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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hans Richter (ranked 2654 p4p, 1609 weight class) and Liquid Gold (ranked 266 p4p, 183 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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9 - 10 - 1 |
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Hans Richter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 39 - 30 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Liquid Gold!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold slips a jab from Richter.
A little jabbing left from Gold on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Richter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gold scores with a leg kick.
Gold's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Richter connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gold scrambles back to his feet.
Richter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gold throws out the jab.
Gold lands a jab to the nose.
Gold misses with a right hand
letting Richter counter with a right hand.
Gold lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gold fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Richter manages to avoid it.
Richter connects with a leg kick.
A jab from Richter finds it's way through Gold's defenses.
Gold tries to keep at a distance but Richter has taken the fight into the clinch.
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!
Richter is stalling here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gold.
A right handed body shot lands from Richter.
Richter taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richter breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gold takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A big right from Gold misses.
Richter takes the fight into the clinch.
Richter stalling in the clinch.
Richter lands an uppercut.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gold lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gold.
Gold misses with the head strike.
Richter can't find room to land a body shot as Gold controls the action.
Gold lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gold letting Richter take a breather here.
Richter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Richter tries to clinch up but Gold circles away and keeps his distance.
Richter definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richter avoids a kick to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Richter scores with a four punch combination!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richter lands a body shot.
Gold swinging wildly here.
Richter takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Richter clinches.
Gold misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gold swings wildly with an uppercut but Richter uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gold lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Richter backwards.
Richter is trying to stall.
Richter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big left from Gold misses.
Richter tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Richter tries to clinch up
and Gold counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richter tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It seemed like Gold was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Richter clinches up with Gold and pushes him back against the cage.
Richter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Richter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Richter has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gold throws a punch but it's blocked by Richter.
Richter misses with some punches.
Richter blocks an uppercut.
Richter lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gold backwards.
Gold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Richter takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Gold fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Gold fails to land.
Gold has a couple of punches blocked by Richter.
Gold tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Richter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Richter closes the distance and pushes Gold back into the cage.
Richter just leaning against Gold, taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richter throws a punch but it's blocked by Gold.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Richter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gold swats away the attempt to clinch by Richter.
Hans Richter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richter's corner calls for a 1-2. Richter obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gold throws out a powerful jab.
A swing and a miss from Richter.
Richter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gold.
Gold walks into a straight right hand from Richter.
Gold has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Richter ducks under a wild hook from Gold.
An attempted straight right counter from Richter misses the target.
Gold misses with a hook.
Richter closes the distance and pushes Gold back into the cage.
Richter breaks the clinch.
Gold throws a hook but Richter avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richter is looking to clinch but Gold is avoiding it.
Richter lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Richter closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Richter dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Richter, as that shot connected.
Richter is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Richter moves into range and connects with a jab.
Richter takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Richter is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Richter throws a shot to the body.
A cross from Richter lands.
Gold just misses with a punch to the body.
Gold misses with a double jab
and Richter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gold is rocked!
Gold stuns Richter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gold is still on wobbly legs! Can Richter finish him?
Gold dodges the punch combination from Richter.
Richter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gold feints a counter leg kick.
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!
Gold avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gold seems to have recovered his senses.
Richter goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Gold paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richter wants to clinch up but Gold keeps it at a distance.
Gold swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Richter catches Gold with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Richter feints and then cracks Gold's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gold down.
Richter tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Richter fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gold, pushing him back against the cage.
Richter tries to stall but Gold uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gold has a couple of punches blocked by Richter.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Richter creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gold.
Richter breaks from the clinch.
Hans Richter is winning the standup battle so far.
Richter cracks Gold with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Richter misses with a series of wild punches.
Gold throws a hook but Richter avoids it easily.
Richter is looking to counter punch.
Richter connects with a crisp jab.
Gold needs to keep his hands up - Richter had a free shot at his head there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gold misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richter cracks Gold with a good jab.
Richter ducks under a wild hook from Gold.
Richter tries a head kick but it misses.
Richter misses with a left hand
and Gold counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Richter tries to clinch there but Gold circles away.
Richter moves in looking to clinch but Gold pushes him off.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Gold.
Richter looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gold ducks under a wild hook from Richter.
Richter throws a hook to the side of Gold's head but Gold sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gold avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Richter closes the distance but Gold moves to the side
enabling Gold to counter with a crisp jab.
Gold walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice defenses there by Richter.
Richter fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richter instigates a clinch.
Richter 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.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gold.
Richter taking a breather.
Richter breaks from the clinch.
Richter works the jab nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gold connects with a nasty looking knee right to Richter's face.
Richter escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A lazy left from Richter finds it's target.
Richter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gold displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Richter throws out the jab.
Gold throws a jab when Richter was well out of range.
Richter lands a jab to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Richter looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gold was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Richter misses.
Nice shot lands for Gold.
Gold takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gold just misses with a punch to the body.
Richter tries to close the distance and clinch but Gold swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Richter lands with a right hand.
Richter looks to land a combination but Gold avoids it well.
Richter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gold can do to turn this around?
Richter throws a front kick aimed at Gold's knee but Gold avoids it well.
Nice defenses there by Richter.
Gold blocks a leg kick.
Gold misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Richter misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Richter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Richter lands with a straight right. Gold didn't see that one coming.
Richter blocks a jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Richter.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Richter dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Gold takes a jab right on the kisser.
Richter throws a lazy right hand but Gold sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gold lands a leg kick that knocks Richter off balance momentarily.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gold checks a leg kick.
Richter stalks Gold and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Gold's face. Gold staggers backwards, shaken.
Richter keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Richter tries to clinch but Gold is having none of it.
Gold throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Richter.
Richter connects with an inside leg kick.
Richter gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gold working aggressively here.
Gold fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Richter is trying to stall.
Richter misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gold misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gold lands with a left to the head.
Richter lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Richter breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gold looks to throw the jab but Richter is out of range.
Richter misses with a looping left.
Gold looks to land a left hand but Richter moved out of range nicely.
Richter swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gold misses with a right hand
and Richter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Richter tries to clinch but Gold moves out of range.
Richter scores with a jab to the jaw.
Richter blocks a jab.
Richter seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A solid leg kick lands there for Richter.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gold swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richter lands with a short shot to the head.
Gold has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Richter scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheers as Richter lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gold doesn't seem phased though.
Richter pushes Gold up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gold.
Richter lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Gold throws a punch but it's blocked by Richter.
Gold working aggressively here.
Richter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gold has a couple of punches blocked by Richter.
Gold misses with a punch on the inside.
Gold has a couple of punches blocked by Richter.
Richter blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Richter pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Richter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gold swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liquid Gold has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Richter ducks under a wild hook from Gold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Richter as he connects with a hook.
Gold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Richter fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gold on the side of the head.
Richter lands a two punch combo.
Richter drops Gold with a big left hand! Gold is injured, injured bad! Richter jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hans Richter!
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hype
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