
Zan throws a body punch but Freds moves out of range.
Freds uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zan.
Zan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Freds sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Freds.
Zan cracks Freds with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Zan.
Zan throws a body punch but Freds moves out of range.
Freds throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Freds feints a counter leg kick.
Freds misses with an attempted mid kick.
Freds lands with a nice body punch.
Freds connects with a looping right hand.
Zan misses with a body shot.
Zan throws a sloppy body shot
letting Freds counter with a right hand.
Zan tries to bum rush Freds with a series of wild strikes but Freds uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Freds looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Freds looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Freds throws a body shot but no joy.
Zan keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
It looks like John Freds has been cut.
Zan with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Freds moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Freds throws out a counter right but Zan avoids it with no problem.
Zan misses the shot to the body.
Zan misses with a lunging right hand
and Freds cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Freds moves away from the strike by Zan.
Freds looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Zan looks to land a right hand but Freds moved out of range.
Freds was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Freds paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Zan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Freds smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The fighters circling - Zan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Freds at a distance.
Freds throws out a leg kick but Zan moves out of range and Freds only half commits.
Zan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Freds.
Zan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Freds manages to avoid it.
Nice cross by Zan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freds dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from Zan finds it's way through Freds's defenses.
Freds slips a jab from Zan.
Freds scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zan walks into a straight right hand from Freds.
Zan moves away from the strike by Freds.
Freds's jab looks to have found its range, popping Zan under the eye.
Zan swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Zan throws a sloppy body shot
and Freds makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Freds displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zan throws out the jab.
Zan looks to score with a jab to the body but Freds is just out of range.
Zan misses with a left hand
and Freds counters with a left to the body.
Freds wants to slow Zan down by chopping away at his legs.
Zan throws a big shot that misses.
Freds connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zan scores with a nice right hand.
Freds scores with a nice head shot.
Zan swings widly with a right hand
and Freds counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Freds staying out of range there.
Freds misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zan.
Freds avoids the body shot from Zan.
Freds uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Zan has time to react.
Freds steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zan.
Zan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Freds.
Zan just misses with a punch to the body.
Freds avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Freds slips under a jab.
Freds misses with a leg kick
and Zan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Freds uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
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 Tan Zan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Freds's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Zan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Freds moves away.
Zan fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Freds on the side of the head.
Zan swings for the body but Freds moves out of range.
Freds uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Zan.
Zan throws out a loose jab but Freds uses good head movement to avoid it.
Freds scores with a nice head shot.
Freds takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Zan misses with a hook. Freds ducked under it nicely.
Freds wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Freds digs a good body shot into Zan's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Freds thinks about the counter body kick.
Zan misses with an uppercut.
Freds scores with a sloppy right hand. Zan should have avoided that one.
Zan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Freds manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Freds! But no joy.
Freds takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zan throws a shot from downtown. Freds moves away and avoids it.
Zan drops his hands momentarily and Freds takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Freds misses with a looping left.
Freds looks to land a body kick but Zan moved away.
Zan throwing a counter right hand but Freds manages to avoid it.
Tan Zan is winning the standup battle so far.
Zan ducks under a wild hook from Freds.
Zan throwing a counter right hand but Freds manages to avoid it.
Freds ducks under a wild hook from Zan.
Zan missing with a left hand there. Freds was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Zan on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Zan throws a body punch but Freds moves out of range.
Zan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Freds.
Freds throws the kick towards the body but Zan avoids it.
Freds keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Zan.
Freds slips under a jab from Zan.
Zan throws a predictable looking body shot
and Freds counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freds stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Zan throws a body punch but Freds moves out of range.
Zan avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
The fighters circle momentarily. Zan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice shot by Zan.
Zan throws a big shot that misses.
It seemed like Freds was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters circling - Zan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zan misses with a looping left.
Freds blocks a jab.
Freds slips under a jab.
Freds throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Zan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Freds moves out of range of the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Freds on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freds lunges at Zan with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Zan's hand.
Zan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Freds fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Zan checks it well.
The fighters circle momentarily. Zan darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Zan misses with a straight left.
Zan misses with a shot to the body
and Zan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Freds takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Zan throws out a loose jab but Freds uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zan takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Freds is looking to chop away at Zan's legs.
Zan sizes up Freds with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Nice uppercut lands for Freds. That snapped Zan's head back.
Freds steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Zan.
Freds steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Freds bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It seemed like Freds was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freds slips a jab from Zan.
Zan checks the leg kick.
Zan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Freds misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zan.
Zan misses the jab.
Zan misses with a body shot
and Freds counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Zan lands the left hand.
Freds takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A leg kick checked by Zan.
Zan misses with a hook.
A swing and a miss from Zan.
Zan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Zan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Zan misses the jab.
Zan looks to land a left hand but Freds moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Tan Zan will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on John Freds's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Freds throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Freds looks to land a right hand but Zan moved out of range.
Zan swings for the body but Freds moves out of range.
Zan throws a looping overhand right but Freds ducks down to avoid it.
Freds swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Zan misses with a straight right.
Freds bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Freds is looking to chop away at Zan's legs.
Freds cracks Zan with a right hand to the side of the head.
Zan connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Zan looks to land a right hand but Freds moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Freds throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Zan blocks the body kick.
Zan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Zan misses with a hook to the body
and Freds makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Zan looks to land a left hand but Freds moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Freds.
Zan checks the leg kick nicely there.
Freds pivots, looking for a leg kick but Zan is out of range and Freds settles back down.
Zan avoids a kick to the body.
Zan lands with a shot to the body.
Freds misses with a body shot.
Zan throws a hook but Freds blocks it.
Freds connects with a jab.
Zan throws a shot to the body.
Zan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Freds looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Freds lands a jab to the nose.
Freds keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Freds ducks under a wild hook from Zan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freds connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The fighters circling - Zan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zan checks a low kick from Freds.
Zan misses with a looping left.
Freds throws a low kick, looking for Zan's leg but Zan calmly moves out of range.
Zan checks the leg kick nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Freds tried to score with a low kick but Zan checks it.
Freds thuds his right hand into Zan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Zan throws a shot from downtown. Freds moves away and avoids it.
Zan scores with a body shot.
Freds fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Zan misses with a looping left.
Freds displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zan throws out the jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zan on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Freds defending well as Zan loads up on a big left hand.
Freds avoids the body shot from Zan.
Zan throws a looping overhand right but Freds ducks down to avoid it.
Nice uppercut there from Zan.
Freds works Zan's body with a nice hook.
Nice defenses there by Freds.
Zan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Freds misses with a body shot.
Freds takes a swing at Zan's ribcage but misses.
Freds ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zan moves away.
Freds connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
A swing and a miss from Zan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Freds throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zan.
Zan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Freds lands a lovely overhand right.
Freds avoids the body shot from Zan.
Freds appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zan rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Freds counters with a stiff right hand.
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!
Freds tries to land a front kick but Zan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Freds takes one to the side of the head.
Zan misses with a wild combination.
Zan looks to throw the jab but Freds is out of range.
No joy there for Zan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Freds avoids the body shot from Zan.
John Freds has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A punch lands to the side of Freds 's head but he takes it in his stride.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tan Zan.
Well Zan has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Dirk Anderson scores the fight 29:29
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Tan Zan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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