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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stevan Micic (ranked 4477 p4p, 4486 weight class) and Yao Ming (ranked 181 p4p, 182 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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200 cm 18 290 0 - 0 - 0 |
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197 cm 18 265 1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Solid Muay Thai Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt Excellent boxer Granite chin |
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stevan Micic! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yao Ming! The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Micic moves out of range of the leg kick from Ming. Ming tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Micic moves into the clinch. Micic lands with a short head shot on the inside. Ming has had enough of the clinch but Micic keeps him there for the moment. Micic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Micic keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ming's efforts to push away. Micic misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Micic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Micic throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Micic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ming backwards. A shot in the inside from Micic. A short right hand to the side of the head by Micic. Micic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Ming looks winded!
 That's one minute gone in the round. A quick uppercut on the inside from Micic. A shot in the inside from Micic. Ming's coach down at Sydney Top Team was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Ming's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight. Micic lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ming backwards. A quick uppercut on the inside from Micic. Ming is trying to break free. Ming's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! With the fighters clinched against the cage, Micic creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Micic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Ming blocks a body shot from Micic. Micic lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ming backwards. Micic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. A short body shot lands from Micic as the two fighters clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action! A nice right hand lands inside from Micic.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Micic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Micic pushes Ming against the cage. Micic is working some dirty boxing. Micic pushes off with a quick right hook! Ming goes down! Ming tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Micic moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stevan Micic!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
54% |
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