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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Geraldo Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roy Hook (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Roy Hook has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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213 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Geraldo Rivera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Roy Hook!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rivera scores with a hook to the body. Hook takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rivera swings for the body but Hook moves out of range.
Rivera takes the fight into the clinch.
Rivera lands a body punch in the clinch.
Hook misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rivera lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hook misses with an elbow over the top.
Hook has Rivera pressed against the cage.
Rivera scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rivera lands a shot to the body.
Rivera tries to throw a body punch but Hook avoids it by throwing Rivera back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A body shot lands from Rivera.
Rivera works on Hook's body with a couple of short punches.
Rivera has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hook prevents a body shot from Rivera.
Rivera blocking some punches.
Rivera throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hooks head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hook stalling.
Hook throws an elbow that misses.
Hook swings wildly with an uppercut but Rivera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hook lands an uppercut.
Rivera breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rivera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hook sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hook moves in looking to clinch but Rivera pushes him off.
Rivera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hook manages to avoid it.
Hook misses with a few strikes there.
Rivera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hook.
Rivera cracks Hook with a good jab.
Hook wants to clinch
and Rivera counters with a straight right hand.
Rivera throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rivera throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hook tries to clinch there but Rivera circles away.
Rivera is looking to wear down Hook with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Rivera lands a lovely overhand right.
Rivera throws a body punch but Hook moves out of range.
Hook misses with a double jab
and Rivera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rivera throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hook misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rivera.
Hook tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rivera counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Hook tries to clinch
and Hook takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rivera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rivera lands with a nice combination. Hook backs away looking to recover.
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!
Hook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rivera paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rivera misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hook closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rivera counters with a nice uppercut.
Geraldo Rivera seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hook doesn't manage to clinch there - Rivera circles away.
Hook scores with the left hand. Rivera knows he should have avoided that one.
Hook tries to clinch up.
Rivera lands a slapping body shot.
Hook takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hook closes the distance and clinches.
A bit of stalling here from Rivera.
Hook looking to slow down the pace here.
Rivera takes a shot to the head.
Hook lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Rivera manages to break the clinch.
Hook misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hook tries to clinch but Rivera moves away
and Hook takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rivera misses with a jab to the body
and Hook holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rivera can't break the clinch.
Hook can't find room to land a body shot as Rivera controls the action.
Rivera works on Hook's body with a couple of short punches.
Hook tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rivera taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rivera.
Hook lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Geraldo Rivera has been cut.
Rivera throws a punch but it's blocked by Hook.
Rivera takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rivera.
A short body shot lands from Rivera as the two fighters clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Rivera as Hook tries to tie him up.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivera.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geraldo Rivera dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Geraldo Rivera's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Rivera with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hook swats away the attempt to clinch by Rivera.
Rivera connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Roy Hook is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rivera throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hook tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Rivera makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hook tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hook moves away from the strike by Rivera.
A swing and a miss from Rivera.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rivera. Hook does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rivera fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hook manages to avoid it.
Rivera defending well as Hook loads up on a big left hand.
Hook darts in trying to clinch
and Rivera counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rivera ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hook moves away.
Hook slips a straight right by Rivera.
Rivera thuds his right hand into Hook's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Hook avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rivera misses with a wild body shot.
Rivera lands a nice hook to Hook's body. Hook takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hook misses with a hook. Rivera ducked under it nicely.
Rivera fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hook on the side of the head.
Rivera swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
enabling Hook to counter with a crisp jab.
Rivera clinches.
Hook misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hook lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rivera.
Rivera blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rivera is trying to break the clinch but Hook has him pressed against the cage.
Rivera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rivera lands a nice uppercut.
A hook to the body from Rivera.
Hook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hook doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hook throws a punch but it's blocked by Rivera.
Hook has a couple of punches blocked by Rivera.
Rivera blocking some punches.
Hook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A body shot lands from Rivera.
Rivera slows down the pace here.
Hook lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hook.
Rivera lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Rivera.
Hook's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hook lands an elbow that stopped Rivera in his tracks for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rivera.
Hook pushes off an throws an elbow but Rivera leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rivera is working Hook over against the cage.
Rivera throws a head punch that misses.
Rivera blocks an uppercut.
Rivera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivera avoids it.
Rivera lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hook or not.
A right handed body shot lands from Rivera.
Hook misses with a body punch.
Hook throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Rivera.
Hook working aggressively here.
Rivera managing to block the knees to the body from Hook.
Rivera is trying to push Hook away but Hook has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hook misses with the head strike.
Hook swings wildly with an uppercut but Rivera uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hook misses with the head strike.
Rivera cracks Hook with a nice body shot.
Rivera lands a shot to the body.
Hook will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Rivera up against the cage.
Hook is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rivera is keeping busy.
Stalling in the clinch from Hook.
Rivera effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Geraldo Rivera dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Geraldo Rivera's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Hook looks to clinch
and Rivera counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hook tries to clinch but Rivera moves away
enabling Rivera to counter with a crisp jab.
Hook wants to clinch.
Hook scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rivera uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hook.
Rivera lands with a hook. Hook tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rivera thows a body shot but no joy.
Hook has Rivera up against the cage in a clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hook just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rivera's brow.
Geraldo Rivera has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rivera scores with a hook to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hook throws an elbow but misses.
Rivera is trying to push Hook away but Hook has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rivera blocks an elbow strike from Hook.
Hook looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hook misses with an elbow over the top.
Hook lands an elbow that stopped Rivera in his tracks for a moment.
Hook lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rivera backwards.
Hook looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hook tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hook tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hook looking to slow down the pace here.
Hook working aggressively here.
The referee calls for Rivera to work.
Hook creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rivera.
Rivera will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hook up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Hook tries to stall but Rivera uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rivera stalling in the clinch.
Rivera keeps control of Hook as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rivera goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hook lands a nice shot to the body.
Hook breaks the clinch.
Rivera looks to score with a jab to the body but Hook is just out of range.
Rivera misses with a wild body shot.
Rivera swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hook counters with a nice body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hook looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rivera thows a body shot but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hook slips a straight right by Rivera.
Hook keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hook tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch lands to the side of Hook 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Rivera lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Rivera.
Rivera takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Rivera misses with an uppercut. Hook saw that one coming.
Hook gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Hook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rivera digs a right hand into Hook's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hook's gas tank.
Hook swings wildly with an uppercut but Rivera uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hand to the body from Rivera.
Hook is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hook pushes off an throws an elbow but Rivera leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Geraldo Rivera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hook is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rivera blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hook tries to land a knee to the head but Rivera blocks with his arms.
Hook lands a left hand.
Rivera lands with a left to the head.
Rivera avoids a wild elbow strike from Hook.
Hook tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rivera avoids it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hook.
Hook lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hook pushes off an throws an elbow but Rivera leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hook fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roy Hook has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hook tries to stall but Rivera uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Rivera presses Hook against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
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 Geraldo Rivera.
Well Rivera has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Geraldo Rivera!
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energy
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FIGHT
RATING
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