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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rainer Zufall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lie Die (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zufall comes to the cage accompanied by Rammstein - Sonne. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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219 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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195 cm
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215 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Good knees
Granite chin |
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Rainer Zufall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Lie Die!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, William Gold and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Die fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Die shoots for a takedown but Zufall saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Zufall misses with a jab to the body
enabling Die to counter with a crisp jab.
Zufall buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Zufall clinches up with Die and pushes him back against the cage.
Zufall looking to throw knees to the head but Die is blocking nicely.
Zufall is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Zufall prevents the takedown attempt.
Rainer Zufall has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lie Die.
Zufall goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Die has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Zufall avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Die has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Zufall avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zufall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Die blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zufall swings wildly with an uppercut but Die uses good head movement to avoid it.
Zufall lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Zufall taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Die has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Zufall avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Die wants a takedown but no success here.
Die is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Zufall pulls him back up using the underhooks.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Zufall tries to land knees in the clinch but Die avoids the damage to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Zufall.
Die looks gassed!
Die blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Die is trying to drag Zufall to the mat but Zufall just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Zufall tries to work over Die's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Die blocks a body shot from Zufall.
Zufall tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short left from Zufall.
Zufall pushes Die back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zufall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zufall struggles to land a body shot inside as Die controls his hands.
Zufall is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Zufall throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Die blocks it with crossed arms.
Zufall lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zufall is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Die is looking for a takedown.
Zufall lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Zufall lands with a light punch inside.
Zufall trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Zufall.
Zufall lands a right hand that snaps the head of Die backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Zufall.
Zufall tries to land knees in the clinch but Die avoids the damage to the body.
Die drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Zufall throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zufall wants to stall.
Zufall lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Die wants a takedown but no success here.
Zufall lands a body punch.
Zufall lands an uppercut.
Zufall's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A right hand to the body from Zufall.
Die avoids the elbow strike from Zufall, against the cage.
Die tries to score a body lock takedown but Zufall shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zufall landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A shot in the inside from Zufall.
Zufall lands with a short shot to the head.
Zufall gets through Die's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Die is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zufall comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Die is still on wobbly legs! Can Zufall finish him?
Zufall throws a big uppercut that drops Die! More strikes from Zufall and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Die lies dazed against the cage as Zufall celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rainer Zufall!
Rainer Zufall really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Hilo Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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