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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Taargus Paynuss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Zurich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zurich has chosen Shadows Fall - Fury of the Storm as his entrance music. Robert Zurich is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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213 lbs
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213 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Taargus Paynuss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robert Zurich!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zurich clinches.
Zurich using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Paynuss has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Paynuss using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zurich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Zurich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paynuss blocks it with crossed arms.
Zurich tries to land a knee to the head but Paynuss blocks with his arms.
Zurich looking to stall.
Paynuss wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Zurich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zurich is trying to break free.
Zurich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Paynuss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zurich misses with a knee strike.
Zurich manages to break the clinch.
Paynuss throws a head kick that misses.
Paynuss wants to slow Zurich down by chopping away at his legs.
Paynuss keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Paynuss really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Paynuss darts in trying to clinch
and Zurich counters by moving into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Paynuss tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zurich is stalling here.
Zurich has had enough of the clinch but Paynuss keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zurich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zurich can't break the clinch.
Paynuss wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zurich looking to throw knees to the head but Paynuss is blocking nicely.
Zurich looks gassed!
Paynuss tries a knee to the head but Zurich blocks it.
Zurich tries a knee to the head but Paynuss blocks it.
Paynuss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paynuss wants to break free but Zurich has control.
Paynuss wants to get back to striking at distance but Zurich won't allow it.
Zurich taking a breather.
Zurich wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Paynuss has him pressed against the cage.
Paynuss looking to slow down the pace here.
Paynuss with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zurich looking to slow down the pace here.
Zurich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zurich avoids the elbow strike from Paynuss, against the cage.
Zurich prevents Paynuss from breaking the clinch.
Paynuss wants to get back to striking at distance but Zurich won't allow it.
Paynuss unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zurich lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Zurich on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Zurich is looking to control Paynuss's arms but Paynuss gets an underhook and turns him. Now Zurich has his back to the cage.
Paynuss unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zurich lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Paynuss wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Paynuss is trying to break free.
Paynuss looking to throw knees to the head but Zurich is blocking nicely.
Paynuss misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zurich.
Paynuss trying to land knees to the body.
Zurich tries to land a knee to the head but Paynuss blocks with his arms.
Zurich avoiding damage as Paynuss throws knees to the body.
Zurich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paynuss blocks it with crossed arms.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Zurich looking to throw knees to the head but Paynuss is blocking nicely.
Zurich avoiding damage.
Zurich tries a knee to the head but Paynuss blocks it.
Zurich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zurich tries to land a knee to the head but Paynuss blocks with his arms.
Zurich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paynuss tries a knee to the head but Zurich blocks it.
Paynuss misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Zurich.
Zurich misses with a knee strike.
Zurich looking to throw knees to the head but Paynuss is blocking nicely.
Paynuss is trying to maintain a safe position but Zurich gets an underhook and turns Paynuss into the cage.
Paynuss wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zurich has him pressed against the cage.
Paynuss trying to land knees to the body.
Zurich throws a knee to the head but misses.
Zurich tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Zurich looking to throw knees to the head but Paynuss is blocking nicely.
Paynuss scores with a knee to the head.
Paynuss tries a knee to the head but Zurich blocks it.
Paynuss using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Zurich has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Paynuss stalling in the clinch but Zurich improves position.
Paynuss tries to land knees in the clinch but Zurich avoids the damage to the body.
Paynuss throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Zurich blocks it with crossed arms.
Zurich tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Paynuss unloads a knee to the mid-section. Zurich lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Paynuss misses with a knee strike.
Paynuss tries to stall but Zurich uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Zurich manages to break the clinch.
Zurich is looking to land body kicks.
Paynuss misses with a low kick.
Paynuss chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zurich avoids the head kick by Paynuss.
Zurich clinches with his opponent.
Paynuss trying to land knees to the body.
Paynuss missing with knees to the body.
Paynuss pushes off an throws an elbow but Zurich leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Zurich is trying to stall.
Zurich with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Zurich tries to land a knee to the head but Paynuss blocks with his arms.
Zurich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Zurich stalls.
Zurich with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Paynuss wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zurich has him pressed against the cage.
Zurich breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zurich fails to land the takedown.
Zurich clinches.
Zurich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paynuss blocks it with crossed arms.
Zurich avoiding damage as Paynuss throws knees to the body.
Zurich tries a knee to the head but Paynuss blocks it.
Zurich can't break the clinch.
Zurich tries a knee to the head but Paynuss blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Zurich tries to land a knee to the head but Paynuss blocks with his arms.
Paynuss tries to land knees in the clinch but Zurich avoids the damage to the body.
Zurich slows down the pace here.
Zurich throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Paynuss blocks it with crossed arms.
Zurich manages to break the clinch.
Paynuss throws a head kick that misses.
Zurich wants to clinch up but Paynuss keeps it at a distance.
Paynuss misses with a head kick.
Paynuss misses with a head kick.
Zurich throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zurich looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Paynuss is fending him off so far but Zurich persists. Nope, Paynuss circles away and we're back to standing.
Taargus Paynuss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Zurich.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zurich looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zurich is looking to clinch.
Zurich fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Taargus Paynuss will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Paynuss throws a head kick that misses.
Paynuss keeps the fight on the outside.
Zurich thows a body shot but no joy.
Zurich tries to clinch up but Paynuss circles away and keeps his distance.
Zurich throws a sloppy head kick
and Paynuss counters with a head kick that crumples his opponent - he's in a world of trouble! Paynuss looks at the referee who does nothing so Paynuss lands a crushing right that sends Zurich to the floor! This time the ref steps in to end the fight.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Taargus Paynuss!
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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