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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between How Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kostas Mytilinaios (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Long's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Anthem by Onra. The crowd seem to be enjoying Mytilinaios's choice of entrance music: Sanitarium. 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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213 lbs
32 - 9 - 0 |
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203 lbs
14 - 3 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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BJJ Red Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, How Long!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kostas Mytilinaios!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Long motions for Mytilinaios to come forward. Long throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mytilinaios pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mytilinaios scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Long looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mytilinaios lands a glancing blow to the side of Long's head.
Mytilinaios misses with a two punch combination.
Long loads up on a big right hand but Mytilinaios slips the punch.
Mytilinaios with a nice cross.
Kostas Mytilinaios seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mytilinaios lands with an uppercut that bounces Long off the ropes and back into range.
Mytilinaios has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Long is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Long just misses with a punch to the body.
Long 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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice uppercut there from Mytilinaios.
Mytilinaios walks into a straight right hand from Long.
Mytilinaios jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Mytilinaios misses the target.
Mytilinaios throws a nice looking combination but Long bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Long feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Long throws a hook but Mytilinaios blocks it.
Long throws a shot from downtown. Mytilinaios moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mytilinaios thuds his right hand into Long's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Nice straight punches there by Mytilinaios. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mytilinaios.
Long is rocked!
Mytilinaios lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Oh Long is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mytilinaios shoots for a double leg takedown but Long sprawls well. He's pushed Mytilinaios's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Long seems to have got his legs back now.
Mytilinaios on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Long. Long obviously looking to wear him down.
Mytilinaios getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Mytilinaios checks the leg kick.
Mytilinaios missing with a left hand there. Long was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A lazy left from Mytilinaios finds it's target.
Long slips a jab from Mytilinaios.
Mytilinaios darts in and clinches Long up against the ropes.
Mytilinaios tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Long lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Long working aggressively here.
Mytilinaios tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mytilinaios lands with a left to the head.
Mytilinaios misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mytilinaios swings wildly with an uppercut but Long uses good head movement to avoid it.
Long blocks an uppercut.
Mytilinaios swings wildly with an uppercut but Long uses good head movement to avoid it.
Long tries a body shot but Mytilinaios blocks it.
Mytilinaios misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mytilinaios swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Long 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.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Long.
A right hand to the body from Mytilinaios.
Long breaks the clinch.
Long swinging wildly here.
Mytilinaios darts in and clinches Long up against the ropes.
Mytilinaios misses with a body punch.
Long lands a right hand that snaps the head of Mytilinaios backwards.
Mytilinaios scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long misses with a punch on the inside.
Mytilinaios working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Mytilinaios misses with some punches.
Mytilinaios scores with a shot to the side of Long's head.
Long tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mytilinaios misses with a body punch.
Long escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice cross by Mytilinaios.
Mytilinaios throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Long on the side of the head.
Mytilinaios throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Long on the side of the head.
Mytilinaios jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Long's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mytilinaios connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Long scrambles back to his feet.
Mytilinaios cracks Long with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mytilinaios takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mytilinaios lands the left hand.
No joy there for Long, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mytilinaios connects with a combination that backs up Long into the ropes. Mytilinaios lands a flurry of punches that gets past Long's guard. Long is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Mytilinaios bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kostas Mytilinaios!
Kostas Mytilinaios is the new light heavyweight champion!
After winning the bout, Kostas Mytilinaios thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
How Long was interviewed post fight and said 'I am impressed by your performance!'.
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hype
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