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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kinfe Kidane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mamba Muamba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kinfe Kidane has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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261 lbs
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280 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kinfe Kidane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mamba Muamba!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muamba misses with a double jab.
Muamba throws a shot from downtown. Kidane moves away and avoids it.
Muamba scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Muamba lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kidane moves in looking to clinch but Muamba pushes him off.
Muamba tests Kidane's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Muamba tries to keep at a distance but Kidane has taken the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muamba is trying to break the clinch but Kidane is controlling him.
Kidane tries to land knees in the clinch but Muamba avoids the damage to the body.
Muamba breaks from the clinch.
Kidane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Muamba swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A combination from Muamba does no damage.
Kidane wants to clinch.
Kidane tries to clinch up
and Muamba counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kidane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kidane wants to clinch.
Mamba Muamba is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Muamba lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab from Muamba misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kidane looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Muamba throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kidane moves to clinch but Muamba breaks away
and Muamba counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kidane tries to clinch up but Muamba circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muamba throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Muamba lands a glancing blow to the side of Kidane's head.
Kidane ducks under a wild hook from Muamba.
Kidane avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kidane moves into the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Muamba looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Muamba takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Mamba Muamba has been cut.
Kidane is struggling to control the position.
Muamba tries to break the clinch but Kidane is controlling the position.
Kidane tries to land a knee to the head but Muamba blocks with his arms.
Kidane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Muamba is defending well for now.
Kidane misses with a knee strike.
Kidane tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kidane connects with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kidane looking to stall.
Kidane scores a nice knee to the body.
Muamba looks gassed!
Kidane misses with a knee to the head.
Kidane missing with knees to the body.
Kidane misses with a knee to the head.
Muamba is trying to break the clinch but Kidane has him pressed against the cage.
Muamba has had enough of the clinch but Kidane keeps him there for the moment.
Muamba looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kidane taking a breather.
Muamba tries to circle away but Kidane has him pinned against the cage.
Muamba is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kidane works on Muamba's body with a couple of short punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Muamba has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kidane keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Muamba's efforts to push away.
Kidane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A hook to the body from Kidane.
Kidane has Muamba pressed against the cage.
Kidane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kidane connects with a knee to the head.
Kidane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kidane looking to throw knees to the head but Muamba is blocking nicely.
Kidane taking a breather.
Muamba can't break the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Muamba wants to break free but Kidane has control.
Kidane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kidane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Kinfe Kidane will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mamba Muamba's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Muamba swinging wildly here.
Kidane moves in looking to clinch but Muamba pushes him off.
Kidane gets a takedown into half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Kidane works his way into side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Muamba can do anything to dispel that myth.
Kidane trying to control the position but Muamba is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kidane works to advance to full mount. Muamba defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Muamba holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Kidane tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Kidane postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Muamba looks a forlorn figure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Muamba wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Kidane.
Kidane working Muamba over with strikes here.
The cut above Mamba Muamba's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kidane raining down hammerfists from mount.
Mamba Muamba's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mamba Muamba's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kinfe Kidane!
In his post fight interview, Kinfe Kidane started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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