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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keith Moon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kerry King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). King has chosen south of heaven as his entrance music. 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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278 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
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346 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Keith Moon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kerry King!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Moon fails with the takedown.
Moon misses with a double jab.
King misses with a jab, cross combination.
Moon wants to clinch.
King throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Moon has a takedown stuffed.
King lands a head shot.
It looks like Keith Moon has been cut.
Moon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Moon shoots for a double leg takedown but King sprawls well. He's pushed Moon's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keith Moon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moon misses with a wild body shot.
King scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Moon doesn't seem bothered though.
Moon is breathing heavily.
Moon throws a leg kick but King moved away.
Moon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.
A combination from King does no damage.
King moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
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!
King scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Moon. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King connects with a body shot.
King rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Moon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
King changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Moon.
Moon shoots in but no luck this time.
King lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Keith Moon's cut is getting worse.
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!
Some wild striking there from King.
King lands an overhand right.
King throws a series of punches but Moon avoids them all with ease.
King works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Moon shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Moon looking for a guillotine from mount but King is having none of it.
King avoids a series of strikes thrown by Moon.
King really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Moon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King blocking the ground and pound.
Moon unloading with bombs!
Moon tries to control but King wriggling away.
Moon sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moon has control of King's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and King regains control of the situation pretty easily.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if King can do anything to dispel that myth.
King takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Moon unloads with some shots from mount but King bucks and avoids them well.
Moon lands with some strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moon throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Moon working for a submission but King is keeping him at bay.
King holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Moon tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Moon looking to secure an arm triangle but King defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
King taking shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kerry King dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Keith Moon's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
King throws a right and a left that both miss.
Moon shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in King's guard.
Moon looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
King can't keep his opponent in guard - Moon advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Moon passes to side control.
Moon trying to control the position but King is working away.
King is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moon is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. King knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Moon tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Moon has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Moon trying to control the position but King is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moon stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Danga de danga de dang - King scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good work by King as he checks the leg kick.
King stuffs the takedown attempt from Moon. Moon gets slowly back to his feet.
King fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
King goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Keith Moon's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
King throws a right and a left that both miss.
Kerry King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
King lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
King scores with a one two! Moon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moon drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
King is pushing Moon's head away, looking to escape. Moon manages to hold on to the position though.
Moon thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
King defending against the ground and pound.
Moon 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.
Moon works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Moon landing strikes.
King avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Moon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moon trying to control the position but King is working away.
Moon cracks King with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Moon remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Moon scoring with punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Kerry King will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Keith Moon's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Moon shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has King pinned against the cage. King gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Moon fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Moon.
King stuffs the takedown attempt from Moon. Moon gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keith Moon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Moon showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from King.
Nice uppercut there from King.
King throws a shot to the body.
King digs a good body shot into Moon's ribs.
Moon has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jeez, Keith Moon's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
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!
Moon shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kerry King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moon closes the distance and clinches up with King, looking for a takedown. Moon pushes King against the cage but King circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King digs a good body shot into Moon's ribs.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Moon is just out of range.
Moon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
King scores with a shot to the body.
Moon fails to land the takedown.
Moon closes this distance looking for a takedown but King circles away.
No luck for Moon with that takedown attempt.
King uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moon.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Keith Moon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Moon blocks a jab.
Moon throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
King jabs at Moon's body.
Moon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
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.
Moon fails with a takedown attempt.
Moon has a takedown stuffed.
King misses with the combination.
Horrible takedown by Moon or perhaps it was just good defense by King which made him look bad.
King looks to land a combination but Moon avoids it well.
Nice takedown defense from King. No joy for Moon on that attempt.
King scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Moon throws a hook but King avoids it easily.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King defending well as Moon loads up on a big left hand.
King misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for King, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
King throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Moon misses with a takedown attempt - King sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moon manages to avoid it.
King misses with a hook. Moon ducked under it nicely.
Moon has a takedown stuffed.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by King.
King misses with a body shot.
Moon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but King moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
King looks to land a combination but Moon avoids it well.
Moon shoots for a double leg takedown but King sprawls well. He's pushed Moon's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Moon manages to avoid it.
Moon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Moon fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Keith Moon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Moon rather than just go for the knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
King digs a good hook to Moon's body.
King keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
King falls off balance throwing a combination
so Moon counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Moon wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
Moon throws a strike but King rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Moon throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moon looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kerry King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got King winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kerry King!
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energy
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hype
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