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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tan Zan (ranked 548 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Luna (ranked 406 p4p, 54 weight class). Luna has chosen Noypi by Bamboo as his entrance music. 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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172 cm
27
164 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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171 cm
26
162 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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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 lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 2 - 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
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Juan Luna! The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Luna throws a jab when Zan was well out of range. Jab, jab by Luna - just one landing. Zan misses with a body shot.
Luna lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Zan fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Luna looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Luna throws a good cross that connects.
Luna misses with an uppercut. Zan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Luna.
Zan is looking to counter with a shot to the body. Luna takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Zan avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Luna misses with an uppercut
and Zan counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Zan misses with a hook. Luna tries to clinch but fails miserably and Zan counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Luna throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Zan to counter with a crisp jab. Luna wants to clinch and Zan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Luna tries to clinch but Zan is having none of it. A counter left hand to the body from Zan misses its target. Luna wants to clinch up but Zan keeps it at a distance. Good standup being displayed there by Zan as he connects with a hook.
It looks like Juan Luna has been cut. Luna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zan moves away. Luna clobbers Zan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Luna uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Zan. Zan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Zan lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Luna falls backwards - clearly groggy! Zan dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tan Zan! A victorious Tan Zan thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. The defeated Juan Luna had this to say: 'A man can be destroyed but not defeated... I will pickup the pieces that I learned today and will grow from it.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
55% |
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