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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Makres (ranked 1938 p4p, 248 weight class) and Vaai Finau (ranked 23648 p4p, 549 weight class). Makres comes into the arena with SABATON - Coat of Arms blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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212 lbs
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220 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Dangerous GnP
Good low kicks
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Makres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vaai Finau!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finau scores with the left hand. Makres knows he should have avoided that one.
A head kick misses from Finau.
Finau misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Makres is looking for a counter combo.
Finau dips to his left and cracks Makres with an uppercut!
Nice straight punches there by Finau. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Finau.
Finau is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Finau, right into the meat.
Sloppy strikes from Finau. Those never looked like landing.
Finau throws a big shot that misses.
Finau keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Finau looks to land a right hand but Makres moved out of range.
Vaai Finau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Makres avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Finau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Decent striking displayed by Finau there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice jab there from Finau.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makres ducks under a wild hook from Finau.
A looping hook to the body misses from Finau. Makres does a little dance to reset his feet.
Finau lands a head kick. Makres smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Finau misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Finau throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Finau misses with a looping right.
A counter left hand to the body from Makres misses its target.
Makres looks to land a right hand but Finau moved out of range.
Finau throws a low kick, looking for Makres's leg but Makres calmly moves out of range.
A big right from Makres misses.
Makres takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Finau scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Finau misses with a looping left.
A little feinted left hand from Makres on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Finau attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Makres. Finau does a little dance to reset his feet.
Finau with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice sprawl there from Makres as Finau shoots in.
Makres slips under a jab.
Finau looks to land a right hand but Makres moved out of range.
Nice shot lands for Finau.
A leg kick checked by Makres.
It looked like Makres wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Makres walks into a straight right hand from Finau.
Makres throws a lazy right hand but Finau sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Finau misses with a looping left.
Makres is looking to counter with a body kick.
Finau fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Makres has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Finau connects with a jab.
Makres moves out of range as Finau strikes.
As Finau looks to move away, Makres throws a big counter combo but Finau just gets out of the way.
Finau fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Finau blocks the leg kick.
Finau swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Makres is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Finau shoots in for a double leg but Makres sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
John Makres has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vaai Finau.
Finau ducks right into an uppercut from Makres.
It looks like Vaai Finau has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Makres.
Makres lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Finau circles away quickly and effectively.
Finau is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Makres had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Finau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Makres.
Makres takes a kick to the side of the head.
Makres tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice side step and Finau releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Finau tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Finau throws a head kick but Makres moves out of range.
Makres swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Finau works over Makres's head and body with a nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finau misses with a head kick.
Makres is looking for a counter combo.
Makres looks to land a right hand but Finau moved out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Makres is looking to slow Finau down with leg kicks.
Makres misses with a left hand
and Finau counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Makres looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A lazy left from Finau finds it's target.
Finau connects with a solid leg kick.
Finau throws a jab but it's blocked by Makres.
Finau misses with a straight left.
A counter left hand to the body from Makres misses its target.
Finau will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Makres keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Finau throws a looping overhand right but Makres ducks down to avoid it.
John Makres is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Finau showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Makres.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vaai Finau dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vaai Finau's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Makres avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Makres might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
A head kick misses from Finau.
Makres is looking to counter punch.
Finau throws a sloppy head kick
and Makres counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Makres takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Finau instigates a clinch.
Finau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Makres working hard to break the clinch.
Makres holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Finau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A short left from Makres.
A short left from Finau.
Makres blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Finau is looking to control Makres's arms but Makres gets an underhook and turns him. Now Finau has his back to the cage.
Makres stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Makres breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makres scores with a shot to the body.
Finau dives in and grabs Makres's left leg, looking for a takedown. Makres pushes down on Finau's head and hops out.
Finau is breathing heavily.
Finau misses with a low kick.
Makres was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Finau throws a jab when Makres was well out of range.
Makres stuffs the takedown.
Makres fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Makres looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Makres slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Finau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Makres.
And Makres counters with a quick kick to the body but Finau blocks it.
Finau connects with a crisp jab.
Finau has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Finau throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Makres.
Some wild striking there from Finau.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makres with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Makres swinging wildly here.
Donk. Finau catches Makres right on the button with a cross.
Makres takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Finau ducks under a wild hook from Makres.
Finau looks to clinch
and Makres counters with a nice right hand that sends Finau toppling to the canvas! Finau scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Makres finish him?!
Finau is rocked!
Finau takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Finau is still on wobbly legs! Can Makres finish him?
Finau doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Makres thuds a left hand into Finau's body.
Makres seems to be stalking Finau here. He circles momentarily and then unleashes a devastating head kick! Finau drops like a stone, out cold! WOW! Are you kidding me!? What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). John Makres!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, John Makres made sure he mentioned Dark Knight Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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