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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kai Rossiter (ranked 1420 p4p, 3733 weight class) and Two Chainz (ranked 198 p4p, 474 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Excellent boxer
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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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Kai Rossiter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Two Chainz!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chainz has taken the fight to the clinch.
Chainz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Chainz takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rossiter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chainz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rossiter counters with a nice low kick that buckles Chainz's knee momentarily.
Rossiter misses with a low kick.
Rossiter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chainz.
Chainz misses the shot to the body.
Rossiter seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Danga de danga de dang - Chainz scores with a four punch combination!
Rossiter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chainz.
Chainz misses with a left hand
and Rossiter counters with a straight right hand.
Rossiter throws a shot from downtown. Chainz moves away and avoids it.
Rossiter jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
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!
Rossiter lands a leg kick that knocks Chainz off balance momentarily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chainz.
A telegraphed right hand from Chainz misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chainz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Chainz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Chainz tries to clinch up but Rossiter circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice straight punches there by Rossiter. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Rossiter.
A big left from Rossiter misses.
A cross from Rossiter lands.
Chainz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rossiter throws a hook but Chainz avoids it easily.
Chainz jabs at Rossiter's body.
Chainz slips a straight right by Rossiter.
Rossiter throws a lazy right hand but Chainz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chainz tries to clinch but Rossiter moves out of range.
Chainz doesn't manage to clinch there - Rossiter circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossiter checks a low kick from Chainz.
Rossiter looks to land a left hand but Chainz moved out of range nicely.
Rossiter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chainz circles away quickly and effectively.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rossiter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chainz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rossiter misses with a wild combination.
Rossiter takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The crowd cheers as Rossiter lands an impressive looking overhand right. Chainz doesn't seem phased though.
Chainz takes a swing at Rossiter's ribcage but misses.
Chainz is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rossiter rather than just go for the knockout.
Rossiter throws an overhand right that lands on Chainz's shoulder, as Chainz tries to avoid the shot.
Chainz is looking for the big counter here.
Rossiter keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rossiter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Chainz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rossiter scores with a nice right hand.
Rossiter tries to bum rush Chainz with a series of wild strikes but Chainz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rossiter misses with an uppercut. Chainz saw that one coming.
Rossiter connects with a crisp jab.
Chainz tries to clinch
and Rossiter counters with a straight right hand.
Chainz is rocked!
Chainz has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Rossiter misses with a hook
and Chainz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chainz is still on wobbly legs! Can Rossiter finish him?
Chainz tries to clinch up.
Chainz seems to have recovered his senses.
Rossiter staying out of range there.
Chainz misses with a hook to the body
and Rossiter cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rossiter ducks under a wild hook from Chainz.
Rossiter is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Chainz moves out of range as Rossiter strikes.
Chainz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rossiter looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick from Rossiter, right into the meat of the thigh.
Chainz throws an overhand right that lands on Rossiter's shoulder, as Rossiter tries to avoid the shot.
Chainz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Chainz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rossiter misses with a body kick.
Rossiter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chainz.
Chainz wants to land a leg kick but Rossiter is out of range.
Rossiter uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chainz.
It looked like Rossiter was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Rossiter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rossiter appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Chainz slips under a jab from Rossiter.
Rossiter lands a nice shot that snaps Chainz's head back.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kai Rossiter dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Chainz misses the shot to the body.
Rossiter digs a good hook to Chainz's body.
Chainz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rossiter was well out of range. Poor timing from Chainz.
Rossiter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chainz closes the distance looking to clinch
enabling Rossiter to counter with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Rossiter.
Rossiter moves away from the strike by Chainz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chainz misses with a wild body shot.
Chainz tries to bum rush Rossiter with a series of wild strikes but Rossiter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Chainz tries to clinch up
and Rossiter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rossiter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rossiter ducks right into an uppercut from Chainz.
Chainz swings for the body but Rossiter moves out of range.
It looked like Rossiter wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Rossiter slips a straight right by Chainz.
Chainz tries to bum rush Rossiter with a series of wild strikes but Rossiter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rossiter is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Chainz can do to turn this around?
Chainz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Chainz looks to land a combination. Rossiter sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rossiter throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rossiter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chainz let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Chainz tries to clinch
and Rossiter counters with a straight right hand.
Chainz moves out of range as Rossiter strikes.
A jab from Chainz finds it's way through Rossiter's defenses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chainz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chainz lands a two punch combo.
Rossiter paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Chainz throws a series of punches but Rossiter moves out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rossiter.
Chainz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rossiter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rossiter scores with a sloppy right hand. Chainz should have avoided that one.
Chainz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Rossiter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chainz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rossiter.
Rossiter connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Chainz momentarily.
Rossiter swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Chainz misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rossiter tries to land a leg kick but Chainz saw it coming and moves away.
Rossiter with the inside leg kick.
Kai Rossiter is winning the standup battle so far.
Chainz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rossiter was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Rossiter throws a hook but Chainz avoids it easily.
Chainz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rossiter lands a really nice looking cross but Chainz seems unphased.
Chainz misses with a few strikes there.
Rossiter defending well as Chainz loads up on a big left hand.
Rossiter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chainz.
Chainz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Chainz throws an overhand right that lands on Rossiter's shoulder, as Rossiter tries to avoid the shot.
Rossiter throwing a counter right hand but Chainz manages to avoid it.
Chainz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rossiter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chainz tries to close the distance and clinch but Rossiter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Rossiter on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chainz looks to land a left hand but Rossiter moved out of range nicely.
Rossiter has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Rossiter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chainz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rossiter moves out of range as Chainz throws a body kick.
Rossiter throws an off balance right hand
and Rossiter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chainz misses the shot to the body.
Rossiter throws out a powerful jab.
The fighters circling - Rossiter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
And Chainz tries to counter it with a takedown but Rossiter pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Rossiter throws a sloppy head kick and Chainz moves out of range easily.
Chainz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Chainz can't find room to land a body shot as Rossiter controls the action.
Chainz tries to throw a body punch but Rossiter avoids it by throwing Chainz back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Two Chainz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Chainz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rossiter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chainz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chainz just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromRossiter.
Rossiter tries to work over Chainz's front leg with a kick but Chainz checks it.
Chainz lands with a good body shot.
Chainz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rossiter.
Chainz misses the shot to the body.
Rossiter appears to be looking for a big counter.
Two Chainz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chainz misses with a hook to the body
and Rossiter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chainz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rossiter eats them both and turns towards Chainz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Chainz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chainz checks a low kick from Rossiter.
A big left from Chainz misses.
Rossiter moves out of range as Chainz strikes.
Chainz lands a glancing blow to the side of Rossiter's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chainz moves out of range of the body kick.
Chainz feints the counter takedown.
Chainz throws an off balance right hand
and Chainz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chainz tries to close the distance and clinch but Rossiter swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Chainz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chainz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rossiter throwing a counter right hand but Chainz manages to avoid it.
Chainz throws a hook but Rossiter blocks it.
Chainz looks to land a right hand but Rossiter moved out of range.
Chainz throws a jab but it's blocked by Rossiter.
Chainz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Rossiter. That did some damage!
Rossiter fails to land with a series of punches.
Chainz swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Chainz misses the body punch
and Rossiter counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rossiter throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chainz on the side of the head.
Rossiter swats away the attempt to clinch by Chainz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rossiter fails to land with a series of punches.
Chainz throws a series of punches but Rossiter moves out of range.
Rossiter throws a series of punches but Chainz avoids them all with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A left lands for Rossiter.
Chainz moves away from the strike by Rossiter.
Rossiter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chainz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chainz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Chainz misses with a two punch combination.
Rossiter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rossiter loads up on a big right hand but Chainz slips the punch.
Chainz looks to clinch
and Rossiter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chainz misses with a low kick.
A little feinted left hand from Rossiter on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Chainz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chainz scores with a hook.
Chainz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Rossiter avoids the head kick by Chainz.
Chainz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rossiter swats away the attempt to clinch by Chainz.
Rossiter is looking to counter punch.
Rossiter on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chainz ducks under a wild hook from Rossiter.
Two Chainz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rossiter tries to move into range but Chainz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rossiter will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rossiter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rossiter throws a low kick, looking for Chainz's leg but Chainz calmly moves out of range.
Chainz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rossiter swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Chainz throws a right and a left that Rossiter avoids nicely.
Rossiter takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chainz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rossiter throws a right hand that Chainz ducks under and follows up with a left that Chainz also avoids with ease.
Chainz misses with a looping right.
Chainz misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rossiter counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chainz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Chainz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
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 Kai Rossiter.
I think Rossiter has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Marco Blurström scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kai Rossiter!
A relieved looking Kai Rossiter thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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