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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kool Keith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wi Tu Lo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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220 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Kool Keith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Wi Tu Lo!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keith lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Keith stalks Lo and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Lo's face. Lo staggers backwards, shaken.
Keith definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Keith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lo.
A little feinted left hand from Keith on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lo. Keith does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A looping hook to the body misses from Keith. Lo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lo thuds his right hand into Keith's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
It looks like Kool Keith has been cut.
Lo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A shot to the body from Lo misses
and Keith counters with a good, hard body kick but Lo shrugs it off.
Lo misses with a wild body shot.
Keith throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lo misses with a looping left.
Lo looks to score with a jab to the body but Keith is just out of range.
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!
Keith wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Lo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Lo cracks a nice hook into Keith's ribs.
Lo cracks Keith with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Keith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lo.
Keith scores with a hook to the body. Lo takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keith scores with a nice right hand.
Lo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Keith catches Lo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lo lands with a nice body punch.
Lo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Keith.
Lo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lo throws a body punch but Keith moves out of range.
Lo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looked like Keith was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lo.
Keith lands a jab to Lo's midsection.
Lo misses with a hook
and Keith connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Keith swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Keith misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wi Tu Lo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Keith is looking to clinch but Lo is avoiding it.
Keith is looking to wear down Lo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Keith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lo.
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!
A nice inside leg kick there by Keith. That's going to slow Lo down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keith has managed to clinch.
A short right from Keith on the inside.
Lo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Keith misses with the head strike.
Keith tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lo blocking some punches.
Keith tries to throw a body punch but Lo avoids it by throwing Keith back against the cage.
Keith misses with a hook to the ribs.
Keith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keith.
Lo pushes Keith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keith goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Keith can't find room to land a body shot as Lo controls the action.
Lo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Keith bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Keith lunges at Lo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Lo's hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lo dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Lo.
Lo throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Keith wants to clinch.
Keith doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Lo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Keith is breathing heavily.
Lo throws out a loose jab but Keith uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Keith misses its intended target.
Lo paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lo throws a hook but Keith avoids it easily.
A quick step to the side and Keith tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice uppercut lands for Keith. That snapped Lo's head back.
Lo looks to throw the jab but Keith is out of range.
Nice shot lands for Keith.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keith closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lo breaks the clinch.
Lo swings for the body but Keith moves out of range.
Lo bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Keith's head.
Lo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Keith at a distance.
Lo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lo is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Keith.
Lo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Keith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keith manages to avoid it.
Lo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lo misses with a wild combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lo swings for the body but Keith moves out of range.
Lo throws an off balance right hand
and Keith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Lo scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wi Tu Lo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kool Keith's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lo throws a big shot that misses.
Keith avoids the body shot from Lo.
Keith doesn't manage to clinch there - Lo circles away.
Lo looks to score with a jab to the body but Keith is just out of range.
Lo swings for the body but Keith moves out of range.
Keith changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Keith is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Lo slips a jab from Keith.
Keith has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Lo misses with an uppercut.
Lo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Keith thinks about countering with a body kick.
Keith just misses with a punch to the body.
Lo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Lo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lo loads up on a big right hand but Keith slips the punch.
Keith was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keith tries to clinch up but Lo circles away and keeps his distance.
A nice side step and Lo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Keith motions for Lo to come forward. Keith throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lo checks a leg kick.
Keith wants to clinch up but Lo keeps it at a distance.
Lo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Keith sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Keith on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lo misses with a looping right.
As Lo tries to get set, Keith tries to push him back and clinch up but Lo manages to avoid the attempt.
Lo takes a swing at Keith's ribcage but misses.
Lo takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Keith takes a jab right on the kisser.
Keith dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Keith with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Keith blocks a jab.
Lo needs to keep his hands up - Keith had a free shot at his head there.
Keith misses with a low kick.
Lo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Keith moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lo misses the shot to the body.
Keith is looking to slow Lo down with leg kicks.
Lo throws a right hand that Keith ducks under and follows up with a left that Keith also avoids with ease.
Keith dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lo. That did some damage!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Keith chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Keith throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lo checks a low kick from Keith.
Lo stuns Keith with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Keith slips under a jab.
Keith takes a swing at Lo's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Lo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lo looks to land a right hand but Keith moved out of range.
Keith throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Keith keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Keith doesn't manage to clinch there - Lo circles away.
Lo misses the shot to the body.
Lo avoids the body shot from Keith.
Keith takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Keith moves away from the strike by Lo.
Lo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lo fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Keith on the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Keith.
Keith steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lo.
Keith half committed to a counter leg kick.
Keith lands a lovely overhand right.
Lo just misses with a punch to the body.
Keith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lo.
Lo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Keith, right into the meat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lo. Keith does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Lo. Beautiful body shot.
Keith displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lo throws out the jab.
Keith bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Lo's head backwards.
A big left from Keith misses.
Some bone on bone action there as Lo checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lo misses with a few strikes there.
Nice straight punches there by Keith. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Keith.
Lo just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lo scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Keith doesn't seem bothered though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Keith moves in looking to clinch but Lo pushes him off.
Keith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lo.
Keith swings for the body but Lo moves out of range.
Keith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lo.
Keith tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lo manages to circle out of the way.
Lo works Keith's body with a nice hook.
Keith is looking to chop away at Lo's legs.
Lo throws a body punch but Keith moves out of range.
Keith appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Keith avoids the body shot from Lo.
Lo misses with an uppercut. Keith saw that one coming.
Keith throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
An inside leg kick from Keith misses.
Lo lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Lo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Keith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lo.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wi Tu Lo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kool Keith's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
A big right from Lo misses.
Lo looks to score with a jab to the body but Keith is just out of range.
Lo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Keith.
Keith uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lo.
A telegraphed right hand from Lo misses the target.
Keith tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Lo manages to circle out of the way.
Lo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Keith counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Lo misses with a wild combination.
Lo swings for the body but Keith moves out of range.
Lo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Keith misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keith ducks under a wild hook from Lo.
Lo swings widly with a right hand
and Keith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Keith wants to slow Lo down by chopping away at his legs.
Lo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keith manages to avoid it.
Keith lands the left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keith misses with a wild body shot.
Keith scores with the left hand. Lo knows he should have avoided that one.
A good leg kick by Keith.
Keith throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Keith, right into the meat.
Lo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keith.
Keith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lo.
Lo lands a jab to the nose.
Lo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lo throws a poor cross that misses
and Keith counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lo looks to score with a jab to the body but Keith is just out of range.
Keith throws a half hearted mid kick.
Lo throws out a counter right but Keith avoids it with no problem.
Keith's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lo under the eye.
Lo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keith.
Keith looks to throw the jab but Lo is out of range.
Wi Tu Lo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A nice inside leg kick there by Keith. That's going to slow Lo down.
Kool Keith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lo takes a swing at Keith's ribcage but misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lo swings for the body but Keith moves out of range.
Lo blocks the body kick.
Keith motions for Lo to come forward. Keith throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Keith keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Keith counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lo lands the left hand.
Keith bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Lo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Keith is looking to clinch but Lo is avoiding it.
Keith just misses with a punch to the body.
Lo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keith throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lo doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Keith.
Lo's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Keith throws a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lo throws a hook but Keith avoids it easily.
Lo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Keith pushes Lo away with a front kick.
Keith clinches.
Lo breaks the clinch.
Keith staying out of range there.
Keith is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Keith misses the shot to the body.
Lo lands a nice hook to Keith's body. Keith takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lo misses with a body shot.
Lo swings for the body but Keith moves out of range.
Lo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Lo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keith was well out of range. Poor timing from Lo.
Keith swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Lo lands a body shot.
Lo looks to score with a jab to the body but Keith is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lo throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Keith stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lo takes a swing at Keith's ribcage but misses.
Keith throws a leg kick that misses.
Keith digs a good body shot into Lo's ribs.
Keith throws a lazy body kick
and Lo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lo throws a hook but Keith avoids it easily.
Lo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Keith manages to avoid it.
Keith connects with a crisp jab.
Lo swinging wildly here.
Lo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Keith was well out of range. Poor timing from Lo.
Keith feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Lo's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Keith connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lo scrambles back to his feet.
A shot to the liver by Keith. Beautiful body shot.
Keith tries to clinch but Lo is having none of it.
Wi Tu Lo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Lo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kool Keith.
I think Lo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wi Tu Lo!
Wi Tu Lo very nearly forgot to thank Arcticus University: London amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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