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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kain Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rua might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Slayed. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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205 lbs
13 - 5 - 0 |
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188 cm
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210 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
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
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mauricio Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kain Saint!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saint attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Saint scores with a leg kick.
Rua throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Saint counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Rua!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rua wants to control but Saint is having none of it.
Rua working to try and regain half guard.
Saint wants to control the pace but Rua is squirming around nicely.
Saint lands with some strikes.
Rua is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Saint trying to control but Rua is having none of it.
The referee warns Rua that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Rua looks a forlorn figure.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rua is squirming around, avoiding Saint's attempts to control the action.
Rua is bucking up trying to escape but Saint cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Saint trying to control but Rua is having none of it.
Saint avoids the attempt from Rua to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint misses with a head shot.
Saint swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Rua is now in Saint's guard. A big mistake from Saint there, giving up the dominant position!
Saint looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Saint looking for a guillotine here but Rua defends easily.
Rua scoring with some ground and pound.
Rua wants to pass the guard but Saint is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint has his foot on Rua's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rua works his way back into a safe position though.
Saint is looking for a triangle but Rua pushes his legs off easily.
Saint is looking for a triangle but Rua pushes his legs off easily.
Saint pulls Rua in close to prevent any damage.
Rua in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Saint being controlled here, momentarily.
Saint is looking for a triangle here but Rua uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
You can see the frustration on Saint's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint is looking for a sweep.
Rua cracks Saint with a big elbow.
Rua landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Rua is looking to take a break and control but Saint is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Saint gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saint makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Saint.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kain Saint dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rua swings for the body but Saint moves out of range.
Saint fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Rua is out of range.
Rua shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rua working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Saint's thigh. Saint counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Saint working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Rua doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Rua manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Rua trying to control but Saint is working from the bottom.
Rua with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Saint is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Saint trying to keep a closed guard but Rua is proving a slippery customer.
Saint looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Rua passes into half guard.
Saint wants to control but Rua is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Saint looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's two 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.
Saint is trying to maintain the position but Rua is very close to passing his half guard.
Rua not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Saint looking for submissions off his back.
Rua is working for a submission of some sort.
Rua wants to take a breather but Saint is having none of it.
Kain Saint has got the better of the ground game so far.
Saint has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rua is working away from the top position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Saint defending well though.
Rua moves nicely into side control.
Rua wants to lay and pray for a moment but Saint keeps working.
Saint is trying to control Rua's posture but Rua avoids it.
Rua tries to score with some ground and pound. Saint controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Saint avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rua.
Saint on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rua wants to control for a moment but Saint uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint is positioning himself well to prevent Rua advancing to mount.
Rua is thwarting Saint's attempts to control the position.
Saint looking for submissions off his back.
Saint trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rua slips a nice elbow through Saint's hands, connecting with Saint's forehead.
Saint trying to control from the bottom.
Saint is looking to improve his position.
Rua throwing shots but Saint is blocking nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauricio Rua 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!
Rua swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Saint counter with a right hand.
Rua misses with an uppercut
and Saint counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rua swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Saint counters with a low kick, right behind Rua 's knee.
Saint throws a head kick that misses.
Rua stuffs the takedown attempt from Saint. Saint gets slowly back to his feet.
Saint gets the takedown into side control.
Saint wants to control but Rua is keeping him busy.
Rua avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Saint.
Saint working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Rua tries to buck Saint off but Saint is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint gets to mount! Rua was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Saint tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Saint unloading with bombs!
Saint tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Rua avoids a series of strikes thrown by Saint.
Rua is in all sorts of trouble here.
Saint dominating with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Saint lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Saint cracks Rua with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Saint scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua wants to hold on but Saint pushes him away.
Rua is trying to escape the mount.
Saint lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint with a couple of short strikes.
Saint scoring with strikes but Rua is staying in there.
Rua is wriggling around trying to escape.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Saint landing strikes from the mount.
Saint controlling from the full mount.
Saint avoids the attempt from Rua to control.
Saint is working for a guillotine from mount but Rua frees his head quite easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint looking to control and managing it successfully.
Saint with shots to the head and body - Rua looks very uncomfortable down there.
Saint trying to control but Rua is having none of it.
Saint landing strikes from the mount and Rua is in trouble!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Saint raining down hammerfists from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kain Saint comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Saint has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 27:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kain Saint!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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