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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between White Rain (ranked 1444 p4p, 988 weight class) and Fang Zhaohui (ranked 203 p4p, 143 weight class). Fang Zhaohui has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with White Rain's chin.
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12 - 6 - 0 |
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, White Rain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fang Zhaohui!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Rain misses its intended target.
Rain throws a hook to the side of Zhaohui's head but Zhaohui sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Zhaohui lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sloppy strikes from Rain. Those never looked like landing.
Zhaohui appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Rain lands the left hand.
Zhaohui misses with a straight left.
Zhaohui lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Zhaohui. Zhaohui obviously looking to wear him down.
Rain throws a head kick but Zhaohui moves out of range.
Rain swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rain looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Rain jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Zhaohui on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rain. Rain obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rain gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rain working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rain lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Zhaohui.
Rain throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zhaohui blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Zhaohui lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhaohui breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A low kick from Zhaohui is predictable there
and Rain counters with a nice uppercut.
Zhaohui blocks a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Rain throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rain takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Zhaohui swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick from Zhaohui lands but Rain takes it in his stride.
A nice leg kick lands there from Zhaohui.
Zhaohui moves out of range of the strikes.
Rain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zhaohui follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Rain ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rain misses with a looping right.
Zhaohui is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Rain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rain closes the distance and clinches.
Rain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zhaohui manages to avoid it.
Rain tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Zhaohui paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhaohui throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice straight punches there by Zhaohui. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Zhaohui.
Zhaohui thows a left - swing and a miss!
Zhaohui takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A punch combination from Zhaohui misses.
Zhaohui uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rain.
Rain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Zhaohui throws out the jab.
Zhaohui throws a nice head kick!
Rain works Zhaohui's body with a nice hook.
Rain moves into the clinch.
Rain lands a right hand.
Rain blocks a body shot from Zhaohui.
Rain misses with a punch on the inside.
Zhaohui blocking some punches.
A body shot lands from Zhaohui.
A short right from Zhaohui on the inside.
Rain struggles to land a body shot inside as Zhaohui controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain can't find room to land a body shot as Zhaohui controls the action.
Rain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rain tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
White Rain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A telegraphed right hand from Rain misses the target.
Rain tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zhaohui uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rain.
Rain misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zhaohui.
Zhaohui lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rain gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rain blocks a body shot from Zhaohui.
Rain throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Zhaohui's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zhaohui closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Zhaohui avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rain tries to clinch there but Zhaohui circles away.
Zhaohui just misses with a punch to the body.
Rain misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain scores with a jab to the head.
Zhaohui tries to land a leg kick but Rain saw it coming and moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zhaohui looks to land a body kick but Rain moved away.
Zhaohui lands a two punch combo.
Zhaohui checks a low kick from Rain.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Zhaohui! But no joy.
No joy there for Rain, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zhaohui feints the counter takedown.
Rain takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rain just misses with a punch to the body.
Zhaohui connects with the punch.
Zhaohui misses with an uppercut.
Rain looks to land a combination but Zhaohui avoids it well.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Zhaohui on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Rain fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Zhaohui is out of range.
Rain rushes Zhaohui and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Zhaohui can't find room to land a body shot as Rain controls the action.
Zhaohui struggles to land a body shot inside as Rain controls his hands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that White Rain will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rain scores with a crisp jab that stopped Zhaohui in his tracks.
Zhaohui is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Zhaohui drops his hands momentarily. Rain doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Zhaohui staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Zhaohui doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). White Rain!
During a confident post fight interview, White Rain thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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