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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Fury (ranked 1704 p4p, 207 weight class) and Marco Giambi (ranked 21147 p4p, 492 weight class). Giambi has chosen Mortal Kombat theme as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Fury!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marco Giambi!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giambi moves out of range of the strikes.
A big left from Fury misses.
Giambi walks into a stiff left hand from Fury.
Fury misses with a hook. Giambi ducked under it nicely.
Giambi misses with a right hand
and Fury counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Marco Giambi has been cut.
Giambi will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fury lands with a straight right. Giambi didn't see that one coming.
Giambi checks a low kick from Fury.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giambi doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Giambi moves out of range as Fury throws a body kick.
Fury tries to bum rush Giambi with a series of wild strikes but Giambi uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Giambi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fury definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Fury connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nick Fury seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Giambi tries to clinch there but Fury circles away.
Fury takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Giambi looks to land a left hand but Fury moved out of range nicely.
Giambi throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Fury counter with a right hand.
Giambi takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice defenses there by Giambi.
Giambi has closed the distance and engaged Fury in a clinch.
Fury misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fury misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fury escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Giambi tries a head kick but it misses.
Giambi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Giambi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Giambi throws a series of punches but Fury moves out of range.
Giambi tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Fury manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fury lands a nice shot to the body.
Giambi scores with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fury on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fury throws a right and a left that Giambi avoids nicely.
Giambi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Giambi misses with a right hand
and Fury counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fury swings for the body but Giambi moves out of range.
Giambi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Fury with a nice cross.
Fury fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Giambi checks it well.
Giambi was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Fury throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Giambi stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fury slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fury lands a nice leg kick that just misses Giambi's sensitive parts.
Giambi rushes Fury and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Giambi tries to throw a body punch but Fury avoids it by throwing Giambi back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fury.
Fury fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Fury.
A right handed body shot lands from Fury.
Giambi looks winded!
Fury works on Giambi's body with a couple of short punches.
Nice body punch from Fury.
Fury cracks Giambi with a nice body shot.
A hook to the body from Fury.
Fury lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Fury - that landed with a thud.
Fury pushes off an throws an elbow but Giambi leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fury lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fury lands an elbow inside that Giambi shrugs off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fury struggles to land a body shot inside as Giambi controls his hands.
Fury manages to break the clinch.
Fury fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Giambi on the side of the head.
Fury scores with a hook.
Fury lands a jab to Giambi's midsection.
A shot to the liver by Fury. Beautiful body shot.
Giambi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Fury lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fury avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Giambi slips a straight right by Fury.
Giambi appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Giambi tries to clinch but Fury moves away
and Fury counters with a left to the body.
Giambi looks to land a right hand but Fury moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Fury dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marco Giambi's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Giambi throws a leg kick
and Fury counters with an inside leg kick.
Fury scores with a head kick. Giambi tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fury throws a nice inside leg kick.
Fury scoring well with a low kick there.
Giambi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fury is looking to land body kicks.
A punch lands to the side of Giambi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Marco Giambi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A head kick misses from Fury.
Giambi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Fury.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fury does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Giambi moves to clinch but Fury breaks away
and Fury counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A solid leg kick lands there for Fury.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fury throws a jab when Giambi was well out of range.
Giambi moves out of range of the body kick from Fury.
Fury connects with the punch.
Giambi moves to clinch but Fury breaks away
and Fury counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Giambi is rocked!
A good leg kick by Fury.
That kick from Fury tenderised Giambi's leg. Giambi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Fury is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Giambi can do to turn this around?
Giambi throws an off balance right hand
and Giambi takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fury blocks a jab.
Giambi takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Giambi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fury lands a big uppercut and Giambi crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Giambi looks OK. Fury waves Giambi back to his feet!
Giambi is still on wobbly legs! Can Fury finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fury circles away before darting back in with a big straight right hand. It connects beautifully and sends Giambi tumbling to the canvas! He's out cold! Fury wins by KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nick Fury!
In his post fight interview, Nick Fury started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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