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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Tua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neil Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). David Tua has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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230 lbs
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230 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, David Tua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Neil Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Seu Braga and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tua is fending him off so far but Holmes persists. Nope, Tua circles away and we're back to standing.
Horrible takedown by Holmes or perhaps it was just good defense by Tua which made him look bad.
Neil Holmes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holmes misses with the combination.
Tua keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Holmes.
Jab from Holmes.
Tua moves out of range of the strikes.
No joy there for Holmes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holmes throws a right and a left that Tua avoids nicely.
Holmes connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Holmes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Holmes fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tua manages to avoid it.
Holmes scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tua jabs Holmes right on the nose. Holmes blinks but takes it well.
It looks like Neil Holmes has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holmes fails with a takedown attempt.
David Tua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neil Holmes.
Holmes looks gassed!
Tua has closed the distance and engaged Holmes in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes avoids a wild elbow strike from Tua.
Tua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tua slowing the pace effectively.
Tua gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Tua misses with a knee to the head.
Tua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Holmes blocks the elbow strike.
Tua lands an elbow that stopped Holmes in his tracks for a moment.
Holmes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tua has Holmes pressed against the cage.
Tua misses with an elbow strike.
Tua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tua lands a nice elbow.
Holmes tries to break free but Tua pushes him back against the cage.
Holmes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Holmes blocks an elbow strike from Tua.
Tua is stalling here.
Tua misses with a knee strike.
Tua throws an elbow but it misses.
A knee to the head by Tua.
Tua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Tua.
Tua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Tua.
Tua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tua looking to throw knees to the head but Holmes is blocking nicely.
Tua stalling in the clinch.
Tua misses with an elbow strike.
Tua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tua tries to land a knee to the head but Holmes blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes being controlled against the cage.
Tua tries a knee to the head but Holmes blocks it.
Tua throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tua has Holmes pressed against the cage, preventing Holmes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tua pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Tua has Holmes pushed against the cage.
Holmes avoids a wild elbow strike from Tua.
Holmes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tua has him pressed against the cage.
Holmes blocks an elbow strike from Tua.
Tua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Holmes has had enough of the clinch but Tua keeps him there for the moment.
Tua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tua has him pressed against the cage.
Holmes wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Nice elbow from Tua.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tua pushes off an throws an elbow but Holmes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tua tries a knee to the head but Holmes blocks it.
Holmes wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tua has him pressed against the cage.
Holmes blocks the elbow strike.
Tua has Holmes pushed against the cage.
Tua pushes off an throws an elbow but Holmes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tua pushes off an throws an elbow but Holmes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Holmes being controlled against the cage.
Tua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Holmes's defenses.
Tua throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Tua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
Holmes blocks the elbow strike.
Tua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
Tua is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Tua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Neil Holmes'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.
Holmes scores with a shot to the body.
No joy there for Holmes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Holmes misses with a wild combination.
Holmes lands a nice looking body shot.
No joy there for Holmes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tua dodges the punch combination from Holmes.
Tua avoids a punch combination nicely.
Holmes shoots for a takedown but Tua saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Holmes is breathing heavily.
Tua tries to clinch but Holmes is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes lands a body shot.
Tua drops his hands momentarily and Holmes takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tua darts in and clinches Holmes up against the cage.
Tua will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Holmes up against the cage.
Tua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tua is pushing Holmes up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Tua lands an elbow inside that Holmes shrugs off.
Holmes wants to stall.
Tua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
Tua lands an elbow just above Holmes 's eye.
Tua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Holmes's defenses.
Tua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes wants a takedown but no success here.
Tua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Holmes takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tua misses with a knee strike.
Holmes avoids the elbow strike from Tua, against the cage.
Holmes tries to pull guard but Tua won't allow it.
David Tua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Neil Holmes.
Tua looking to throw knees to the head but Holmes is blocking nicely.
Holmes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tua has Holmes pressed against the cage, preventing Holmes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Holmes takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tua tries to land a knee to the head but Holmes blocks with his arms.
Holmes jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tua walks away with a smile on his face. Holmes gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Holmes paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Tua is looking to clinch but Holmes is avoiding it.
Tua slips a jab and a cross from Holmes.
Tua gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Tua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua lands an elbow that stopped Holmes in his tracks for a moment.
Tua is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Tua tries to land a knee to the head but Holmes blocks with his arms.
Tua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tua has Holmes pressed against the cage, preventing Holmes from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tua misses with a knee to the head.
Tua manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Holmes blocks the elbow strike.
Holmes blocks the elbow strike.
Tua pushes off an throws an elbow but Holmes leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Tua lands an elbow that stopped Holmes in his tracks for a moment.
Holmes takes an elbow to the temple.
Tua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Holmes's face.
Holmes tries to break the clinch but Tua is controlling the position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Holmes creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Holmes is trying to break the clinch but Tua has him pressed against the cage.
Tua tries to land a knee to the head but Holmes blocks with his arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
Holmes is trying to break the clinch but Tua has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Holmes's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tua creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tua throws an elbow but misses.
Holmes blocks an elbow strike from Tua.
Holmes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tua stalling in the clinch.
Holmes drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tua gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tua connects with a knee to the head.
Tua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Holmes's defenses.
Tua manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Nice elbow from Tua.
Holmes wants to break free but Tua has control.
Tua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that David Tua will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Neil Holmes's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Holmes throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Tua.
Holmes misses with a hook.
Holmes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
David Tua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tua tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Holmes misses with a double jab.
Holmes swings for the body but Tua moves out of range.
Tua is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holmes tries to bum rush Tua with a series of wild strikes but Tua uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Holmes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A jab from Tua does it's job there.
Tua clinches.
Tua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Holmes takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tua throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tua.
Holmes tries to circle away but Tua has him pinned against the cage.
Tua lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tua throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Tua throws an elbow but misses.
Nice elbow from Tua.
Tua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
Holmes blocks an elbow strike from Tua.
Tua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The is referee keeping an eye on Tua - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tua lands an elbow just above Holmes 's eye.
Tua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tua stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Holmes blocks the elbow strike.
Tua throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tua throws an elbow but it misses.
Tua throws an elbow that misses.
The referee calls for Tua to work.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Tua just misses with a elbow thrown towards Holmes's brow.
Holmes tries to break free but Tua pushes him back against the cage.
Tua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Tua throws an elbow but it misses.
Tua lands an elbow inside that Holmes shrugs off.
Holmes can't break the clinch.
Tua looking to throw knees to the head but Holmes is blocking nicely.
Tua throws an elbow but it misses.
Tua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Holmes has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tua avoiding damage.
Tua looking to throw knees to the head but Holmes is blocking nicely.
Holmes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Holmes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Holmes is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tua sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tua ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tua is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tua clinches.
Holmes tries to break the clinch but Tua is controlling the position.
Holmes takes a knee right on the jaw!
Holmes takes an elbow to the temple.
Tua looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Tua tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tua tries a knee to the head but Holmes blocks it.
Tua with a knee to the head.
Holmes is trying to break the clinch but Tua is controlling him.
Tua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tua.
Holmes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Holmes takes one to the chin there.
David Tua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tua darts in and clinches Holmes up against the cage.
David Tua is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tua manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tua misses with an elbow strike.
Tua prevents Holmes from breaking the clinch.
Tua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
Tua throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Holmes blocks it with crossed arms.
Tua taking a breather.
Tua throws an elbow but it misses.
Holmes avoids the elbow strike from Tua, against the cage.
Tua prevents Holmes from breaking the clinch.
Tua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tua looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Holmes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Holmes has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Holmes looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Neil Holmes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Holmes takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Tua showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tua, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Tua!
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energy
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hype
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