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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Hippo (ranked 2556 p4p, 2068 weight class) and Kaito Tanaka (ranked 269 p4p, 228 weight class). Kaito Tanaka is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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265
2 - 1 - 0 |
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270
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ White Belt
Lethal high kicks
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, King Hippo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kaito Tanaka!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Winston Alpacca and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hippo misses with a hook
letting Tanaka counter with a right hand.
It looks like King Hippo has been cut.
Hippo swings widly with a right hand
and Tanaka counters with a right hand to the body.
Hippo misses with a body punch
and Tanaka counters with a stiff right hand.
Tanaka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tanaka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hippo misses with a right hand
and Tanaka counters with a stiff right hand.
King Hippo's cut is getting worse.
Hippo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tanaka misses with a right hand
and Hippo makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hippo looks to score with a jab to the body but Tanaka is just out of range.
Tanaka blocks a jab.
King Hippo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hippo moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hippo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tanaka tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hippo just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka jumps guard but Hippo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hippo misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hippo.
Tanaka tries to break the clinch but Hippo is controlling the position.
Tanaka wants to get back to striking at distance but Hippo won't allow it.
I was talking to Hippo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hippo lands a nice uppercut.
Tanaka tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hippo smiles and moves away.
King Hippo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaito Tanaka.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hippo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hippo lands a nice looking body shot.
Tanaka ducks under a wild hook from Hippo.
Hippo misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hippo blocks a head kick by Tanaka.
Hippo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hippo misses with a hook. Tanaka ducked under it nicely.
Hippo tries to close the distance and clinch but Tanaka swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Hippo looks to score with a jab to the body but Tanaka is just out of range.
Hippo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Tanaka.
Hippo loads up on a big right hand but Tanaka slips the punch.
Tanaka ducks under a wild hook from Hippo.
Tanaka raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Hippo tries to clinch there but Tanaka circles away.
Tanaka throws a head kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Hippo on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hippo misses with an uppercut. Tanaka saw that one coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka tries to keep at a distance but Hippo has taken the fight into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Hippo.
Tanaka pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Tanaka just misses with a punch to the body.
Hippo clinches.
Hippo working aggressively here.
Tanaka is looking to break free of the clinch but Hippo has double underhooks.
Tanaka looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tanaka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tanaka wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hippo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tanaka is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanaka tries to break free but Hippo pushes him back against the cage.
Hippo lands a left hand.
Hippo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hippo pressing his opponent against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tanaka.
Tanaka is trying to break the clinch but Hippo is controlling him.
Hippo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tanaka tries to pull guard but Hippo holds him up against the cage and eventually Tanaka drops back down to his feet.
Hippo struggles to land a body shot inside as Tanaka controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from Hippo.
Tanaka takes a shot to the head.
Tanaka wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tanaka has had enough of the clinch but Hippo keeps him there for the moment.
Hippo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tanaka's efforts to push away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
King Hippo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on King Hippo's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tanaka moves out of range of the strikes.
Hippo takes a swing at Tanaka's ribcage but misses.
Tanaka slips a jab and a cross from Hippo.
Tanaka misses with a wild body shot.
Hippo throwing a counter right hand but Tanaka manages to avoid it.
Tanaka misses with a left hand
enabling Hippo to counter with a crisp jab.
Tanaka misses with a few strikes there.
Hippo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hippo darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tanaka keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tanaka throws out a counter right but Hippo avoids it with no problem.
Hippo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tanaka can do to turn this around?
Hippo cracks Tanaka with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Hippo misses the shot to the body.
Hippo getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tanaka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hippo shoots for a takedown but Tanaka saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tanaka takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Hippo misses with an uppercut. Tanaka saw that one coming.
Tanaka let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hippo looks to land a left hand but Tanaka moved out of range nicely.
Tanaka now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hippo throws a big shot that misses.
Tanaka throws out a counter right but Hippo avoids it with no problem.
Tanaka moves out of range of the strikes.
Hippo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Tanaka breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hippo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hippo throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tanaka on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hippo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tanaka fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A frustrated look appears on Tanaka's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hippo misses with the head strike.
Hippo misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tanaka takes a shot to the head.
Tanaka prevents a body shot from Hippo.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hippo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hippo working aggressively here.
Tanaka tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hippo just stands there and leans against the cage.
Tanaka has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Tanaka has had enough of the clinch but Hippo keeps him there for the moment.
Still in the clinch, Hippo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hippo lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hippo pushes Tanaka back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hippo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Tanaka wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hippo has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka throws a head punch that misses.
Hippo tries a body shot but Tanaka blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hippo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Hippo working aggressively here.
Tanaka fails to pull the fight into his guard.
King Hippo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaito Tanaka.
Tanaka blocking some punches.
Hippo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Tanaka is breathing heavily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tanaka wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Hippo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hippo pushes Tanaka back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hippo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tanaka backwards.
Hippo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tanaka jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hippo walks away with a smile on his face. Tanaka gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
King Hippo is winning the standup battle so far.
Hippo closes the distance and clinches.
Tanaka looking to slow down the pace here.
King Hippo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hippo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tanakas head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hippo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hippo scores with a shoulder strike.
Hippo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hippo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tanaka backwards.
Tanaka manages to break the clinch.
Tanaka avoids the body shot from Hippo.
Hippo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Hippo can't find room to land a body shot as Tanaka controls the action.
Hippo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hippo lands a left hand.
Hippo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tanaka.
Tanaka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hippo struggles to land a body shot inside as Tanaka controls his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
King Hippo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on King Hippo's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Tanaka lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tanaka scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hippo moves into range and clinches up with Tanaka.
A nice left hand lands by Hippo.
Tanaka is trying to break free.
Tanaka tries a body shot but Hippo blocks it.
Tanaka tries to pull guard but Hippo forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Tanaka jumps guard but Hippo turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Tanaka tries a body shot but Hippo blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Hippo fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hippo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hippo has a couple of punches blocked by Tanaka.
Hippo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tanaka is looking to break free of the clinch but Hippo has double underhooks.
Tanaka is trying to break the clinch but Hippo is controlling him.
Hippo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tanaka's efforts to push away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hippo.
Tanaka takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hippo misses with a punch on the inside.
Hippo lands with a right to the head.
Tanaka blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Hippo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hippo working aggressively here.
Hippo lands a right hand.
Still in the clinch, Hippo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tanaka working hard to break the clinch.
Hippo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tanaka backwards.
Tanaka is trying to break the clinch but Hippo is controlling him.
Hippo working aggressively here.
Hippo scores with a hook to the body.
Hippo scores with a shot to the side of Tanaka's head.
Tanaka takes a shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hippo lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tanaka is trying to force a seperation but Hippo has the dominant position.
Hippo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hippo swings wildly with an uppercut but Tanaka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hippo misses with the head strike.
Tanaka wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hippo has him pressed against the cage.
Tanaka stops a takedown attempt from Hippo.
A right hand to the body from Hippo.
Hippo scores with a shoulder strike.
A shot in the inside from Hippo.
Hippo lands a shot to the body.
Hippo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hippo lands with a light punch inside.
Hippo lands a nice uppercut.
Hippo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hippo lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hippo digs a right hand underneath Tanaka's ribcage. Tanaka let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stalling in the clinch from Hippo.
A head punch on the inside from Hippo fails to land.
Tanaka jumps guard but Hippo stands there with Tanaka around his waist. Tanaka gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
King Hippo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaito Tanaka.
Hippo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A shot in the inside from Hippo.
Hippo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hippo misses with a punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Tanaka's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hippo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Tanaka.
A short body shot lands from Hippo as the two fighters clinch.
A short uppercut from Hippo.
Tanaka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hippo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hippo has a couple of punches blocked by Tanaka.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hippo.
Hippo misses with some punches.
Hippo lands with a light punch inside.
Hippo presses Tanaka against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hippo lands with a short shot to the head.
Hippo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tanaka blocking some punches.
Hippo displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tanaka up against the cage.
Hippo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tanaka backwards.
King Hippo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hippo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Hippo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Tanaka blocking some punches.
Kaito Tanaka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hippo lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Hippo fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
King Hippo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hippo has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 30:27
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Hippo!
A less than humble King Hippo misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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