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IHOF 7: High Treason PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Badou Baha (ranked 1543 p4p, 228 weight class) and Michio Kaku (ranked 4601 p4p, 552 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Kaku's choice of entrance music: We will rock you. 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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Excellent boxer
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 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
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Badou Baha!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michio Kaku!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Radbod Blank and Wagner Zegers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Baha lands a really nice looking cross but Kaku seems unphased.
Baha scores with a jab to the body.
Kaku walks into a stiff left hand from Baha.
Kaku looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Kaku darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Baha works his way to full guard. Good work.
Baha on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Baha tries to get out of the position.
Kaku throwing strikes but missing.
Kaku tries to free his leg and advance position but Baha is retaining full guard.
Baha is looking to stand up but Kaku isn't so interested in that idea.
Kaku in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Baha working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Kaku.
Kaku throws a strike but Baha rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Baha wants to get up but he can't break Kaku's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Kaku is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kaku looking for a sweep. Not yet Kaku, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kaku is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Baha not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baha stopping the sweep attempt from Kaku.
Kaku trying to strike off his back.
Baha knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kaku on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kaku is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Baha sizes up Kaku with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Baha with a nice cross.
Baha throws a jab when Kaku was well out of range.
Baha connects with an inside leg kick.
Kaku tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Baha defends well and Kaku ends up having to push Baha into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Badou Baha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baha scores with the left hand. Kaku knows he should have avoided that one.
Baha lands a nice shot that snaps Kaku's head back.
Baha throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Baha connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kaku shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Baha as he avoids it easily.
Kaku dives in for a single leg takedown but Baha sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Baha swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Badou Baha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Michio Kaku.
Kaku closes this distance looking for a takedown but Baha circles away.
Baha digs a good hook to Kaku's body.
Baha tried to score with a low kick but Kaku checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Baha displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Kaku.
Kaku doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Baha makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kaku looks winded!
Kaku tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Baha swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kaku on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Baha cracks a nice hook into Kaku's ribs.
Baha throws a sloppy head kick and Kaku moves out of range easily.
Kaku gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kaku looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A quick step to the side and Baha tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Baha! Kaku is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Badou Baha!
Badou Baha is the new light heavyweight champion!
After the big win, Badou Baha made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Perkele! and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
In defeat, Michio Kaku stepped up to the mic, saying '...'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Buck Morris (ranked 6306 p4p, 584 weight class) and Paul Sight (ranked 5365 p4p, 547 weight class). Morris kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Radioactive - Imagine Dragons feat. Kendrick Lamar. Buck Morris had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Paul Sight will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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203 lbs
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192 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Buck Morris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Sight!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morris lands a slapping body shot.
Morris throws a body punch but Sight moves out of range.
Sight moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sight cracks Morris with an open hand slap.
Sight tries to close the distance and clinch but Morris swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Morris seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A jab from Sight finds it's way through Morris's defenses.
Morris closes the distance and clinches.
Morris throws a punch but it's blocked by Sight.
Morris pushes Sight back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sight prevents a body shot from Morris.
Sight is trying to break the clinch but Morris has him pressed against the cage.
Morris throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sight tries to break the clinch but Morris is controlling the position.
Morris gets through Sight's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Morris taking a breather.
Morris misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sight.
Knees to the body from Morris.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Morris.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sight breaks the clinch.
Sight rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sight throws a head kick that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Sight. Those never looked like landing.
Morris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A combination from Sight does no damage.
A combination from Sight does no damage.
Sight scores with a shot to the body.
Sight scores with a nice head shot.
Morris misses with a right hand
and Sight counters with a left and a right that stings Morris.
Sight lands a nice hook to Morris's body. Morris takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morris misses with a double jab
enabling Sight to counter with a crisp jab.
Morris throws the left hand but Sight avoids the punch easily.
Sight throws a body kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sight misses with a combination
and Morris counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sight thinking.
Sight lands a jab-cross combination.
Morris fails to land with a series of punches.
Sight stuns Morris with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morris looks to land a left hand but Sight moved out of range nicely.
Sight drops Morris with a beautiful combination! Morris stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Sight is looking for the KO!
Morris is rocked!
Morris misses with a wild combination.
Oh Morris is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A combination from Morris does no damage.
Morris seems to have got his legs back now.
Sight swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Morris ducks right into an uppercut from Sight.
Morris throws a sloppy head kick
and Sight counters with a nice uppercut.
Sight drops Morris with a naaaaasty hook - Morris is in real trouble here! Sight dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Sight!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ronie Cash (ranked 3296 p4p, 378 weight class) and Steve Cusumano (ranked 3737 p4p, 426 weight class). Cusumano has chosen Gamefire as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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179 lbs
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180 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ronie Cash!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Steve Cusumano!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cusumano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cash.
Cash pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Cusumano back to the cage. Cash follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Steve Cusumano has been cut.
We've been informed that Cusumano has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Cash throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cash walks into a left hand.
Cusumano throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sloppy strikes from Cusumano. Those never looked like landing.
A right-left combo lands from Cusumano.
Cash looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cash lands with a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cusumano misses with a straight right.
Cash was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A punch combination from Cash misses.
Cusumano lands a right hook to the body.
Cash scores with a hook.
A cross from Cusumano lands.
Cusumano takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cash throws a shot to the body.
Cusumano tries to bum rush Cash with a series of wild strikes but Cash uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cash scores with a jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Cusumano crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cash - the referee stops the clock and Cusumano gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cash. Cusumano manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cash lands a jab to Cusumano's midsection.
Cusumano connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cash scoring well with a low kick there.
Cash steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cusumano.
Cash throws a shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Cash. Beautiful body shot.
Cusumano walks into a straight right hand from Cash.
Cash connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cash.
Cusumano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cash.
Cusumano throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Cash was covering up waiting for the punch and Cusumano finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Cash looking for a guillotine here but Cusumano defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cusumano trying to control the position from guard on top but Cash is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cusumano is sitting in close to Cash's body. Cash has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Cusumano is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Cusumano is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Cash.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ronie Cash!
Ronie Cash is the new middleweight champion!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Howlin Wolf (ranked 531 p4p, 50 weight class) and Bismack Kagonbo (ranked 1267 p4p, 137 weight class). Kagonbo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Voodoo. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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287 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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241 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Howlin Wolf!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bismack Kagonbo!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Wolf misses the target.
Kagonbo scores with a head kick. Wolf tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Howlin Wolf has been cut.
Wolf scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Kagonbo kicks off Wolf and gets to his feet.
Kagonbo pushes Wolf away with a front kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kagonbo lands a big head kick that sends Wolf tumbling to the mat! Kagonbo takes a step backwards and waves Wolf back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Bismack Kagonbo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kagonbo misses with a two punch combination.
Kagonbo throws a shot from downtown. Wolf moves away and avoids it.
Wolf gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kagonbo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Wolf dives in for a single leg takedown but Kagonbo sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Kagonbo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wolf counters with a stiff right hand.
Kagonbo delivers a nice body kick.
Wolf is breathing heavily.
Are you kidding me?! Kagonbo ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Wolf clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bismack Kagonbo!
Bismack Kagonbo is the new heavyweight champion!
Bismack Kagonbo made sure to mention his sponsor, WarHorse Fightwear in his post fight interview.
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