Post by The Sandmen on Jun 14, 2013 17:41:34 GMT -5
Junior dos Santos doesn't look concerned about anything his opponent brings to the table.
Andrei Arlovski raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
And there you go! I would put my money on Junior dos Santos today.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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Junior dos Santos and Andrei Arlovski touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Junior dos Santos tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Arlovski's face
Junior dos Santos and Arlovski engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Andrei Arlovski is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
A shot seen throughout the arena!
Arlovski stumbles back, his corner is screaming! Junior dos Santos is coming in again!
Shovel hook by Andrei Arlovski
tags dos Santos.
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Arlovski grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski is in open guard over dos Santos
Arlovski moves on the ground..
He gets half guard.
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
dos Santos is taking this opportunity to rest.
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
Arlovski tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling dos Santos from the side mount!
Andrei Arlovski is in side mount over Junior dos Santos
dos Santos tries to show some ground skills
Junior dos Santos put Arlovski in half guard.
The clock says 2:00 in the 1 round
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
dos Santos is taking this opportunity to rest.
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
dos Santos measures the resilience of Arlovski's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Arlovski's side.
Crushing shot to Arlovski's body! He's holding his side
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
Arlovski launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
dos Santos is covering himself! Arlovski tries to force the situation and dos Santos clumsily gives his back!
Arlovski is in rear mount over dos Santos
Andrei Arlovski tries to open dos Santos's guard...
dos Santos breaks the lock and covers himself from Arlovski's punches
Arlovski is in rear mount over dos Santos
dos Santos has Arlovski controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Showing some ground skills he transitions to a side mount.
Andrei Arlovski is in side mount over Junior dos Santos
Arlovski is trying to better his position on the ground and launches a couple of elbows against dos Santos's ribs.
dos Santos is noticing that and his face shows the pain.
Andrei Arlovski is in side mount over Junior dos Santos
Arlovski gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Junior dos Santos! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Junior dos Santos doesn't defend himself!
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Andrei Arlovski is in side mount over Junior dos Santos
Andrei Arlovski positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Andrei Arlovski is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard dos Santos's ribs
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Andrei Arlovski is in full mount over Junior dos Santos
Junior dos Santos doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Andrei Arlovski doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of dos Santos's moves.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Junior dos Santos. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
dos Santos steps backwards away from Andrei Arlovski. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Junior dos Santos steps forward and fires a high kick!
Vicious high kick, I can't believe that landed!
Junior dos Santos chases Arlovski and launches a few perfect strikes
Arlovski ducks backwards and avoids them.
dos Santos clumsily fails here and it's time for Andrei Arlovski to fight back!
Arlovski avoids a dangerous strike from dos Santos
and counters with a solid straight!
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Andrei Arlovski just won't stop and continues to rain punches
dos Santos may be in trouble!
Andrei Arlovski takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
dos Santos steps backwards away from Andrei Arlovski. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Some nice shots from Andrei Arlovski
miss their mark.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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dos Santos showing excellent timing, blasts Andrei Arlovski with a right hand.
Great hook by Junior dos Santos! Andrei Arlovski is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
dos Santos is standing while Arlovski is on the ground on his back
dos Santos launches a kick to Arlovski's thigh
Arlovski checks that kick!
The clock says 0:30 in the 2 round
dos Santos is standing while Arlovski is on the ground on his back
dos Santos cartwheels towards Arlovski!
He lands in side mount over a surprised Andrei Arlovski.
Junior dos Santos is in side mount over Andrei Arlovski
Junior dos Santos moves to better his position on the ground...
Junior dos Santos viciously slams hammer blows to Arlovski's face!
Junior dos Santos is in side mount over Andrei Arlovski
Junior dos Santos looks to mount Andrei Arlovski...
Junior dos Santos slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Junior dos Santos is in full mount over Andrei Arlovski
0:58 Round 2 and Arlovski is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Andrei Arlovski tries to roll to his side and trap Junior dos Santos in his guard...
Junior dos Santos keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Junior dos Santos is in full mount over Andrei Arlovski
dos Santos goes for an armbar!
Andrei Arlovski breaks the lock and pushes away Junior dos Santos, who rolls over his back and gets to standing position.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Junior dos Santos. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Junior dos Santos leans forwards and tries to grapple with Arlovski
dos Santos shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sick uppercut from the clinch by Junior dos Santos!
Andrei Arlovski is agile enough to avoid that one! Lucky you Arlovski! It would have finished this fight.
dos Santos misses a step and Andrei Arlovski sees an opportunity to counter him!
Solid jabs from Andrei Arlovski.
dos Santos defends.
An overhand right from Junior dos Santos that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! Arlovski's stops that one with his face! How is Arlovski standing?!
Pulverizing punch to dos Santos's head!
Ouch, that had to hurt!
dos Santos's Nose is beginning to swell
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Andrei Arlovski throws an uppercut
that lands solidly.
The clock says 2:05 in the 2 round
Junior dos Santos throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Arlovski's chin! That stops Arlovski in his tracks!
Andrei Arlovski takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Andrei Arlovski just won't stop and continues to rain punches
dos Santos may be in trouble!
Junior dos Santos has found an opening in the defense of Arlovski, launching a big uppercut
Bingo! Arlovski is wobbling!
Junior dos Santos attempts a sweep single...
Junior dos Santos catches Andrei Arlovski's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by dos Santos.
Arlovski ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Junior dos Santos is in closed guard over Arlovski
dos Santos is in closed guard... Arlovski tries to roll on the ground!
Junior dos Santos uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Arlovski clumsily fails here and it's time for Junior dos Santos to fight back!
dos Santos fires a barrage of punches at Arlovski's head!
This is bad! dos Santos is just pounding on Andrei Arlovski's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Arlovski's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Junior dos Santos is in closed guard over Arlovski
dos Santos is in closed guard... Arlovski tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Junior dos Santos!
Andrei Arlovski is in full mount over Junior dos Santos
Junior dos Santos launches a few punches to Arlovski's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Arlovski tries to cover his face,
The clock says 3:30 in the 2 round
Andrei Arlovski is in full mount over Junior dos Santos
dos Santos tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
dos Santos tries to move on the ground and shows Andrei Arlovski a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
dos Santos uses his forearms to block the impact!
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
Junior dos Santos attempts to move to full guard
Junior dos Santos manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Andrei Arlovski is in closed guard over dos Santos
Andrei Arlovski is looking to pass Junior dos Santos's guard...
Junior dos Santos has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
Andrei Arlovski is in closed guard over dos Santos
Arlovski is in closed guard... dos Santos tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Andrei Arlovski!
Junior dos Santos is in full mount over Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski launches a few punches to dos Santos's cheek from the guard.
Junior dos Santos uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Arlovski misses a step and Junior dos Santos sees an opportunity to counter him!
Andrei Arlovski tries to roll to his side and trap Junior dos Santos in his guard...
Junior dos Santos rolls him over and takes his back!
dos Santos is in rear mount over Arlovski
dos Santos throws a few hammer fists to the face of Andrei Arlovski
Blocked by Arlovski.
dos Santos is in rear mount over Arlovski
Arlovski has dos Santos controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
dos Santos is unable to move under Arlovski control.
Andrei Arlovski gets sloppy and Junior dos Santos tries to take advantage...
Junior dos Santos throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Arlovski's face with those brutal elbows! Arlovski needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
Arlovski is the winner of this round.
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Round 3
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dos Santos decides to launch some tentative punches
Nothing from this exchange. dos Santos moves back and takes a deep breath.
An overhand right from Junior dos Santos that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! Arlovski's stops that one with his face! How is Arlovski standing?!
A left hook from dos Santos
grazes the chin of Arlovski.
Arlovski's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Arlovski throws a lazy kick
dos Santos dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!
Herb Dean has seen enough! The fight is over! Arlovski was not intelligently defending himself!
Arlovski's Right eye is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Andrei Arlovski's Right eye
Winner is Junior dos Santos by TKO (Uppercut) at 0:58 Round 3
Statistics: Junior dos Santos
Punches 13/21 (62%)
Kicks 1/2 (50%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 16/22 (73%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 304 s
Statistics: Andrei Arlovski
Punches 16/27 (59%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 9/21 (43%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 321 s
Beauty power-fest. Arlovski was a tiny bit doomed here, cause for all his slugfest nature, he has a mediocre at best toughness level. He would benefit from a toughness tweak, if he wants to fight these slugfests. Junior took big damage too, and it was just a war.
Andrei Arlovski raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
And there you go! I would put my money on Junior dos Santos today.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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Junior dos Santos and Andrei Arlovski touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Junior dos Santos tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
and those punches are landing on Arlovski's face
Junior dos Santos and Arlovski engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Andrei Arlovski is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
A shot seen throughout the arena!
Arlovski stumbles back, his corner is screaming! Junior dos Santos is coming in again!
Shovel hook by Andrei Arlovski
tags dos Santos.
The two exchange wildly
Both fighters are missing terribly.
Arlovski grabs his opponent by the waist and tries to take the fight to the ground
Great takedown by Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski is in open guard over dos Santos
Arlovski moves on the ground..
He gets half guard.
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
dos Santos is taking this opportunity to rest.
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
Arlovski tries to get a side mount...
He frees his leg and is now controlling dos Santos from the side mount!
Andrei Arlovski is in side mount over Junior dos Santos
dos Santos tries to show some ground skills
Junior dos Santos put Arlovski in half guard.
The clock says 2:00 in the 1 round
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
dos Santos is taking this opportunity to rest.
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
dos Santos measures the resilience of Arlovski's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Arlovski's side.
Crushing shot to Arlovski's body! He's holding his side
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
Arlovski launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
dos Santos is covering himself! Arlovski tries to force the situation and dos Santos clumsily gives his back!
Arlovski is in rear mount over dos Santos
Andrei Arlovski tries to open dos Santos's guard...
dos Santos breaks the lock and covers himself from Arlovski's punches
Arlovski is in rear mount over dos Santos
dos Santos has Arlovski controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
Showing some ground skills he transitions to a side mount.
Andrei Arlovski is in side mount over Junior dos Santos
Arlovski is trying to better his position on the ground and launches a couple of elbows against dos Santos's ribs.
dos Santos is noticing that and his face shows the pain.
Andrei Arlovski is in side mount over Junior dos Santos
Arlovski gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Junior dos Santos! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Junior dos Santos doesn't defend himself!
The clock says 3:15 in the 1 round
Andrei Arlovski is in side mount over Junior dos Santos
Andrei Arlovski positions himself and launches a barrage of punches.
Andrei Arlovski is in full mount and his punches are hitting hard dos Santos's ribs
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Andrei Arlovski is in full mount over Junior dos Santos
Junior dos Santos doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Andrei Arlovski doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of dos Santos's moves.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Junior dos Santos. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
dos Santos steps backwards away from Andrei Arlovski. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Junior dos Santos steps forward and fires a high kick!
Vicious high kick, I can't believe that landed!
Junior dos Santos chases Arlovski and launches a few perfect strikes
Arlovski ducks backwards and avoids them.
dos Santos clumsily fails here and it's time for Andrei Arlovski to fight back!
Arlovski avoids a dangerous strike from dos Santos
and counters with a solid straight!
The clock says 4:10 in the 1 round
Andrei Arlovski just won't stop and continues to rain punches
dos Santos may be in trouble!
Andrei Arlovski takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
dos Santos steps backwards away from Andrei Arlovski. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Some nice shots from Andrei Arlovski
miss their mark.
The buzzer sounds, marking the end of the round. The ref tells the fighters to go to their corner.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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dos Santos showing excellent timing, blasts Andrei Arlovski with a right hand.
Great hook by Junior dos Santos! Andrei Arlovski is caught off balance and slips to the ground!
dos Santos is standing while Arlovski is on the ground on his back
dos Santos launches a kick to Arlovski's thigh
Arlovski checks that kick!
The clock says 0:30 in the 2 round
dos Santos is standing while Arlovski is on the ground on his back
dos Santos cartwheels towards Arlovski!
He lands in side mount over a surprised Andrei Arlovski.
Junior dos Santos is in side mount over Andrei Arlovski
Junior dos Santos moves to better his position on the ground...
Junior dos Santos viciously slams hammer blows to Arlovski's face!
Junior dos Santos is in side mount over Andrei Arlovski
Junior dos Santos looks to mount Andrei Arlovski...
Junior dos Santos slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Junior dos Santos is in full mount over Andrei Arlovski
0:58 Round 2 and Arlovski is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Andrei Arlovski tries to roll to his side and trap Junior dos Santos in his guard...
Junior dos Santos keeps good control and remains in full mount.
Junior dos Santos is in full mount over Andrei Arlovski
dos Santos goes for an armbar!
Andrei Arlovski breaks the lock and pushes away Junior dos Santos, who rolls over his back and gets to standing position.
Herb Dean halts the fight to stand up Junior dos Santos. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Junior dos Santos leans forwards and tries to grapple with Arlovski
dos Santos shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Sick uppercut from the clinch by Junior dos Santos!
Andrei Arlovski is agile enough to avoid that one! Lucky you Arlovski! It would have finished this fight.
dos Santos misses a step and Andrei Arlovski sees an opportunity to counter him!
Solid jabs from Andrei Arlovski.
dos Santos defends.
An overhand right from Junior dos Santos that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! Arlovski's stops that one with his face! How is Arlovski standing?!
Pulverizing punch to dos Santos's head!
Ouch, that had to hurt!
dos Santos's Nose is beginning to swell
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Andrei Arlovski throws an uppercut
that lands solidly.
The clock says 2:05 in the 2 round
Junior dos Santos throws a looping left hand...
That lands on Arlovski's chin! That stops Arlovski in his tracks!
Andrei Arlovski takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Andrei Arlovski just won't stop and continues to rain punches
dos Santos may be in trouble!
Junior dos Santos has found an opening in the defense of Arlovski, launching a big uppercut
Bingo! Arlovski is wobbling!
Junior dos Santos attempts a sweep single...
Junior dos Santos catches Andrei Arlovski's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by dos Santos.
Arlovski ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Junior dos Santos is in closed guard over Arlovski
dos Santos is in closed guard... Arlovski tries to roll on the ground!
Junior dos Santos uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Arlovski clumsily fails here and it's time for Junior dos Santos to fight back!
dos Santos fires a barrage of punches at Arlovski's head!
This is bad! dos Santos is just pounding on Andrei Arlovski's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Arlovski's Nose is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Junior dos Santos is in closed guard over Arlovski
dos Santos is in closed guard... Arlovski tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Junior dos Santos!
Andrei Arlovski is in full mount over Junior dos Santos
Junior dos Santos launches a few punches to Arlovski's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Arlovski tries to cover his face,
The clock says 3:30 in the 2 round
Andrei Arlovski is in full mount over Junior dos Santos
dos Santos tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
He successfully moves to half guard!
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
dos Santos tries to move on the ground and shows Andrei Arlovski a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
dos Santos uses his forearms to block the impact!
Andrei Arlovski is in half guard over dos Santos
Junior dos Santos attempts to move to full guard
Junior dos Santos manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Andrei Arlovski is in closed guard over dos Santos
Andrei Arlovski is looking to pass Junior dos Santos's guard...
Junior dos Santos has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
Andrei Arlovski is in closed guard over dos Santos
Arlovski is in closed guard... dos Santos tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Andrei Arlovski!
Junior dos Santos is in full mount over Andrei Arlovski
Andrei Arlovski launches a few punches to dos Santos's cheek from the guard.
Junior dos Santos uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Arlovski misses a step and Junior dos Santos sees an opportunity to counter him!
Andrei Arlovski tries to roll to his side and trap Junior dos Santos in his guard...
Junior dos Santos rolls him over and takes his back!
dos Santos is in rear mount over Arlovski
dos Santos throws a few hammer fists to the face of Andrei Arlovski
Blocked by Arlovski.
dos Santos is in rear mount over Arlovski
Arlovski has dos Santos controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
dos Santos is unable to move under Arlovski control.
Andrei Arlovski gets sloppy and Junior dos Santos tries to take advantage...
Junior dos Santos throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Arlovski's face with those brutal elbows! Arlovski needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
Arlovski is the winner of this round.
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Round 3
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dos Santos decides to launch some tentative punches
Nothing from this exchange. dos Santos moves back and takes a deep breath.
An overhand right from Junior dos Santos that looked like it was capable of destroying a brick wall!
Bang! Arlovski's stops that one with his face! How is Arlovski standing?!
A left hook from dos Santos
grazes the chin of Arlovski.
Arlovski's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Arlovski throws a lazy kick
dos Santos dodges and fires an uppercut that almost puts him in to orbit!
Herb Dean has seen enough! The fight is over! Arlovski was not intelligently defending himself!
Arlovski's Right eye is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Andrei Arlovski's Right eye
Winner is Junior dos Santos by TKO (Uppercut) at 0:58 Round 3
Statistics: Junior dos Santos
Punches 13/21 (62%)
Kicks 1/2 (50%)
Clinch strikes 0/1 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 16/22 (73%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 304 s
Statistics: Andrei Arlovski
Punches 16/27 (59%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 1/1 (100%)
GnP strikes 9/21 (43%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 321 s
Beauty power-fest. Arlovski was a tiny bit doomed here, cause for all his slugfest nature, he has a mediocre at best toughness level. He would benefit from a toughness tweak, if he wants to fight these slugfests. Junior took big damage too, and it was just a war.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!