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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yoshi Sushi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tarzan Taborda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taborda has chosen New Noise by Refused 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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275 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
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195 cm
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274 lbs
10 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Yoshi Sushi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tarzan Taborda!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Taborda misses with a few strikes there.
Taborda on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sushi. Sushi obviously looking to wear him down.
Taborda tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sushi was well out of range. Poor timing from Taborda.
Taborda misses with a wild body shot.
Taborda takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Left hook, right uppercut from Taborda.
It looks like Yoshi Sushi has been cut.
Taborda moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sushi looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sushi throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sushi has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sushi is looking to stall here but Taborda recovers full guard.
Sushi throwing strikes but missing.
Sushi controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taborda seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sushi is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Taborda is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Taborda has escaped and now he's on top!
Sushi has Taborda pulled in close to control his posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Sushi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Taborda wants to pass the guard but Sushi is keeping the position.
Sushi looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Sushi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Taborda manages to get himself to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sushi thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Sushi content to stall in guard here.
Taborda bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sushi's guard.
Taborda must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Taborda throws a big right hand that misses.
Taborda wants to stand and escape but instead Sushi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Sushi wants to control from the top but Taborda keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Taborda avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sushi postures up in Taborda's guard and throws a big left but Taborda blocks it.
Sushi is standing up over Taborda. Taborda looks to escape but Sushi dives into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sushi in side control, throwing shots but Taborda defends.
Taborda is looking for a sweep.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nice defenses there by Sushi.
Sushi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Taborda.
Sushi staying out of range there.
Sushi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taborda.
Taborda looks to land a left hand but Sushi moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Yoshi Sushi will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Yoshi Sushi's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sushi throws and low kick but Taborda moves out of range easily.
Sushi misses with a low kick.
Sushi misses with a low kick.
Taborda waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sushi.
Taborda swings for the body but Sushi moves out of range.
Sushi takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sushi ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sushi dips to his left and cracks Taborda with an uppercut!
Taborda misses the jab.
Sushi closes the distance and clinches up with Taborda, looking for a takedown. Sushi pushes Taborda against the cage but Taborda circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sushi is looking to clinch.
Sushi ducks under a wild hook from Taborda.
A slapping leg kick lands for Sushi.
Sushi takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sushi misses with a low kick.
Taborda rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sushi moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taborda misses with a hook.
Taborda loads up on a big right hand but Sushi slips the punch.
Sushi slips under a jab.
Taborda lands a nice shot to the body.
Taborda bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sushi slips a jab and a cross from Taborda.
Sushi is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Taborda misses with a wild combination.
Taborda connects with a jab.
Tarzan Taborda seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A chopping leg kick lands by Sushi.
Taborda misses with a hook. Sushi ducked under it nicely.
Taborda throws an overhand right that lands on Sushi's shoulder, as Sushi tries to avoid the shot.
Taborda slips a jab from Sushi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taborda checks a low kick from Sushi.
Taborda darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Taborda misses with the combination.
Taborda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sushi.
Taborda cracks Sushi with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sushi takes a jab right on the kisser.
Tarzan Taborda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sushi uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Taborda.
Taborda wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Taborda loads up on a big right hand but Sushi slips the punch.
A swing and a miss from Sushi.
Taborda looks to throw the jab but Sushi is out of range.
Taborda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Taborda fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sushi looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab from Taborda misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taborda swinging wildly here.
Taborda looks to throw the jab but Sushi is out of range.
Sushi shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Taborda napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Sushi happy to just control the position for now.
Taborda dodges the ground and pound from Sushi.
Taborda stops Sushi from passing to mount.
Taborda is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Sushi throws an elbow but Taborda slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sushi throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Sushi tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sushi has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Taborda wants to control but Sushi postures up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Taborda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Sushi takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Tarzan Taborda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taborda throws a nice looking combination but Sushi bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Taborda takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Taborda throws out a loose jab but Sushi uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tarzan Taborda showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Yoshi Sushi's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Sushi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sushi connects with a high kick.
Taborda looks to land a right hand but Sushi moved out of range.
Sushi gets a takedown into half guard.
Taborda tries to roll over but Sushi keeps him under control.
Taborda gets back to full guard.
Sushi drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Taborda manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Sushi has Taborda in his guard.
Taborda preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taborda postures up.
Taborda preventing the sweep.
Taborda is looking to stand up but Sushi won't let him.
Sushi is trying to keep Taborda in close.
Taborda wants to stand but Sushi is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Taborda tries to free his leg and advance position but Sushi is retaining full guard.
Taborda wants to control from the top but Sushi keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sushi chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Taborda just misses with a punch to the body.
Taborda just misses with a punch to the body.
Taborda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taborda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sushi.
Sushi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sushi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Taborda avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Taborda looks to land a left hand but Sushi moved out of range nicely.
Sushi tries a head kick but it misses.
A jab from Taborda misses.
Sushi takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Taborda misses with a looping right.
Taborda avoids the body shot from Sushi.
Taborda blocks a low kick nicely.
Taborda circles away from the clinch attempt.
Taborda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A left lands for Taborda.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sushi ducks under a wild hook from Taborda.
Taborda misses with a wild combination.
Taborda throws a body punch but Sushi moves out of range.
Taborda takes a swing at Sushi's ribcage but misses.
Sushi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sushi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sushi moves out of range of the strikes.
Taborda stuns Sushi with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Taborda is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sushi.
Tarzan Taborda is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sushi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Taborda.
Taborda jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Taborda throws a right hand that Sushi ducks under and follows up with a left that Sushi also avoids with ease.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tarzan Taborda comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Taborda has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tarzan Taborda!
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hype
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pop
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