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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gideon Navarro (ranked 135 p4p, 488 weight class) and Ri Zaadha (ranked 24 p4p, 74 weight class). Zaadha is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: On A Roll. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 15 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gideon Navarro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 17 - 1, fighting out of New York, Ri Zaadha!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zaadha throws a body punch but Navarro moves out of range.
Navarro takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Navarro moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Zaadha lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Zaadha rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Navarro counters with a stiff right hand.
Zaadha misses with a hook
and Navarro counters with a left and a right that stings Zaadha.
Zaadha looks to clinch
enabling Navarro to counter with a crisp jab.
Zaadha connects with a nice looking jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zaadha throws a solid leg kick but Navarro takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Zaadha.
A little feinted left hand from Navarro on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zaadha fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Zaadha misses with a straight right.
Zaadha throws a head kick but Navarro moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaadha misses with a leg kick
and Navarro counters with a leg kick.
Zaadha lands a front kick.
Navarro takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Navarro staying out of range there.
Navarro moves forwards but Zaadha connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Zaadha jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zaadha fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Navarro has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Navarro ducks under a wild hook from Zaadha.
Zaadha misses with a low kick as Navarro jumps back.
Navarro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Zaadha connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A swing and a miss from Zaadha.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Zaadha - just one landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zaadha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Navarro throwing a counter right hand but Zaadha manages to avoid it.
Zaadha is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Navarro had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Navarro takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Nice uppercut there from Zaadha.
Navarro takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Zaadha tries to land a leg kick but Navarro saw it coming and moves away.
Zaadha looks to score with a jab to the body but Navarro is just out of range.
Navarro swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zaadha misses with a low kick.
A little feinted left hand from Navarro on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Zaadha slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Zaadha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Navarro swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Zaadha cracks a nice hook into Navarro's ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Navarro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Navarro looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Zaadha rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Navarro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Navarro throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Zaadha.
Zaadha ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Navarro moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Navarro misses the target.
Navarro moves out of range of the strikes.
Zaadha blocks a jab.
Zaadha scores with a jab. Navarro acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Zaadha has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Zaadha punishes Navarro's body with a nice straight punch.
Zaadha lands a head shot.
Ri Zaadha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zaadha misses with a looping right.
Zaadha scores with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Navarro throws a hook but Zaadha blocks it.
Zaadha lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Zaadha throws a predictable looking body shot
and Navarro counters with a one-two to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zaadha looks to throw the jab but Navarro is out of range.
Zaadha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zaadha scores with a one two! Navarro had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Zaadha lands with a good body shot.
Zaadha misses with a hook to the body
and Navarro counters with a series of strikes. Zaadha will be more careful next time no doubt.
Navarro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zaadha lands a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Navarro steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Zaadha. That one must have hurt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ri Zaadha dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Zaadha fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Navarro has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Navarro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zaadha circles away quickly and effectively.
Zaadha connects with a single shot there.
Zaadha throws a jab when Navarro was well out of range.
It looked like Navarro wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Zaadha has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zaadha looks to land a left hand but Navarro moved out of range nicely.
Navarro throws a big counter combination but Zaadha scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Zaadha misses with a body shot.
Zaadha just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromNavarro.
Zaadha lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Zaadha bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zaadha bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Navarro's head backwards.
Zaadha tries to clinch there but Navarro circles away.
Zaadha closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Navarro has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Navarro is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Zaadha swings wildly with an uppercut but Navarro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Navarro working hard to break the clinch.
Navarro scores with a shot to the side of Zaadha's head.
Navarro scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Navarro blocks an uppercut.
Zaadha misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Navarro.
Zaadha breaks the clinch.
Zaadha misses with a straight left.
Navarro is looking to counter punch.
Zaadha wants to clinch up but Navarro keeps it at a distance.
Navarro throws a quick counter head kick but Zaadha was just out of range.
Zaadha lands with a cross.
Navarro misses with a left hand
and Zaadha counters with a thumping low kick.
Zaadha fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Navarro on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zaadha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ri Zaadha seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zaadha throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Navarro's head.
Zaadha has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Zaadha missing with a left hand there. Navarro was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Navarro lands a nice shot that snaps Zaadha's head back.
Navarro takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big left from Zaadha misses.
Navarro moves out of range of the strikes.
A head kick misses from Zaadha.
Navarro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Zaadha with a hook.
Zaadha tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Navarro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
It looked like Navarro was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Zaadha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaadha throws a looping overhand right but Navarro ducks down to avoid it.
Navarro throwing a counter right hand but Zaadha manages to avoid it.
Zaadha tries to clinch up.
Zaadha ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Navarro checks a low kick from Zaadha.
Zaadha throws a body punch but Navarro moves out of range.
Navarro looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Navarro misses with a combination
and Zaadha makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Zaadha bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Navarro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Navarro is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaadha keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Navarro.
Navarro looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Zaadha swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Zaadha wants to clinch.
Zaadha scores with a crisp jab that stopped Navarro in his tracks.
Zaadha throws a right hand that misses
and Navarro counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zaadha throws a head kick that half lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Navarro feints a jab and as Zaadha dips his head, Navarro unleashes a brutal head kick that catches Zaadha right on the jaw! Timbeeer! Zaadha falls backwards in slow motion, only propped up by the cage! Navarro smiles a psychotic smile as he stares down his unconscious opponent. That is a scary man.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Gideon Navarro!
Gideon Navarro decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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