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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tai Kina (ranked 3942 p4p, 3806 weight class) and Joe Joyce (ranked 490 p4p, 480 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tai Kina!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Joyce!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Columbo Gatti and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kina steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Joyce.
Kina avoids the body shot from Joyce.
Joyce pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joyce looks to land a left hand but Kina moved out of range nicely.
Kina ducks under a wild hook from Joyce.
Kina shoots for a double leg takedown but Joyce sprawls well. He's pushed Kina's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Kina waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joyce.
Joyce throws an off balance right hand
and Kina counters with a takedown into side control.
Kina taking a breather here.
Joyce parries the strikes from Kina easily there. Kina is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Joyce to escape.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kina lands some shots froms side control.
Kina working the ground and pound.
Kina in side control lands a decent elbow.
Joyce avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Kina.
Kina takes a little break here. Joyce wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Joyce takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Kina in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Kina misses with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kina looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kina works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kina misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Kina working the head with strikes.
A lull in the action here.
Kina wants to control but Joyce is keeping him busy.
Kina definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Sloppy strikes there by Kina.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joyce dodges the ground and pound from Kina.
Kina grinds an elbow into Joyce's temple.
Kina is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Joyce's shoulder. That is not cool.
Kina 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.
Kina creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Kina in side control, throwing shots but Joyce defends.
Kina is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Joyce's shoulder. That is not cool.
Kina scores with punches from side control.
Joyce is looking to reverse the position.
Joyce looks winded!
Joyce trying to remain calm as Kina controls from the top position.
Kina advances nicely into full mount.
Kina scoring with strikes but Joyce is staying in there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kina content just to control the position here.
Kina is in the full mount, landing strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Joyce can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kina controlling from the full mount.
Kina looking to finish Joyce with some ground and pound. This is bad for Joyce!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kina controlling from mount.
Kina postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Joyce bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Kina and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tai Kina!
A victorious Tai Kina thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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