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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Presley Chai (ranked 268 p4p, 342 weight class) and Spider Monkey (ranked 35 p4p, 46 weight class). Spider Monkey has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Presley Chai!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 34 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Spider Monkey!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monkey clinches up with Chai and pushes him back against the cage.
Monkey is leaning against Chai and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Come on Monkey - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Monkey has a couple of punches blocked by Chai.
Monkey misses with a punch to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Chai has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Chai has a couple of punches blocked by Monkey.
Monkey tries to throw a body punch but Chai avoids it by throwing Monkey back against the cage.
Monkey blocks an uppercut.
Monkey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Monkey catches Chai with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
A nice inside leg kick there by Monkey. That's going to slow Chai down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Monkey misses with a leg kick
and Chai counters with a right hand to the body.
Monkey throws a lazy uppercut
letting Chai counter with a right hand.
Monkey has closed the distance and engaged Chai in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Monkey blocks an uppercut.
Monkey wants to get back to striking at distance but Chai won't allow it.
Monkey lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Monkey content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Monkey stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are getting on Monkey's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Monkey tries a body shot but Chai blocks it.
Monkey misses with the head strike.
Monkey gets through Chai's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chai lands a left hand.
Monkey makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chai takes a shot to the head.
Monkey softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Monkey lands a right hand.
Monkey tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chai's elbow.
Monkey throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chais head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chai lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chai.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Monkey.
Monkey tries a body shot but Chai blocks it.
Chai misses with a punch to the body.
Chai blocks an uppercut.
Monkey pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Monkey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Monkey misses with a low kick.
Chai is looking to counter punch.
Chai clinches up with Monkey and pushes him back against the cage.
Chai lands a nice uppercut.
Monkey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Monkey has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Chai seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Monkey can turn it around.
Monkey misses with a punch on the inside.
Monkey working aggressively here.
Monkey lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Monkey wants to stall.
Monkey escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Chai throws a body punch but Monkey moves out of range.
Chai misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Monkey.
A shot to the body from Monkey misses
and Chai counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Monkey thinking.
Spider Monkey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chai staying out of range there.
Monkey throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Chai to counter with a crisp jab.
Chai keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Monkey.
Monkey takes a swing at Chai's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Monkey ducks straight into an uppercut from Chai and tumbles to the canvas! It�s a flash knockdown though - Monkey manages to regain guard straight away.
Monkey is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Chai gets to his feet and stands over Monkey, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Monkey felt that one! Chai unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Monkey from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Presley Chai!
During a confident post fight interview, Presley Chai thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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