Tie Domi vs Eric Cairns

Feb 07, 2002 2pd 11:41

2001-2002 Regular Season

Date / Time	Away / Home Team	Away / Home Player
Feb 07, 2002	Toronto Maple Leafs	Tie Domi
2pd 11:41	New York Islanders	Eric Cairns
Comments: Behind the Isles' net, these two are pinned along the boards and start some shoving. They move away from the boards, the gloves shed and Domi throws three lefts. Domi got his gloves off quicker and has the momentum. The first knocks off Cairns' helmet, the next two miss, both going over Cairns' head. Cairns is ducking and just falls. Cairns pulls Domi down a bit with him and they get back up together. Domi paws at him with the left, and then throws a left punch that goes into the back of Cairns' neck as he's ducking again. Cairns now spins up and throws a monster left that bounces off of Tie's helmet (since Tie's head is just as hard, no need to remove that helmet). Tie counters with a left that runs out of room by Cairns shoulder. Reach advantage in play here now. Another monster left by Cairns! This time Domi's attempting to pull up Cairns' jersey as he gets caught. Pop goes that helmet! (so much for the previous theory). With both guys swinging hard, balancing in between punches is necessary here. Big right by Cairns hits Domi's back/shoulder. Another right hits Domi in the same area. Domi counters with his own huge left! Over-the-top left by Cairns gets Domi again! A left uppercut by Cairns misses. Big-time left by Domi now, and because of angle, it's hard to tell if it hits or not since Cairns was moving in the same direction as the punch to begin with. Another big left by Domi! No doubt that one landed. Each wind up for another haymaker and Cairns gets his right in before Domi gets his left, and Domi goes down to a knee! Domi's popping up quickly, and Cairns misses with a left. Each go for a simultaneous punch again, and this time Domi gets his in first. Huge right there. Cairns attempts a right that goes over Domi's head, and now Domi swings a right over Cairns' head. Cairns swings a left, and it doesn't look like it lands from the camera angle. Domi swings a right that can't quite reach Cairns' as Cairns has the long arm stretched out again. Domi pulls Cairns down with the left and throws a right that bops Cairns on the top of the head. A right by Cairns, but angle makes it too hard to judge. Cairns switches hands for the umpteenth time and Domi throws a right that sails over a ducking Cairns. Cairns attempts to straighten up and Domi's got him a little tangled in his own jersey. Domi leans on Cairns and gets the takedown. Goooood fight.

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Results

Tie Domi		45.5%
Draw		37.4%
Eric Cairns		17.2%
From 99 votes with an average rating of 8.5

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Dec 15, 1999

3pd 16:50

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User Reviews

Posted by jellyczar on Nov 15, 2008 at 10:11 PM agree

Tie gets the win.....fantastic fight....great exchange of bombs..... Show this footage to Stortini....this is what go time is all about.

Posted by illukka on Nov 17, 2008 at 1:20 AM agree

classic!

Posted by powerball on Nov 15, 2008 at 6:17 PM agree

an oldie but a goodie. i give the edge to domi, a really great fight.

Posted by hoser777 on Nov 15, 2008 at 9:34 PM agree

edge to domi for knocking him down and for taking on a bigger guy.

Posted by J.R. Abel on Nov 15, 2008 at 10:20 AM agree

Good tilt. Both landed about the same. Props to Domi for giving up about 8" in height. The guy is fearless. Called it a draw.

Posted by staceyb on Nov 15, 2008 at 12:47 PM agree

Man that Domi was a fearless hockey player.

Posted by Franchise on Nov 15, 2008 at 11:15 AM agree

One of my favorite fighters of all time, Tie Domi. Little guy, who took on everyone, no matter the size.

He gets the win here.

Posted by Behn Wilson on Nov 15, 2008 at 11:09 PM agree

That was a classic, with both pros landing some rifle shots. Check out the Cairns uppercut that Domi, somehow survives in the middle.
Size verses stamina...Draw, and a course on how it's done.

Posted by chad420 on Nov 16, 2008 at 4:56 PM agree

domi w/ more landed...EC w/ few harder shots landing,1 putting him 2 a knee for a sec...good fight...draw

Posted by mjb_17 on Nov 15, 2008 at 1:27 PM agree

Win Domi...better punches from the smaller fighter.

Posted by Leafs2006 on Nov 16, 2008 at 11:26 AM agree

These NYI Islander announcers are a couple of real dip****s! If one was listening on the radio, they would hear that Domi was getting hammered, but the video as we see it, tells the truth. Those dorks as announcers need to move over and let non crack smokers call a game.