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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Struggling Desperately (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phol Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
10 - 0 - 0 |
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181 cm
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197 lbs
15 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Struggling Desperately!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Hunt!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Desperately clobbers Hunt with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hunt looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Desperately motions for Hunt to come forward. Desperately throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Desperately slips a jab and a cross from Hunt.
Hunt takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hunt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hunt tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Desperately was well out of range. Poor timing from Hunt.
Hunt doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Hunt takes a swing at Desperately's ribcage but misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Desperately throws a head kick but Hunt moves out of range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Desperately.
Nice defenses there by Hunt.
Desperately digs a good hook to Hunt's body.
Hunt jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Desperately has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hunt bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Desperately's head.
Desperately tries to close the distance and clinch but Hunt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Desperately.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A jab lands there for Desperately.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hunt.
Hunt throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nice defenses there by Desperately.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Desperately falls off balance throwing a combination
and Hunt counters with an outside leg kick.
Hunt ducks under a wild hook from Desperately.
Hunt tries to close the distance and clinch but Desperately swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Desperately scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Desperately lands a jab-cross combination.
Hunt thows a body shot but no joy.
Desperately moves away from the strike by Hunt.
Desperately ducks under a wild hook from Hunt.
Desperately thows a body shot but no joy.
Hunt throws a leg kick which misses Desperately's front leg but catches the back leg as Desperately tries to avoid it.
Desperately swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hunt scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Struggling Desperately 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!
Hunt throws a hook to the side of Desperately's head but Desperately sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hunt ducks under a wild hook from Desperately.
Desperately will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Donk. Desperately catches Hunt right on the button with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunt wants to clinch up but Desperately keeps it at a distance.
Desperately tries to close the distance and clinch but Hunt swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Desperately connects with a body shot.
Desperately tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Desperately thows a body shot but no joy.
Desperately rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hunt moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Desperately throws a lazy uppercut
and Hunt counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hunt lands with a hook. Desperately tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hunt slips a jab from Desperately.
Desperately looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunt is just out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hunt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hunt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hunt wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Desperately has him pressed against the cage.
Desperately lands a damaging elbow.
Hunt working aggressively here.
Hunt doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hunt's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Desperately.
Hunt blocking some punches.
Desperately gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hunt has a couple of punches blocked by Desperately.
Hunt tries a body shot but Desperately blocks it.
Desperately lands a nice elbow.
Desperately blocks an uppercut.
Desperately blocks a body shot from Hunt.
Hunt misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Desperately.
Desperately missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hunt creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hunt dodges an elbow strike from Desperately.
Desperately creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hunt's defenses.
Desperately misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hunt.
Hunt is trying to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desperately tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Desperately throws an elbow that misses.
Desperately takes a shot to the head.
Hunt throws a head punch that misses.
Hunt tries to throw a body punch but Desperately avoids it by throwing Hunt back against the cage.
Hunt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hunt blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hunt tries to throw a body punch but Desperately avoids it by throwing Hunt back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Desperately just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hunt's brow.
Desperately blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Desperately just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hunt's brow.
Hunt avoiding damage as Desperately throws knees to the body.
Hunt taking a breather.
With the fighters up against the cage, Desperately throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hunt can't find room to land a body shot as Desperately controls the action.
Desperately missing with knees to the body.
A short right from Hunt on the inside.
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 Struggling Desperately will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Struggling Desperately's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hunt doesn't manage to clinch there - Desperately circles away.
Desperately misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunt.
Desperately moves out of range as Hunt strikes.
Desperately throws a nice looking combination but Hunt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Desperately pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Desperately.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hunt darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Desperately misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Desperately throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunt misses the shot to the body.
Hunt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunt throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hunt scores with a nice right hand.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hunt 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 Desperately has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Desperately and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Desperately avoids the body shot from Hunt.
Hunt misses with a kick to the body.
Desperately throws a front kick aimed at Hunt's knee but Hunt avoids it well.
Struggling Desperately seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Desperately takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hunt rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Desperately makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunt jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Hunt.
Phol Hunt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hunt feints and then cracks Desperately's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Desperately down.
Both fighters circling a little - Hunt finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Hunt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Desperately just misses with a punch to the body.
Hunt throws an overhand right that lands on Desperately's shoulder, as Desperately tries to avoid the shot.
Hunt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Desperately.
Desperately shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Hunt is looking to clinch but Desperately is avoiding it.
A telegraphed right hand from Hunt misses the target.
Hunt is looking to slow Desperately down with leg kicks.
Hunt scores with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Hunt.
Hunt misses with an uppercut.
Hunt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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!
Hunt keeps the fight on the outside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Desperately looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Desperately lands a nice looking kick to the body. Hunt takes a step back to recover.
Nice straight punches there by Hunt. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hunt.
Desperately moves out of range of the body kick from Hunt.
Desperately misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunt.
Hunt throws a low kick but Desperately avoids it.
Hunt gets tackled into the cage by Desperately. Desperately maintains the clinch.
Desperately tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Desperately using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hunt has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hunt tries a body shot but Desperately blocks it.
Hunt tries to throw a body punch but Desperately avoids it by throwing Hunt back against the cage.
Hunt lands an uppercut.
Hunt scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hunt tries a body shot but Desperately blocks it.
Hunt taking a breather.
Desperately lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Desperately creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hunt's defenses.
Hunt pushes Desperately back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Desperately misses with a body punch.
Hunt manages to break the clinch.
Hunt scores with a push kick.
Desperately slips a straight right by Hunt.
Hunt lands a nice shot that snaps Desperately's head back.
Desperately tries to clinch there but Hunt circles away.
Hunt keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Desperately is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunt throws a leg kick but Desperately moved away.
Desperately throws a combination that misses
and Hunt makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Desperately takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hunt misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Desperately throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Desperately throws a left and a right that both miss
and Hunt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Desperately tries to clinch there but Hunt circles away.
Hunt cracks Desperately with a right hand to the side of the head.
Desperately is rocked!
Hunt pushes Desperately up against the cage in a clinch.
Oh Desperately is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hunt.
Hunt working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hunt creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Desperately with a big uppercut! Desperately tries to clinch up but Hunt pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Desperately to the mat! Desperately covers up and Hunt unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Phol Hunt!
Phol Hunt decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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