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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Manuel Rios (ranked 23329 p4p, 5582 weight class) and Kyle Mullet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Manuel Rios has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Manuel Rios!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kyle Mullet!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Lou da Vinci and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mullet misses with an uppercut
and Rios counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mullet misses with a body shot.
Rios throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mullet.
Rios avoids the body shot from Mullet.
An attempted straight right counter from Rios misses the target.
Mullet misses with a hook.
Rios missing with a left hand there. Mullet was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mullet lands a glancing blow to the side of Rios's head.
Mullet throws a combination that misses
letting Rios counter with a right hand.
Rios has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tran MMA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Mullet tries to clinch
and Rios connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mullet misses with a hook to the body
and Rios counters with a straight right hand.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mullet doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rios blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rios breaks the clinch.
Mullet misses with a right hand
and Rios counters with a straight right hand.
Mullet throws a shot from downtown. Rios moves away and avoids it.
Mullet doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rios makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mullet throws a shot from downtown. Rios moves away and avoids it.
Rios is looking to counter punch.
Mullet takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mullet misses with a looping left.
Rios dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mullet throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rios counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rios shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Mullet eats them both and turns towards Rios to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Some wild striking there from Rios.
Mullet tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rios fails to land with a series of punches.
Mullet looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mullet misses with an uppercut
and Rios counters with a left to the body.
Rios lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mullet misses with an uppercut
and Rios counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mullet walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mullet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rios thuds a left hand into Mullet's body.
Mullet throws a sloppy body shot
letting Rios counter with a right hand.
A combination from Rios does no damage.
Mullet throws a lazy uppercut
and Rios counters with a nice uppercut.
Rios moves out of range as Mullet strikes.
Mullet fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mullet throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rios is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Rios scores with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullet throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rios counters with a one-two to the body.
Mullet throws a lazy right hand but Rios sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rios appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Mullet misses with a lunging right hand
and Rios counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rios lands with a straight right. Mullet didn't see that one coming.
Rios is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rios scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mullet in his tracks.
Kyle Mullet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rios is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rios waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mullet.
Mullet misses with a lunging right hand
and Rios connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mullet walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rios checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mullet fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rios swings for the body but Mullet moves out of range.
Mullet throws a big shot that misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rios!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rios avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rios moves out of range of the body kick from Mullet.
Mullet misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Rios to counter with a crisp jab.
Mullet waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rios.
Mullet throws a body kick that misses
and Rios counters with a nice body shot.
Mullet fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rios needs to keep his hands up - Mullet had a free shot at his head there.
Rios cracks Mullet with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rios takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Mullet throws a leg kick
enabling Rios to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rios swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rios lands a nice looking body shot.
Mullet throws an off balance right hand
and Rios makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manuel Rios dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mullet wants to land a leg kick but Rios is out of range.
Mullet misses with a looping left.
Rios is looking to counter punch.
Mullet has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mullet misses with a right hand
and Rios counters with a right hand to the body.
Mullet tries to clinch but Rios moves away
and Rios counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mullet throws a poor cross that misses
and Mullet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rios swats away the attempt to clinch by Mullet.
Rios jabs Mullet right on the nose. Mullet blinks but takes it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Mullet. Those never looked like landing.
Mullet jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rios slips under a jab from Mullet.
Rios thuds his right hand into Mullet's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mullet throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rios counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mullet takes a swing at Rios's ribcage but misses.
Rios bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mullet's head.
Mullet 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.
Mullet misses with a wild body shot.
Manuel Rios is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rios bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rios tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mullet was well out of range. Poor timing from Rios.
Rios ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rios moves away from the strike by Mullet.
Rios throwing a counter right hand but Mullet manages to avoid it.
Rios blocks a leg kick.
Rios avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mullet's corner calls for a 1-2. Mullet obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rios is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mullet can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rios works the jab nicely.
Mullet uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rios.
Mullet is looking to chop away at Rios's legs.
Mullet tries to bum rush Rios with a series of wild strikes but Rios uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A big left from Mullet misses.
Rios jabs Mullet to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mullet misses with a wild body shot.
Mullet throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rios counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mullet thinking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rios lands with a good body shot.
Mullet swings for the body but Rios moves out of range.
Mullet throws a poor cross that misses
and Rios counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mullet throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mullet lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rios circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mullet throws a right hand that Rios ducks under and follows up with a left that Rios also avoids with ease.
Rios was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Mullet throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rios.
Mullet gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rios.
Mullet's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Rios connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mullet scrambles back to his feet.
Rios misses with a body shot.
Mullet throws a hook to the side of Rios's head but Rios sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mullet throws a lazy uppercut
letting Rios counter with a right hand.
Rios slips under a jab from Mullet.
Mullet fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rios manages to avoid it.
Mullet misses with a few strikes there.
No joy there for Rios, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rios connects with a right hand. Mullet shakes it off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rios misses with a wild combination.
Rios avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mullet looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Manuel Rios is winning the standup battle so far.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mullet lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rios has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rios and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Rios swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mullet throws a poor cross that misses
and Rios counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rios uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mullet.
Mullet fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mullet misses with a left hand
and Rios counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mullet thinking.
Mullet misses with a head kick.
Rios lands with a nice body punch.
Mullet tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rios was well out of range. Poor timing from Mullet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manuel Rios dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Rios cracks Mullet with an open hand slap.
Mullet misses with a wild body shot.
Mullet misses with a takedown attempt
and Rios cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mullet misses with a body punch
and Rios counters with a nice uppercut.
Mullet throws the kick towards the body but Rios avoids it.
A nice combination there by Rios.
Mullet tries to clinch up.
Rios moves out of range of the strikes.
Mullet throws a lazy head kick
and Rios counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rios listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rios lands an overhand right.
Mullet is rocked!
Mullet connects with a crisp jab.
Mullet is still on wobbly legs! Can Rios finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rios scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Rios throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Mullet colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Rios as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Mullet is left battered and dazed whilst Rios and his camp cheer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Manuel Rios!
A very excited looking Manuel Rios rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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