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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Von Ver Huevan (ranked 2324 p4p, 240 weight class) and Takahiro Shirai (ranked 3790 p4p, 332 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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245 lbs
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280 lbs
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank |
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Von Ver Huevan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Takahiro Shirai!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Joseph Jones and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Von Ver Huevan ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
A cross from Von Ver Huevan lands.
Von Ver Huevan throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Von Ver Huevan scores with a sloppy right hand. Shirai should have avoided that one.
Shirai throws a series of punches but Von Ver Huevan avoids them all with ease.
Shirai looks to land a body kick but Von Ver Huevan moved away.
Nice uppercut lands for Von Ver Huevan. That snapped Shirai's head back.
Von Ver Huevan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shirai.
Von Ver Huevan ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shirai moves away.
Shirai throws out a counter right but Von Ver Huevan avoids it with no problem.
Von Ver Huevan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shirai has time to react.
Shirai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shirai misses with a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Von Ver Huevan avoids a punch combination nicely.
Von Ver Huevan misses with the combination.
Shirai scores with a decent looking hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shirai moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Von Ver Huevan stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Shirai.
Shirai lands the left hand.
Von Ver Huevan bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shirai's head.
Shirai misses with a shot to the body
and Von Ver Huevan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Von Ver Huevan throws a hook to the side of Shirai's head but Shirai sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Von Ver Huevan throws a hook but Shirai blocks it.
Von Ver Huevan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Von Ver Huevan lunges at Shirai with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shirai's hand.
Shirai gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Von Ver Huevan.
It looks like Takahiro Shirai has been cut.
Von Ver Huevan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shirai throws out the jab.
Shirai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Von Ver Huevan.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shirai on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Shirai lands with a right hand.
Shirai punishes Von Ver Huevan's body with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shirai wants to slow Von Ver Huevan down by chopping away at his legs.
Shirai takes one to the chin there.
Von Ver Huevan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Von Ver Huevan throws out a loose jab but Shirai uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shirai looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Von Ver Huevan bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Shirai uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Von Ver Huevan has time to react.
Shirai throws a body punch but Von Ver Huevan moves out of range.
Shirai takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Von Ver Huevan takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Von Ver Huevan misses the jab.
Shirai takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Von Ver Huevan takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Shirai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Von Ver Huevan's corner calls for a 1-2. Von Ver Huevan obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shirai throws a jab when Von Ver Huevan was well out of range.
Von Ver Huevan misses with an uppercut. Shirai saw that one coming.
Von Ver Huevan is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Shirai misses with a straight right.
Von Ver Huevan moves out of range as Shirai strikes.
Nice shot by Von Ver Huevan.
Von Ver Huevan looks to land a left hand but Shirai moved out of range nicely.
Shirai throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Von Ver Huevan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Shirai defending well as Von Ver Huevan loads up on a big left hand.
Von Ver Huevan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Von Ver Huevan cracks Shirai with an open hand slap.
Von Ver Huevan lands with a cross.
Von Ver Huevan slips under a jab from Shirai.
Shirai is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shirai throws an overhand right that lands on Von Ver Huevan's shoulder, as Von Ver Huevan tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a few strikes there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shirai takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Shirai throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Von Ver Huevan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shirai.
Shirai misses with a left hand
and Von Ver Huevan connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Von Ver Huevan punishes Shirai's body with a nice straight punch.
Von Ver Huevan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shirai.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shirai! But no joy.
Shirai takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Von Ver Huevan just misses with a punch to the body.
Von Ver Huevan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And Shirai responds with a good body kick, but Von Ver Huevan manages to step out the way in time.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shirai tries a head kick but it misses.
Shirai fails with an attempt to clinch.
Von Ver Huevan appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Von Ver Huevan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Magnus Von Ver Huevan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Takahiro Shirai's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Shirai keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Von Ver Huevan here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Von Ver Huevan looks to score with a jab to the body but Shirai is just out of range.
Shirai throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Von Ver Huevan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shirai takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Von Ver Huevan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Von Ver Huevan lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Von Ver Huevan scores with a nice right hand.
Shirai moves away from the strike by Von Ver Huevan.
Von Ver Huevan swings widly with a right hand
and Shirai counters with a straight right hand.
Good standup being displayed there by Von Ver Huevan as he connects with a hook.
Donk. Von Ver Huevan catches Shirai right on the button with a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Von Ver Huevan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A jab from Shirai misses.
Von Ver Huevan lands a big uppercut and Shirai crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Shirai looks OK. Von Ver Huevan waves Shirai back to his feet!
Shirai is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shirai tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shirai is still on wobbly legs! Can Von Ver Huevan finish him?
Von Ver Huevan bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shirai uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Von Ver Huevan.
Shirai seems to have recovered his senses.
Shirai has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Shirai takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shirai tries to close the distance and clinch up but Von Ver Huevan swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Von Ver Huevan lands a lovely overhand right.
The fighters circling - Von Ver Huevan throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Von Ver Huevan moves away from the strike by Shirai.
Shirai closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Von Ver Huevan misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Von Ver Huevan uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Von Ver Huevan weaves into range and cracks Shirai right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Shirai goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Von Ver Huevan is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Magnus Von Ver Huevan!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Magnus Von Ver Huevan made sure he mentioned Urban Fighter, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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