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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Steve (ranked 196 p4p, 24 weight class) and Melek Taus (ranked 659 p4p, 93 weight class). Steve kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Its a fine day to whoop somebodies ass. Taus comes into a darkened arena with his song building. A Cry For Vengeance kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Melek Taus is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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21 - 4 - 0 |
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225 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mark Steve!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Melek Taus!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steve throws out a loose jab but Taus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Taus blocks a jab.
Steve jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Steve goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Steve walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Taus checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Taus takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Taus throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Taus scores with a nice head shot.
Taus moves out of range as Steve strikes.
A little jabbing left from Taus on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Mark Steve seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steve throws a leg kick
and Taus makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Taus takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Steve lunges at Taus with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Taus's hand.
Taus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Steve.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taus moves out of range as Steve strikes.
Steve throws a leg kick but Taus checks it.
Taus has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Steve lands a jab.
Steve misses with a body shot
and Steve takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Taus throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Steve throws the kick towards the body but Taus avoids it.
Taus chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Steve can pounce on him.
Steve misses with a left hand
and Taus cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Steve definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A nice inside leg kick there by Taus. That's going to slow Steve down.
Taus uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steve.
Steve displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Taus throws out the jab.
Steve ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Taus misses with a left hand
and Steve counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taus misses with a body punch.
Taus struggles to land a body shot inside as Steve controls his hands.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Taus throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taus tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steve tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Taus's elbow.
Steve lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Steve lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Taus lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Steve tries to work over Taus's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A body shot lands from Taus.
Steve blocks a body shot from Taus.
Steve blocks a body shot from Taus.
Steve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taus blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Taus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Taus doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Taus presses Steve against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Taus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steve's elbow.
Taus tries to throw a body punch but Steve avoids it by throwing Taus back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Steve fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taus lands a shoulder strike.
Steve pushes Taus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Taus misses with a punch to the body.
Steve misses with a hook to the ribs.
Steve lands a nice uppercut.
Taus blocks a body shot from Steve.
Taus can't find room to land a body shot as Steve controls the action.
Steve goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Taus.
Steve struggles to land a body shot inside as Taus controls his hands.
Taus trying to control the position but instead, Steve has worked for underhooks and has pushed Taus into the cage.
Steve tries a body shot but Taus blocks it.
Taus tries to throw a body punch but Steve avoids it by throwing Taus back against the cage.
Taus lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Steve or not.
Steve has a couple of punches blocked by Taus.
Taus pushes Steve back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Steve is breathing heavily.
A right hook to the body lands for Taus.
Steve misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taus lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taus lands a hook that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Taus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taus misses with a body punch.
Steve struggles to land a body shot inside as Taus controls his hands.
Taus scores with a shoulder strike.
Taus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good body shot from Taus.
Taus digs a right hand underneath Steve's ribcage. Steve let out a lung full of air as it connected.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Taus creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short left from Taus.
Taus tries to work over Steve's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Taus cracks Steve with a nice body shot.
Taus lands a right hand that snaps the head of Steve backwards.
Taus digs a right hand underneath Steve's ribcage. Steve let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Taus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Steve misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Taus misses with a body punch.
Taus lands with a light punch inside.
Steve swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Taus lands a body shot in the clinch.
Taus presses Steve against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Taus misses with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Melek Taus dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Steve has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Taus.
Steve loads up on a big right hand but Taus slips the punch.
Steve misses with a looping right.
Taus let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Steve swings widly with a right hand
and Taus counters with a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Taus.
Taus scores with a jab to the body.
Taus pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Steve gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Taus counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Taus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Taus looks to land a right hand but Steve moved out of range.
Taus steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Steve. That one must have hurt.
A slow jab from Steve misses its intended target.
Taus misses with an uppercut. Steve saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steve tries a low kick but Taus avoids it.
Steve pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Steve takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Steve closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Taus takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Steve throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steve misses with a looping right.
Taus was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Steve throws a front kick aimed at Taus's knee but Taus avoids it well.
A lazy body kick from Steve
and Taus counters with a nice right hand that sends Steve toppling to the canvas! Steve scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Taus finish him?!
Steve is rocked!
It looks like Mark Steve has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice inside leg kick there by Taus. That's going to slow Steve down.
Oh Steve is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Taus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Steve misses with a wild body shot.
Steve seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Steve as he checks the leg kick.
Taus throws a jab but it's blocked by Steve.
Taus scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Steve misses with a looping left.
Taus with a nice cross.
Steve connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Steve gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Taus gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Melek Taus!
Melek Taus is the new light heavyweight champion!
Melek Taus seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
In defeat, Mark Steve stepped up to the mic, saying 'broke both my hands on that thick skull and played hell on any offense....and I aint much on defense.....'.
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hype
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