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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Bartolome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rajesh Koothrappali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Koothrappali has chosen Nickelback - Rockstar as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Bartolome!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rajesh Koothrappali!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koothrappali pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koothrappali throws a lazy uppercut
and Bartolome counters with a left and a right that stings Koothrappali.
A jab from Koothrappali misses.
Bartolome misses with a wild combination.
Nice uppercut lands for Koothrappali. That snapped Bartolome's head back.
Bartolome misses the shot to the body.
Koothrappali moves in looking to clinch but Bartolome pushes him off.
Koothrappali ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bartolome moves away.
Bartolome goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Koothrappali lands a head shot.
Bartolome ducks under a wild hook from Koothrappali.
Koothrappali lands with an overhand left.
Bartolome throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Koothrappali throws a shot from downtown. Bartolome moves away and avoids it.
Koothrappali lands with a right hand.
Koothrappali is looking to clinch but Bartolome is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bartolome lands with a good body shot.
Koothrappali swings for the body but Bartolome moves out of range.
Bartolome blocks a jab.
Koothrappali looks to throw the jab but Bartolome is out of range.
Bartolome jabs at Koothrappali's body.
Bartolome tries to keep at a distance but Koothrappali has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bartolome wants to break free but Koothrappali has control.
Bartolome is looking to break free of the clinch but Koothrappali has double underhooks.
Bartolome breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Koothrappali throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Koothrappali misses with a wild body shot.
Bartolome throws a series of punches but Koothrappali moves out of range.
Bartolome drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bartolome falls off balance throwing a combination
and Koothrappali counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartolome misses the shot to the body.
Koothrappali fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Koothrappali throws a hook to the side of Bartolome's head but Bartolome sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bartolome throws a series of punches but Koothrappali avoids them all with ease.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big right from Koothrappali misses.
Bartolome uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Koothrappali.
Bartolome uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Koothrappali misses with an uppercut
and Bartolome counters with a nice body shot.
Koothrappali avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bartolome on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bartolome is looking to wear down Koothrappali with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Koothrappali fails with an attempt to clinch.
Koothrappali swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koothrappali pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koothrappali tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bartolome counters with a nice uppercut.
Bartolome avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Koothrappali tries to clinch but Bartolome is having none of it.
Bartolome misses with a double jab.
Koothrappali showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bartolome.
Koothrappali misses with a straight left.
Koothrappali scores with a punch to the head.
Koothrappali moves away from the strike by Bartolome.
Bartolome takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Koothrappali is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koothrappali lands a really nice looking cross but Bartolome seems unphased.
Koothrappali throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bartolome jabs Koothrappali right on the nose. Koothrappali blinks but takes it well.
Good exchange - Bartolome coming out on top.
Koothrappali tries to clinch but Bartolome moves out of range.
Koothrappali jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koothrappali misses with a looping right.
Koothrappali looks to clinch
and Bartolome counters with a nice uppercut.
Bartolome fails to land with a series of punches.
Koothrappali is looking to clinch but Bartolome is avoiding it.
Koothrappali throws out a loose jab but Bartolome uses good head movement to avoid it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bartolome tries to bum rush Koothrappali with a series of wild strikes but Koothrappali uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Koothrappali fails in his attempt to clinch.
Koothrappali takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rajesh Koothrappali will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Koothrappali moves out of range as Bartolome strikes.
Koothrappali swinging wildly here.
Koothrappali misses with a wild body shot.
Koothrappali misses with a straight left.
Koothrappali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bartolome manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Koothrappali loads up on a big right hand but Bartolome slips the punch.
Koothrappali stuns Bartolome with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Bartolome blocks a jab.
Koothrappali fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bartolome on the side of the head.
Bartolome drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Koothrappali looks to score with a jab to the body but Bartolome is just out of range.
Koothrappali scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Koothrappali throws a big shot that misses.
Koothrappali fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koothrappali closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bartolome counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Koothrappali tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bartolome counters with a right hand to the body.
Koothrappali throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Koothrappali misses with an uppercut.
Koothrappali misses with an uppercut.
Bartolome lands with a good body shot.
Koothrappali throws a jab but it's blocked by Bartolome.
Koothrappali misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bartolome.
Koothrappali walks into a straight right hand from Bartolome.
Koothrappali tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bartolome paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Koothrappali misses its intended target.
Koothrappali thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bartolome throws a series of punches but Koothrappali avoids them all with ease.
Koothrappali showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bartolome.
Koothrappali slips under a jab from Bartolome.
Bartolome throws a hook but Koothrappali avoids it easily.
Bartolome slips under a jab from Koothrappali.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bartolome misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Koothrappali closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bartolome counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Koothrappali.
Bartolome misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koothrappali misses with a straight right.
Koothrappali misses with a straight left.
Koothrappali avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bartolome misses with a body shot.
Bartolome ducks under a wild hook from Koothrappali.
Koothrappali lands an overhand right.
Koothrappali slips a jab from Bartolome.
Bartolome lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fight stays on the outside here - Koothrappali looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bartolome displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Koothrappali throws out the jab.
Koothrappali throws a jab but it's blocked by Bartolome.
Koothrappali tries to clinch up
letting Bartolome counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koothrappali will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Koothrappali connects with a crisp jab.
Koothrappali misses with the combination.
Koothrappali tries to clinch there but Bartolome circles away.
Bartolome looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bartolome throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Koothrappali.
Bartolome lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Rajesh Koothrappali seems to be getting the better of the standup.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bartolome takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bartolome fails to land with a series of punches.
Bartolome moves forwards but Koothrappali connects with a nice, crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rajesh Koothrappali showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Koothrappali moves in looking to clinch but Bartolome pushes him off.
Koothrappali throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bartolome throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Koothrappali connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Bartolome momentarily.
Koothrappali scores with a shot to the body.
Koothrappali fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bartolome moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A jab from Koothrappali finds it's way through Bartolome's defenses.
A lazy left from Koothrappali finds it's target.
Koothrappali throws a lazy right hand but Bartolome sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koothrappali pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bartolome takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Koothrappali tries to close the distance and clinch but Bartolome swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Koothrappali might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A left lands for Koothrappali.
Bartolome throws a low kick, looking for Koothrappali's leg but Koothrappali calmly moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koothrappali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Koothrappali throws a looping overhand right but Bartolome ducks down to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Koothrappali.
Koothrappali misses with a straight right.
Bartolome on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Koothrappali avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bartolome lands a lovely overhand right.
Koothrappali tries to clinch up but Bartolome circles away and keeps his distance.
Koothrappali takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bartolome looks to land a combination but Koothrappali avoids it well.
Ricardo Bartolome is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bartolome slips under a jab from Koothrappali.
Bartolome circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bartolome counters with a series of strikes. Koothrappali will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartolome needs to keep his hands up - Koothrappali had a free shot at his head there.
Koothrappali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bartolome manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bartolome bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Koothrappali showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bartolome.
Bartolome swats away the attempt to clinch by Koothrappali.
A combination from Bartolome does no damage.
Koothrappali wants to clinch.
Bartolome misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koothrappali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bartolome manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bartolome lunges at Koothrappali with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Koothrappali's hand.
Koothrappali uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bartolome.
Koothrappali is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koothrappali sizes up Bartolome with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bartolome misses with a body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Koothrappali looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Koothrappali fails in his attempt to clinch.
Koothrappali looks to land a combination. Bartolome sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Bartolome will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bartolome blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Koothrappali does no damage.
Bartolome avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bartolome scores with a nice head shot.
Koothrappali's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bartolome under the eye.
Koothrappali's corner calls for a 1-2. Koothrappali obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Koothrappali tries to clinch up but Bartolome circles away and keeps his distance.
Koothrappali is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koothrappali sizes up Bartolome with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bartolome misses with an uppercut. Koothrappali saw that one coming.
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.
Koothrappali jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bartolome takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bartolome throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rajesh Koothrappali really dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Koothrappali changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Koothrappali tries to close the distance and clinch but Bartolome swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Koothrappali is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Koothrappali tries to clinch but Bartolome moves out of range.
A jab from Koothrappali misses.
Koothrappali tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bartolome paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koothrappali lands a jab to the head.
Koothrappali throws a jab but it's blocked by Bartolome.
Koothrappali misses with a straight left.
Koothrappali tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bartolome swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koothrappali tries to clinch up.
Koothrappali connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bartolome's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Koothrappali.
Koothrappali scores with the left hand. Bartolome knows he should have avoided that one.
Bartolome misses with a two punch combination.
Koothrappali misses with a few strikes there.
Bartolome swinging wildly here.
Koothrappali uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bartolome.
Koothrappali tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bartolome paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koothrappali closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bartolome counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Koothrappali throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheers as Koothrappali lands an impressive looking overhand right. Bartolome doesn't seem phased though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koothrappali tries to close the distance and clinch but Bartolome swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Koothrappali fails in his attempt to clinch.
Koothrappali thows a body shot but no joy.
No joy there for Koothrappali, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bartolome has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bartolome there as he acknowledges the shot.
Koothrappali jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Koothrappali waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bartolome.
Bartolome throws a one two combo.
Koothrappali lands a two punch combo.
Koothrappali is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Koothrappali misses with an uppercut
and Bartolome counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bartolome throws a head kick that misses.
Bartolome keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Koothrappali tries to close the distance and clinch but Bartolome swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koothrappali tries to close the distance and clinch but Bartolome swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Koothrappali is looking to clinch.
Bartolome ducks under a wild hook from Koothrappali.
Koothrappali swings for the body but Bartolome moves out of range.
Bartolome keeps the fight on the outside.
Koothrappali throws a shot from downtown. Bartolome moves away and avoids it.
Koothrappali connects with a nice looking jab.
Bartolome throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Koothrappali to counter with a crisp jab.
Koothrappali is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Bartolome connects with a right hand. Koothrappali shakes it off.
Bartolome swats away the attempt to clinch by Koothrappali.
Bartolome scores with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartolome fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Koothrappali manages to avoid it.
Koothrappali throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bartolome misses with a hook.
Koothrappali tries to close the distance and clinch but Bartolome swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bartolome steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Koothrappali.
Koothrappali misses with a straight right.
Bartolome fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fighters circling - Bartolome throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Koothrappali closes the distance and clinches.
Bartolome wants to break free but Koothrappali has control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Koothrappali is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Bartolome tries to break free but Koothrappali pushes him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rajesh Koothrappali dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Danga de danga de dang - Bartolome scores with a four punch combination!
Koothrappali slips a jab and a cross from Bartolome.
Bartolome misses with a wild body shot.
Nice jab there from Koothrappali.
Koothrappali jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Koothrappali moves in looking to clinch but Bartolome pushes him off.
Koothrappali tries to clinch but Bartolome is having none of it.
Koothrappali throws an overhand right that lands on Bartolome's shoulder, as Bartolome tries to avoid the shot.
A big left from Koothrappali misses.
Koothrappali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bartolome manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Koothrappali dodges the punch combination from Bartolome.
Koothrappali sizes up Bartolome with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bartolome will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koothrappali tries to clinch there but Bartolome circles away.
Bartolome defending well as Koothrappali loads up on a big left hand.
Koothrappali fails with an attempt to clinch.
Koothrappali tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bartolome paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koothrappali moves to clinch but Bartolome breaks away
and Bartolome counters with a one-two to the body.
Bartolome has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Koothrappali throws a hook to the side of Bartolome's head but Bartolome sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Koothrappali tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bartolome counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Koothrappali misses with a series of wild punches.
Ricardo Bartolome has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bartolome dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Koothrappali has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Koothrappali fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Koothrappali cracks Bartolome with a good jab.
Bartolome throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bartolome lands a two punch combo.
Bartolome throws a combination that misses
and Koothrappali counters with a stiff right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koothrappali wants to clinch but Bartolome slips to the side
and Bartolome counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bartolome.
Koothrappali has Bartolome pressed against the cage, preventing Bartolome from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Bartolome is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bartolome wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Koothrappali has him pressed against the cage.
Koothrappali stalling in the clinch but Bartolome improves position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartolome breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bartolome misses with a double jab.
Koothrappali fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bartolome lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A punch lands to the side of Bartolome 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Koothrappali lands with a right hand.
Koothrappali tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Bartolome manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Koothrappali avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bartolome takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bartolome throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koothrappali sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Koothrappali looks to land a combination but Bartolome avoids it well.
Bartolome tries to move into range but Koothrappali moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Koothrappali misses the target.
Koothrappali wants to clinch up but Bartolome keeps it at a distance.
Koothrappali is looking to clinch but Bartolome is avoiding it.
Koothrappali throws a poor cross that misses
and Bartolome cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Bartolome swats away the attempt to clinch by Koothrappali.
Koothrappali connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Koothrappali throws a jab but it's blocked by Bartolome.
Koothrappali looks to land a right hand but Bartolome moved out of range.
Bartolome moves out of range of the strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bartolome keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Koothrappali.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Koothrappali tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bartolome paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Koothrappali cracks Bartolome with an open hand slap.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rajesh Koothrappali comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Koothrappali winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 46:49
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 46:49
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rajesh Koothrappali! Rajesh Koothrappali retains his light heavyweight title!
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