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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Afro Samurai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Holy War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). War comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Pretty Reckless - Heaven Knows kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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49 - 9 - 0 |
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219 lbs
10 - 1 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
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
49 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Afro Samurai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Holy War!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
War throws a sloppy head kick and Samurai moves out of range easily.
Samurai throws a jab but it's blocked by War.
War moves out of range of the body kick.
War is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Samurai scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
War comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from War.
It looked like Samurai wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Samurai takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
War avoids the body shot from Samurai.
War displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
War takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've been informed that War has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Samurai swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Samurai throws a nice looking combination but War bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
War lands a glancing blow to the side of Samurai's head.
Samurai moves forwards but War connects with a nice, crisp jab.
War checks a leg kick nicely.
War cracks Samurai with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Samurai pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Samurai avoids a kick to the body.
Samurai misses with a lunging right hand
and War counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Samurai!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Samurai manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Samurai keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Samurai keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
War trying to pass the guard but Samurai defending well.
War working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
War looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Samurai wants to improve his position but War is controlling well.
Samurai avoiding damage under a succession of punches from War.
War missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Samurai keeping control of the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. War lands a nice short elbow.
War has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
War thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
War throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Samurai won't allow War to pass to mount.
War stops Samurai from getting back to his feet.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Afro Samurai is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
War misses with a wild body shot.
War blocks a jab.
War misses with a looping right.
Samurai digs a good hook to War's body.
A right-left combo lands from War.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Samurai looks to land a left hand but War moved out of range nicely.
War tries a head kick but it misses.
Samurai throws out a loose jab but War uses good head movement to avoid it.
War throws a leg kick but Samurai checks it.
Samurai swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Samurai with a jab.
A punch lands to the side of War 's head but he takes it in his stride.
It looks like Holy War has been cut.
Samurai lands a jab to the nose.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Samurai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from War.
War misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Samurai lands with a straight right. War didn't see that one coming.
War checks a low kick from Samurai.
Samurai uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Samurai lands with a shot to the body.
War lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Holy War dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Holy War's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Samurai thows a left - swing and a miss!
Samurai closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops War! Samurai dives in looking to finish! War is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Afro Samurai!
A victorious Afro Samurai thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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