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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Dux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Tavarius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Tavarius's choice of entrance music: Eminem Ft. Royce Da 5'9 - Living Proof. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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206 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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220 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Frank Dux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Richard Tavarius!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Tavarius. Dux does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tavarius throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tavarius throws an overhand right that lands on Dux's shoulder, as Dux tries to avoid the shot.
Tavarius takes the fight into the clinch.
Tavarius avoiding damage.
Nice body punch from Tavarius.
Tavarius lands a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Tavarius as the two fighters clinch.
Tavarius holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tavarius scores with a shoulder strike.
Dux tries to break free but Tavarius pushes him back against the cage.
Dux trying to control the position but instead, Tavarius has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dux into the cage.
Tavarius works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Dux is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tavarius as Dux tries to tie him up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tavarius takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavarius lands a hook that snaps the head of Dux backwards.
Tavarius blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tavarius is working Dux over against the cage.
Come on Tavarius - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dux struggles to land a body shot inside as Tavarius controls his hands.
Tavarius pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tavarius lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tavarius lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tavarius content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Tavarius throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Duxs head.
Tavarius lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tavarius scores with a shot to the side of Dux's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tavarius lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavarius lands with a left to the head.
Tavarius lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Dux or not.
Tavarius lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tavarius lands with a right to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tavarius.
Tavarius lands a hook that snaps the head of Dux backwards.
Tavarius pushes Dux back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short left from Tavarius.
Tavarius digs a right hand into Dux's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dux's gas tank.
Tavarius displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dux up against the cage.
Tavarius gets through Dux's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tavarius creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Dux is rocked!
Tavarius lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dux backwards.
Oh Dux is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tavarius working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tavarius lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tavarius creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavarius works on Dux's body with a couple of short punches.
Tavarius lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tavarius drops Dux onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Dux is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tavarius.
Tavarius slows down the pace here.
Tavarius continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Tavarius working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Good body shot from Tavarius.
Tavarius makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tavarius has Dux pushed against the cage.
Dux seems to have got his legs back now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right from Tavarius on the inside.
Tavarius leaning his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dux goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tavarius avoids the elbow strike from Dux, against the cage.
Tavarius lands a body shot.
Tavarius just leaning against Dux, taking a breather.
Tavarius lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Dux backwards.
Tavarius scores with a hook to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Tavarius.
Tavarius stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Richard Tavarius.
Tavarius clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tavarius lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tavarius stalls.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Tavarius dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Tavarius's jab looks to have found its range, popping Dux under the eye.
Tavarius misses with an uppercut
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
and Dux counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tavarius lands the left hand.
Tavarius misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dux.
Tavarius pushes Dux up against the cage in a clinch.
Tavarius makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tavarius slowing the pace effectively.
Dux swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tavarius lands a left hand that snaps the head of Dux backwards.
Dux misses with an elbow strike.
Richard Tavarius seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A right hand to the body from Tavarius.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tavarius makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Tavarius.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Tavarius.
Tavarius lands a shot to the body.
Tavarius makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tavarius lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dux.
The referee is keeping an eye on Tavarius - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Tavarius has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tavarius lands a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Tavarius.
Tavarius lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dux.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Dux takes a shot to the head.
Tavarius lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tavarius is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tavarius.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Tavarius.
Tavarius lands with a right to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Tavarius.
Tavarius lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Tavarius - that landed with a thud.
Tavarius throws a big uppercut that drops Dux! More strikes from Tavarius and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Dux lies dazed against the cage as Tavarius celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Tavarius!
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hype
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pop
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