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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Derrick Elliott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zef Tanghe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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260 lbs
9 - 9 - 0 |
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223 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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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
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Derrick Elliott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Sydney, Zef Tanghe!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Elliott takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Elliott throws a right hand that Tanghe ducks under and follows up with a left that Tanghe also avoids with ease.
Tanghe throws a wild body kick that Elliott sees coming a mile off.
Elliott shoots in looking for a takedown. Tanghe tries to sprawl out of it but Elliott keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tanghe manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Elliott misses with a hook. Tanghe ducked under it nicely.
Derrick Elliott seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Elliott misses with an uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Tanghe. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Tanghe.
Tanghe throws a nice head kick!
Tanghe fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tanghe slips a jab and a cross from Elliott.
Elliott throws a poor cross that misses
and Tanghe counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Tanghe not doing much here.
Tanghe looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Elliott is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elliott is refusing to be controlled, as Tanghe sits in half guard.
Tanghe stops Elliott from getting back to his feet.
Tanghe is working for a kimura but Elliott is defending it quite comfortably.
Tanghe throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Elliott on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Elliott trying to control from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanghe is keen to just control but Elliott is a slippery customer.
Tanghe is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Tanghe keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Elliott is not content to let Tanghe control the position.
Elliott is controlling Tanghe's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Tanghe missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Tanghe wants to pass the guard but Elliott is defending well.
Tanghe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Elliott keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Tanghe throws a sloppy head kick and Elliott moves out of range easily.
Elliott lands a nice leg kick that just misses Tanghe's sensitive parts.
Tanghe throws a combination. Elliott tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tanghe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Elliott throws a big shot that misses.
Tanghe avoids the head kick by Elliott.
Elliott throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Elliott lands a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tanghe throws a leg kick which misses Elliott's front leg but catches the back leg as Elliott tries to avoid it.
Elliott misses with a hook. Tanghe ducked under it nicely.
Tanghe lands an overhand right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanghe throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Elliott throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tanghe stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Elliott misses with a kick to the body.
Elliott throws a leg kick but Tanghe sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tanghe throws a right hand that Elliott ducks under and follows up with a left that Elliott also avoids with ease.
A good leg kick by Elliott.
Elliott throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Elliott lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Tanghe shoots in for a takedown but Elliott shows good takedown defense.
Tanghe scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tanghe looks winded!
Elliott keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tanghe prevents Elliott from standing back up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanghe not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Elliott is looking to control Tanghe's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Elliott avoid being mounted?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Elliott kicks off Tanghe and gets to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Zef Tanghe will probably get the nod.
That's time! Elliott's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nice sprawl there from Elliott as Tanghe shoots in.
Elliott thows a left - swing and a miss!
Elliott throws a head kick that misses.
Tanghe throws a right and a left that Elliott avoids nicely.
Elliott scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tanghe misses with a few strikes there.
Elliott looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Elliott misses with a low kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tanghe connects with a body shot.
Elliott paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Elliott throws a solid leg kick but Tanghe takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Elliott.
Elliott scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tanghe in his tracks.
Derrick Elliott is winning the standup battle so far.
Elliott throws a sloppy head kick and Tanghe moves out of range easily.
Zef Tanghe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Elliott fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Tanghe looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Elliott leaves Tanghe with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tanghe.
Tanghe moves out of range of the leg kick from Elliott.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elliott scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tanghe doesn't seem bothered though.
Elliott lands a front kick.
Elliott blocks a jab.
Tanghe fails to land the takedown.
Derrick Elliott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zef Tanghe.
Tanghe takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Elliott knocks Tanghe to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
It looks like Zef Tanghe has been cut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
An elbow from Elliott crashes against the mat.
Sloppy strikes there by Elliott.
Elliott looks up at the clock and then as Tanghe takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Elliott smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Elliott working the ground and pound.
Elliott lands a decent elbow from side control.
Elliott working the ground and pound but Tanghe is defending the strikes.
Tanghe tries to bench press Elliott off him but Elliott keeps the position.
Elliott works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Elliott working the ground and pound from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Elliott crashes against the mat.
Elliott fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Elliott looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tanghe is avoiding damage well.
Elliott 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.
Tanghe gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Elliott wants to control but Tanghe is keeping him busy.
Tanghe is looking to improve his position.
Tanghe trying to hold on to Elliott's head to control him but Elliott postures up.
Elliott lands strikes from half guard.
Elliott thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Elliott throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Tanghe to regain full guard.
Elliott scoring with punches to the head and body.
Tanghe is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanghe wants to sweep but no luck.
Elliott throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Tanghe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Elliott connects with a couple of short punches.
Elliott looking to pass the guard.
Elliott throws a big right hand that misses.
Tanghe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Elliott.
Tanghe not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Elliott looking to pass the guard.
Elliott loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Elliott tries to free his leg and advance position but Tanghe is retaining full guard.
Elliott throws a strike but Tanghe rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Elliott wants to stand but Tanghe is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanghe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Elliott works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Elliott utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Tanghe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Elliott works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Elliott is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Elliott is looking to stand up but Tanghe isn't so interested in that idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derrick Elliott dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zef Tanghe's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Tanghe slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Tanghe jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Tanghe misses.
Tanghe misses with a series of wild punches.
Elliott getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Elliott misses with a looping right.
Tanghe moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tanghe throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Elliott connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tanghe's hands.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Elliott stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tanghe.
Elliott misses with a leg kick
and Tanghe counters with a three punch combo that has Elliott backing up. Elliott nods at Tanghe to acknowledge the strikes.
Tanghe takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Elliott throws a low kick but it's checked well by Tanghe.
Elliott lands a lovely overhand right.
Elliott lands with a straight right. Tanghe didn't see that one coming.
Elliott throws a sloppy head kick and Tanghe moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanghe blocks a jab.
Tanghe will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tanghe scores with a push kick.
Elliott looks to land a right hand but Tanghe moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Elliott throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Elliott throws the left hand but Tanghe avoids the punch easily.
A punch lands to the side of Elliott 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Elliott blocks a head kick by Tanghe.
Tanghe stuns Elliott with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tanghe avoids a kick to the body.
Elliott throws a head kick but Tanghe moves out of range.
Tanghe throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Tanghe shoots in for a takedown but Elliott shows good takedown defense.
Tanghe fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Derrick Elliott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Zef Tanghe.
Tanghe throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Elliott throws a lazy uppercut
and Tanghe counters with a thumping low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanghe on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Elliott. Elliott obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Elliott with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tanghe to score with a decent uppercut.
Elliott throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Elliott stuffs the takedown.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Elliott lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Tanghe has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tanghe and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Elliott slaps away a takedown attempt from Tanghe, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Elliott pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tanghe drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Elliott wants to stand up but Tanghe is controlling him.
Tanghe wants to control from the top but Elliott keeps moving.
Elliott tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanghe trying to control but Elliott is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Zef Tanghe was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Elliott takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Elliott scores with a punch to the head.
Elliott lands with a straight right. Tanghe didn't see that one coming.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Elliott, right into the meat.
Tanghe throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tanghe throws a hook to the side of Elliott's head but Elliott sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tanghe lands a jab.
Elliott looks to score with a jab to the body but Tanghe is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanghe looks to land a body kick but Elliott moved away.
Elliott clobbers Tanghe with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tanghe ducks under a wild hook from Elliott.
Elliott works Tanghe's body with a nice hook.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Tanghe.
Tanghe blocks a head kick by Elliott.
Elliott throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Nice body punch from Tanghe.
Tanghe jabs Elliott to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tanghe's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Tanghe duly obliges.
Elliott rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tanghe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Tanghe gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Elliott.
Tanghe slips under a jab from Elliott.
Elliott throws a sloppy head kick and Tanghe moves out of range easily.
Tanghe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Elliott manages to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Derrick Elliott showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Elliott has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derrick Elliott!
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energy
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hype
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