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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Gentil (ranked 435 p4p, 486 weight class) and Abdul Rahman (ranked 56 p4p, 62 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Great wrestler
World class 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 21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paulo Gentil!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abdul Rahman!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rahman takes a swing at Gentil's ribcage but misses.
Rahman misses with an uppercut.
Gentil swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Gentil misses with a looping left.
Rahman misses with a hook. Gentil ducked under it nicely.
A swing and a miss from Gentil.
Rahman tries to move into range but Gentil moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rahman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gentil is looking to land body kicks.
Rahman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gentil takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A nice leg kick from Gentil, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good shot there by Rahman.
Good standup being displayed there by Gentil as he connects with a hook.
Gentil lands with a hook. Rahman tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rahman throws a body shot but no joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gentil lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rahman fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Gentil uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentil defending well as Rahman loads up on a big left hand.
Rahman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rahman misses with a right hand
and Gentil counters with a leg kick.
The fighters circling - Gentil throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rahman throws an overhand right that lands on Gentil's shoulder, as Gentil tries to avoid the shot.
Rahman loads up on a big right hand but Gentil slips the punch.
Rahman misses with a low kick.
Rahman slips under a jab from Gentil.
Gentil scores with a kick to the body.
Gentil attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gentil misses with a low kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Rahman misses.
Good exchange - Rahman coming out on top.
Gentil keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rahman.
Gentil throwing a counter right hand but Rahman manages to avoid it.
Gentil misses with a head kick.
Gentil moves out of range of the strikes.
Gentil throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gentil has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Rahman looks to score with a jab to the body but Gentil is just out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gentil throws a wild body kick that Rahman sees coming a mile off.
Rahman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gentil was well out of range. Poor timing from Rahman.
Gentil throws the left hand but Rahman avoids the punch easily.
Rahman slips under a jab from Gentil.
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!
Gentil keeps Rahman at a distance using the push kick.
Gentil buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rahman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Gentil.
Gentil with the inside leg kick.
Rahman misses with a hook to the body
and Gentil counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gentil throws a front kick that sends Rahman stumbling back into the cage.
Rahman wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gentil.
Nice shot lands for Rahman.
Gentil steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rahman.
Rahman moves out of range of the strikes.
Gentil gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice body kick from Gentil.
Gentil throws a combination. Rahman tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Rahman connects with a solid leg kick.
Gentil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Gentil was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rahman.
Gentil thuds a left hand into Rahman's body.
Rahman moves forwards but Gentil connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gentil misses with a kick to the body.
Rahman staying out of range there.
Rahman fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rahman swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rahman throws the left hand but Gentil avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gentil throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rahman counters with a right hand to the body.
Rahman walks into a jab.
Gentil tried to score with a low kick but Rahman checks it.
Rahman moves forwards but Gentil connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rahman digs a good hook to Gentil's body.
Rahman rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gentil counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice straight punches there by Gentil. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gentil.
Gentil uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rahman.
Rahman on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A nice leg kick from Rahman, right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Gentil misses.
Rahman throws a poor cross that misses
and Gentil counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gentil looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Rahman does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gentil. That's going to slow Rahman down.
Gentil lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Gentil dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Gentil ducks under a wild hook from Rahman.
Gentil takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Gentil misses with a looping left.
Gentil throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Rahman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gentil moves away.
Paulo Gentil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rahman just misses with a punch to the body.
Gentil appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Gentil is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rahman can do to turn this around?
Gentil with the inside leg kick.
Rahman has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gentil throws a shot to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Rahman might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Gentil has got the better of the exchanges.
Rahman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gentil.
Rahman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gentil.
Gentil takes one to the chin there.
Rahman drives through and clinches with Gentil against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rahman has a couple of punches blocked by Gentil.
A head punch on the inside from Rahman fails to land.
Rahman lands with a short shot to the head.
Rahman misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentil blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Knees to the body from Rahman.
Rahman has a couple of punches blocked by Gentil.
Gentil pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gentil. Rahman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paulo Gentil is winning the standup battle so far.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rahman. Gentil does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gentil throws a jab but it's blocked by Rahman.
Gentil throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Gentil misses with a low kick.
Rahman swings widly with a right hand
and Gentil counters with a nice body kick.
Gentil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
As Rahman backs away, Gentil returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Gentil. That's going to slow Rahman down.
Rahman closes the distance and clinches.
Rahman misses with a body punch.
Rahman misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gentil.
Rahman lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gentil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rahman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Donk. Rahman catches Gentil right on the button with a cross.
Rahman throws a front kick aimed at Gentil's knee but Gentil avoids it well.
Gentil keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rahman.
Rahman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gentil.
Rahman feints and then cracks Gentil's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gentil down.
Gentil connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rahman. Rahman circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A clash of legs there as Rahman blocks the low kick.
Gentil takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rahman lands with an overhand left.
Rahman chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gentil fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rahman misses with a hook. Gentil ducked under it nicely.
Nice cross by Gentil.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gentil thuds his right hand into Rahman's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rahman throws a hook but Gentil avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Gentil.
Gentil takes one to the chin there.
Gentil misses with a straight right.
Gentil connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rahman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gentil pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Rahman back to the cage. Gentil follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Rahman's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gentil misses with a straight left.
Gentil sets himself, and Rahman steps forward looking for the clinch! Gentil avoids it this time.
Gentil scores with a nice strike.
Rahman looks to land a left hand but Gentil moved out of range nicely.
Rahman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gentil. Rahman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gentil moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gentil moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rahman missing with a left hand there. Gentil was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gentil looks to land a left hand but Rahman moved out of range nicely.
Rahman works Gentil's body with a nice hook.
Rahman throws a leg kick but Gentil sees it coming and moves out of range.
Gentil misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rahman.
Gentil missing with a left hand there. Rahman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rahman follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Rahman cracks Gentil with a good jab.
Rahman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gentil scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rahman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rahman stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gentil.
Gentil walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rahman checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gentil explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Jab, jab by Gentil - just one landing.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gentil.
Rahman throws the left hand but Gentil avoids the punch easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Paulo Gentil will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Gentil feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rahmans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rahman slips under a jab.
Rahman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gentil sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gentil throwing a counter right hand but Rahman manages to avoid it.
Rahman slips under a jab from Gentil.
Gentil pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gentil lands a nice looking kick to the body. Rahman takes a step back to recover.
Gentil looks to land a right hand but Rahman moved out of range.
Gentil throws a push kick but Rahman slaps the foot to one side.
Rahman scores with a jab to the body.
Gentil lands a lovely overhand right.
Jab, jab by Gentil - just one landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rahman, as that shot connected.
The fighters circling - Rahman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gentil takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gentil misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Rahman misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rahman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rahman looks to throw the jab but Gentil is out of range.
Gentil lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gentil slips a straight right by Rahman.
Rahman blocks a jab.
Gentil pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gentil misses with a kick to the body.
Rahman looks to land a left hand but Gentil moved out of range nicely.
Gentil on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rahman misses with an uppercut. Gentil saw that one coming.
Gentil quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Gentil moves away from the strike by Rahman.
Rahman moves out of range as Gentil strikes.
Gentil lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Gentil lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Rahman scores with the left hand. Gentil knows he should have avoided that one.
Abdul Rahman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahman swings widly with a right hand
and Gentil counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rahman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gentil looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gentil buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Rahman darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rahman slips under a jab from Gentil.
Gentil uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rahman.
Rahman throws a lazy right hand but Gentil sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rahman throws a shot from downtown. Gentil moves away and avoids it.
Gentil scores with a hook.
Rahman misses the jab.
Rahman takes one to the side of the head.
Gentil misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rahman.
Rahman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gentil.
Rahman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gentil swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahman darts in trying to clinch
and Gentil counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rahman throws an overhand right that lands on Gentil's shoulder, as Gentil tries to avoid the shot.
Rahman looks to land a right hand but Gentil moved out of range.
A nice leg kick from Gentil, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gentil moves forwards but Rahman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gentil works the jab nicely.
Gentil steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rahman.
Rahman tries to clinch but Gentil moves out of range.
A slow jab from Rahman misses its intended target.
Rahman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gentil forces Rahman back against the cage and clinches.
Gentil misses with some punches.
Gentil throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gentil misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Gentil scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gentil lands a nice uppercut.
Gentil misses with the head strike.
Rahman throws a punch but it's blocked by Gentil.
Gentil blocking some punches.
Abdul Rahman seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Gentil.
Rahman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rahman has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Gentil.
Gentil lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gentil's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gentil tries to move into range but Rahman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gentil throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gentil with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gentil uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rahman.
Gentil uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rahman.
Gentil fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rahman on the side of the head.
Rahman comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paulo Gentil showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gentil, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Gentil!
An out of breath Paulo Gentil thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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