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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Twist (ranked 2321 p4p, 3401 weight class) and Salvador Pugh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Twist might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to tony twist fights, enjoy. Twist has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Tony Twist has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Good wrestling
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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tony Twist!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Salvador Pugh!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pugh tries to move into range but Twist moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Twist lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Twist keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Pugh fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Pugh takes one to the side of the head.
Pugh shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Twist as he jumps to the side.
Tony Twist has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Salvador Pugh.
Pugh shoots for a double leg takedown but Twist sprawls well. He's pushed Pugh's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Pugh shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Twist as he avoids it easily.
Twist scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pugh should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Pugh shoots in for a takedown but Twist shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Pugh looks winded!
Twist wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pugh takes one to the chin there.
Salvador Pugh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pugh ducks right into an uppercut from Twist.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pugh fails to land the takedown.
Pugh darts in looking for a takedown but Twist gets double underhooks and turns Pugh into the cage.
Twist is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Pugh's half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Twist frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Pugh has eaten all the pies!
Twist looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Twist content just to control the position here.
Pugh is working to get back to half guard.
Twist working Pugh over with strikes here.
Pugh is wriggling around trying to escape.
Twist controlling from the full mount.
Pugh keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Pugh keeps trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pugh is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Twist definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Twist 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.
Twist with a couple of short strikes.
Twist controlling the pace for now.
Twist raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pugh is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Twist controlling from mount.
Pugh tries to reverse the position but Twist maintains control.
Twist tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Pugh really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pugh swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Twist putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Pugh throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Twist controlling from mount.
Pugh swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pugh throwing hammer fists to the chest of Twist. What's that going to do exactly?
Twist postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Pugh out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Twist goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tony Twist!
After the fight, Tony Twist was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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