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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Louie Letica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryoga Hibiki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Letica comes to the cage accompanied by Bring em Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Louie Letica!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryoga Hibiki!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Letica looks to land a body kick but Hibiki moved away.
Letica stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Letica wants it to stay on the feet.
Hibiki shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hibiki was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Letica tries to lock up and control but Hibiki gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Letica squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Letica tries to reverse the position but Hibiki maintains control.
Letica avoids a series of strikes thrown by Hibiki.
Hibiki controlling from mount.
Letica tries to hold on but Hibiki pushes him away.
Hibiki sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Hibiki landing strikes from the mount and Letica is in trouble!
Hibiki tries to control but Letica wriggling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hibiki postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Letica looks a forlorn figure.
Hibiki controlling his opponent.
Hibiki is landing with some decent strikes but Letica is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Hibiki scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Letica tries to hold on but Hibiki postures up.
Hibiki is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Letica wants to try and get back to his feet.
Hibiki trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Letica trying desperately to get to his feet.
Letica holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Hibiki tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hibiki landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hibiki punching from mount but Letica doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Letica is working to get back to half guard.
Letica is trying to stand.
Letica is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hibiki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hibiki can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Letica is looking to escape.
Hibiki won't let Letica get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Hibiki avoids the attempt from Letica to control.
Hibiki throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Letica because Hibiki loaded up on that one.
Hibiki throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Letica because Hibiki loaded up on that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hibiki with shots to the head and body - Letica looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hibiki moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Letica has worked his arm free - good work by Letica!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hibiki stands up and beckons Letica to his feet.
Letica tries to work over Hibiki's front leg with a kick but Hibiki checks it.
Letica darts in and clinches Hibiki up against the cage.
Hibiki has Letica pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Letica manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Hibiki looks gassed!
Hibiki has picked Letica up - he's going for a ride! Hibiki dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Letica is looking to control Hibiki's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Letica avoid being mounted?
Letica is trying to stand back up but Hibiki is controlling him
Hibiki decides to return to a standing position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letica throws a sloppy head kick and Hibiki moves out of range easily.
Letica throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Letica tries a head kick but it misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Letica, right into the meat.
Hibiki fails with the takedown
and Letica counters by clinching up.
Louie Letica has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryoga Hibiki.
Stalling in the clinch from Letica.
Letica gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Hibiki.
Hibiki is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Letica gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Letica breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Louie Letica is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hibiki keeps the fight on the outside.
Letica throws a nice looking combination but Hibiki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Letica scores with a punch to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hibiki shoots for a double leg takedown but Letica sprawls well. He's pushed Hibiki's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hibiki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Letica misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hibiki is trying hard to land a takedown here. Letica sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Letica chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Letica throws a nice head kick!
Letica doesn't manage to clinch there - Hibiki circles away.
Hibiki closes this distance looking for a takedown but Letica circles away.
Hibiki gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hibiki will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Letica lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hibiki circles away quickly and effectively.
Letica is looking to chop away at Hibiki's legs.
Hibiki shoots in for a takedown but Letica shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Letica forces Hibiki back against the cage and clinches.
Hibiki is working for takedown but Letica is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hibiki is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Letica gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Letica prevents the takedown attempt.
Hibiki drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Hibiki is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Letica breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Letica throws a nice outside leg kick.
Letica closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Letica prevents the takedown attempt.
Letica makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Letica escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Letica feints a jab promting Hibiki to slip. Letica then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Hibiki slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Hibiki swats away the attempt to clinch by Letica.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hibiki keeps the fight on the outside.
Hibiki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Letica stuffs the takedown attempt from Hibiki. Hibiki gets slowly back to his feet.
Letica throws a combination. Hibiki tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Hibiki has his takedown stuffed
and Letica counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Letica looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hibiki shoots in looking for a takedown but Letica manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hibiki's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Letica wants to clinch up but Hibiki keeps it at a distance.
Hibiki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Letica tries to clinch up but Hibiki circles away and keeps his distance.
Letica looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Hibiki moves out of range of the leg kick from Letica.
Hibiki shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Hibiki gets the takedown into side control.
Hibiki decides to stand back up. Hibiki steps back and let's Letica get back to his feet.
Hibiki fails with a takedown attempt.
Letica connects with a high kick.
Hibiki shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hibiki gets to his feet - Letica follows without any prompting.
Hibiki with a poor takedown
and Letica cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hibiki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Letica's waist but Letica gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hibiki off to one side.
Letica lands with a nice combination. Hibiki backs away looking to recover.
Letica misses with a body kick.
Hibiki shoots in but Letica avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Ryoga Hibiki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hibiki closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Letica wants to control the action here but instead Hibiki manages to pass to full mount!
Letica tries to lock up and control but Hibiki gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Letica regains half guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hibiki postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Letica to stand up.
Hibiki shoots in and drives through. Letica sprawls well.
Left hook, right uppercut from Letica.
Letica tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hibiki manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hibiki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Letica swivels and escapes.
Hibiki circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hibiki shoots and misses
and Letica counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Hibiki doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Letica counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hibiki misses with a takedown attempt - Letica sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
A punch combination from Letica misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Letica swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hibiki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Letica moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryoga Hibiki dominated that round.
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!
Hibiki avoids the head kick by Letica.
Hibiki fails with the takedown.
Hibiki takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Letica misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hibiki takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Letica scores with a head kick. Hibiki tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Hibiki drives through with a takedown into Letica's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Hibiki looking to pass the guard.
Hibiki wants to stand but Letica is controlling his posture from full guard.
Letica wants to get back to his feet but Hibiki is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hibiki trying to control the position from guard on top but Letica is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Letica is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hibiki is controlling him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Letica is working an open guard so Hibiki takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Letica connects with a solid leg kick.
Letica throws a head kick that Hibiki semi-blocks.
Hibiki has his takedown stuffed
and Letica counters with a straight right hand.
Left hook, right uppercut from Letica.
Hibiki shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Louie Letica has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryoga Hibiki.
Letica misses with a body shot.
Letica looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Letica defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hibiki.
Hibiki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Letica swivels and escapes.
Hibiki shoots in for a takedown but Letica shows good takedown defense.
Letica pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hibiki with a lazy takedown attempt
letting Letica counter with a right hand.
Louie Letica is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Letica tries to clinch up but Hibiki circles away and keeps his distance.
Hibiki fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Letica fails to land with a series of punches.
Hibiki shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Hibiki showed some decent athleticism there.
Letica taking some punishment here, with Hibiki in his half guard.
Letica wants to improve his position but Hibiki is controlling well.
Ryoga Hibiki has got the better of the ground game so far.
Letica wants to get back to his feet.
Hibiki decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Letica stuffs the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Letica scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hibiki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Letica's waist but Letica gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Hibiki off to one side.
Hibiki drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hibiki throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hibiki stops Letica from standing up.
Letica knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hibiki on the ground.
Hibiki pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Letica is keeping the position for now.
Letica keeping moving, preventing Hibiki from controlling successfully.
Letica trying to control the position.
Letica has control of Hibiki's left arm, preventing Hibiki from doing any damage.
Louie Letica has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Letica slaps away a takedown attempt from Hibiki, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Letica scores with a head kick. Hibiki tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Letica stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Letica wants it to stay on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Hibiki.
Letica moves into the clinch.
Hibiki is trying to break free.
Letica wants to stall.
Hibiki has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Letica regains guard immediately.
Letica is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Hibiki tries to free his leg and advance position but Letica is retaining full guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hibiki would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Letica is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Letica wants to get back to his feet but Hibiki passes into half guard.
Hibiki stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Letica connects with a solid leg kick.
Letica gets caught flat footed, as Hibiki shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Letica seems keen to control Hibiki's posture.
Hibiki postures up.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hibiki stands up and waves to Letica to follow him.
Hibiki shoots for a double leg takedown but Letica sprawls well. He's pushed Hibiki's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Letica.
Letica misses with a body kick.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Letica enables Hibiki to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Letica manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Hibiki postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hibiki thows a big elbow that misses.
Hibiki tries to free his leg and advance position but Letica is retaining full guard.
Letica wants to stand up but Hibiki is controlling him.
Letica is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Hibiki dives into side control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Letica is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hibiki gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Letica lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hibiki circles away quickly and effectively.
No luck for Hibiki with that takedown attempt.
Hibiki takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hibiki fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Letica pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Hibiki back to the cage. Letica follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Hibiki avoids a punch combination nicely.
Letica misses with a double jab.
Hibiki fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Letica to the ground. Hibiki is now in Letica's guard.
Hibiki is pushing down on Letica's leg trying to pass to half guard. Letica is fighting to maintain full guard but Hibiki has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hibiki passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Letica is working to get back to half guard.
Hibiki throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Letica because Hibiki loaded up on that one.
You get the feeling that Letica really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Letica somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Hibiki shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Letica scores with a nice body kick.
Hibiki looks for a takedown but Letica sprawls well.
Letica throws a nice looking combination but Hibiki bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Letica fails to land with a series of punches.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Hibiki or perhaps it was just good defense by Letica which made him look bad.
Letica tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hibiki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hibiki misses with a takedown attempt
and Letica counters with a nice uppercut.
Letica throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hibiki tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Letica swivels and escapes.
Hibiki dives in and grabs Letica's left leg, looking for a takedown. Letica pushes down on Hibiki's head and hops out.
Letica misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Letica scoring well with a low kick there.
Letica tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hibiki swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Letica connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Letica moves into the clinch.
Hibiki drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Letica gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Hibiki is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Hibiki tries a knee to the head but Letica blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryoga Hibiki comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hibiki has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight for Ryoga Hibiki!
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight for Ryoga Hibiki!
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight for Ryoga Hibiki!
Ryoga Hibiki wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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