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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Royce Salll (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Modeous Kahn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Modeous Kahn told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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300 lbs
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225 cm
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300 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Royce Salll!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Modeous Kahn!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Columbo Gatti and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kahn throws a combination that misses
and Salll counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Salll.
Salll showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Salll loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Salll is in close to Kahn's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Kahn really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Salll. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Salll throws a big elbow that misses.
Salll stops Kahn from standing up.
Salll throws a big elbow that misses.
Salll working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kahn's head.
Kahn is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salll works over Kahn with some ground and pound from guard.
Salll stays in close to Kahn's body and controls the position.
Salll slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Salll moves into full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee warns Kahn that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Salll throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Salll landing strikes, looking to finish!
Salll with good strikes from the mount here!
Salll sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Kahn is wriggling around trying to escape.
Salll landing punches.
Salll misses with a head shot.
Salll controlling from mount.
Kahn is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kahn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Salll fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Salll controlling his opponent.
Kahn can't escape the position.
Salll looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Salll is landing with some decent strikes but Kahn is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Salll takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
A nice elbow there by Salll.
Salll looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salll's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Salll seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Kahn for as long as he can get away with.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salll lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Salll 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.
Kahn wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Salll.
Kahn flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Salll cracks Kahn with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Salll throws some wild stikes that Kahn manages to avoid easily.
Kahn flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Kahn is working to get back to half guard.
Kahn takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Kahn really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salll takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kahn is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Salll is landing with some decent strikes but Kahn is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The referee warns Kahn that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Salll content just to control the position here.
Kahn wants to hold on but Salll pushes him away.
Salll tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salll postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kahn looks a forlorn figure.
A nice elbow there by Salll.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Royce Salll dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kahn lands a glancing blow to the side of Salll's head.
Kahn lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Salll circles away quickly and effectively.
Kahn comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kahn leaves Salll with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Kahn connects with a body shot.
Kahn paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Royce Salll has been cut.
Kahn connects with the punch.
Salll misses with a takedown
and Kahn counters with a left and a right that stings Salll.
Salll takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Modeous Kahn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kahn looks to land a combination. Salll sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Salll is rocked!
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! Kahn has cracked Salll with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! Kahn lands another huge swinging hook and Salll tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Salll, before Kahn can land any more shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Modeous Kahn!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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