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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Wang Jang Jai (ranked 323 p4p, 684 weight class) and Felix Pappalardi (ranked 43 p4p, 90 weight class). Jang Jai comes to the cage accompanied by Snake Shadow. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Solid boxing
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Decent boxing
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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 14 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Wang Jang Jai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Felix Pappalardi!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Eddie Farnsworth and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pappalardi ducks under a wild hook from Jang Jai.
Pappalardi avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pappalardi wants to counter with a clinch but Jang Jai pushes him away.
Jang Jai misses with a left hand
enabling Pappalardi to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Jang Jai misses its intended target.
Jang Jai throws a looping overhand right but Pappalardi ducks down to avoid it.
Pappalardi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pappalardi slips under a jab.
Jang Jai misses with a straight left.
Pappalardi is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Pappalardi 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.
Jang Jai lands a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jang Jai throws a hook to the side of Pappalardi's head but Pappalardi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've been told by Jang Jai's head coaches at London MMA Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Decent striking displayed by Jang Jai there.
Jang Jai throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pappalardi wants to counter the offense by Jang Jai and move into the clinch position.
Jang Jai cracks Pappalardi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pappalardi avoids the body shot from Jang Jai.
Pappalardi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jang Jai.
Jang Jai ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pappalardi moves away.
Pappalardi blocks a jab.
Pappalardi wants to counter the offense by Jang Jai and move into the clinch position.
Pappalardi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jang Jai.
Jang Jai scores with a jab. Pappalardi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jang Jai is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Pappalardi slips a jab from Jang Jai.
Jang Jai throws a series of punches but Pappalardi avoids them all with ease.
Jang Jai missing with a left hand there. Pappalardi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pappalardi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jang Jai throws out the jab.
Jang Jai wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jang Jai throws an overhand right that lands on Pappalardi's shoulder, as Pappalardi tries to avoid the shot.
Pappalardi wants to counter the offense by Jang Jai and move into the clinch position.
Jang Jai misses with an uppercut
letting Pappalardi counter with a right hand.
Jang Jai throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Pappalardi to counter with a crisp jab.
Pappalardi uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Jang Jai.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jang Jai throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pappalardi sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jang Jai scores with the left hand. Pappalardi knows he should have avoided that one.
Jang Jai looks to score with a jab to the body but Pappalardi is just out of range.
Pappalardi throws out a counter right but Jang Jai avoids it with no problem.
Jang Jai jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jang Jai scores with a body shot.
Jang Jai misses with a left hand
and Pappalardi counters by clinching up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jang Jai is trying to break the clinch but Pappalardi is controlling him.
Jang Jai breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jang Jai throws a jab when Pappalardi was well out of range.
Pappalardi looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jang Jai throws out a loose jab but Pappalardi uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jang Jai throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Pappalardi on the side of the head.
A big right from Jang Jai misses.
Pappalardi tries to counter with a clinch but Jang Jai shakes him off and moves away.
Jang Jai cracks Pappalardi with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Jang Jai misses with an uppercut. Pappalardi saw that one coming.
Pappalardi swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Jang Jai ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pappalardi on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jang Jai lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Jang Jai looks to throw the jab but Pappalardi is out of range.
Pappalardi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Jang Jai.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jang Jai throws a shot from downtown. Pappalardi moves away and avoids it.
Pappalardi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pappalardi steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Jang Jai.
Jang Jai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pappalardi.
Pappalardi wants to counter with a clinch but Jang Jai pushes him away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jang Jai scores with a jab to the body.
Pappalardi ducks under a wild hook from Jang Jai.
Pappalardi tries to counter by closing the distance.
Jang Jai cracks Pappalardi with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Pappalardi looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Jang Jai finish him?
Jang Jai knocks out Pappalardi with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Jang Jai before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Jang Jai picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Wang Jang Jai!
After winning the bout, Wang Jang Jai thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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