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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Baariq Taïa (ranked 700 p4p, 377 weight class) and Ryder Young (ranked 16 p4p, 23 weight class). Young has chosen Of Monsters and Men - Destroyer as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Baariq Taïa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ryder Young!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young swings widly with a right hand
and Taïa counters with a nice uppercut.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Taïa lands with a straight right. Young didn't see that one coming.
Young swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baariq Taïa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taïa looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Young is trying to stand back up but Taïa is controlling him
Taïa is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Young kicks off Taïa and gets to his feet.
Taïa drives through with a takedown into Young's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Taïa won't allow Young to get back to his feet.
Taïa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Taïa prevents Young from getting back to his feet.
Taïa trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Taïa won't allow Young to get back to his feet.
Taïa postures up and lands a big shot to Young's brow.
Taïa lands a couple of elbows.
Taïa makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Young wants to get back to his feet but Taïa is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Taïa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Young is keeping the position for now.
Taïa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Taïa stops Young from standing up.
Taïa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Taïa cracks Young with a solid left hand.
Taïa 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.
Taïa postures up and lands a big shot to Young's brow.
Taïa content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Taïa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Young wants to get back to his feet but Taïa is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Taïa lands a couple of elbows.
Taïa works over Young with some ground and pound from guard.
Taïa scoring with punches to the head and body.
Taïa prevents Young from getting back to his feet.
Taïa working some strikes from top position.
Taïa trying to control the position from guard on top but Young is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Taïa stands up over Young, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taïa landing with the ground and pound.
Young keeping moving, preventing Taïa from controlling successfully.
Taïa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Taïa engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Young is looking to stand up but Taïa isn't so interested in that idea.
Taïa landing with the ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Taïa connects with a couple of short punches.
Taïa stands up over Young, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Young looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Young wants to stand and escape but Taïa is having none of it.
Young keeping moving, preventing Taïa from controlling successfully.
Taïa lands a couple of elbows.
Taïa lands a couple of digs.
Taïa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Young's head.
Young is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is looking to stand up but Taïa isn't so interested in that idea.
Young is still in real trouble! Can Taïa finish him?
Taïa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Young's head.
Young wants to stand and escape but Taïa is having none of it.
Taïa working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Taïa prevents Young from getting back to his feet.
Young seems to have recovered his senses.
Taïa working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Taïa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Taïa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Taïa is in close to Young's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Taïa wants to control from the top but Young keeps moving.
Taïa cracks Young with a solid left hand.
Taïa loads up on a big left hand. Young felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Taïa looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Young can't hide his disappointment, as Taïa celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baariq Taïa!
The defeated Ryder Young had this to say: 'I don’t know mate. Someone said the pub was this way but I don’t see a fucking bar, do you?'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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