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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Junior Rivera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donnie Darko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rivera comes to the cage accompanied by Push it to the Limit - Rick Ross. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Good wrestling
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Junior Rivera!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Donnie Darko!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darko takes a kick to the side of the head.
Donnie Darko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darko throws an overhand right that lands on Rivera's shoulder, as Rivera tries to avoid the shot.
Rivera misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darko.
Rivera throws a head kick that half lands.
A jab from Darko misses.
Rivera staying out of range there.
Rivera lets loose with a powerful body kick. Darko will feel that in the morning.
Darko shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Rivera manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Darko is looking to advance position but Rivera has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Rivera will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Darko takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Darko tries to hold on but Rivera pushes him away.
Rivera throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Darko because Rivera loaded up on that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera breaks from Darko's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Darko is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Darko wants to hold on but Rivera pushes him away.
Rivera wants to control the pace but Darko is squirming around nicely.
Rivera thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Darko working to try and regain half guard.
Darko in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rivera working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rivera working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Darko is looking to get to half guard.
Rivera pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Darko takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Darko in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rivera sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Rivera has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rivera wants to control the pace but Darko is squirming around nicely.
Darko wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Rivera.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rivera throws some wild stikes that Darko manages to avoid easily.
Rivera throws some wild stikes that Darko manages to avoid easily.
Rivera with the ground and pound from mount.
Rivera punishing his opponent with strikes.
Rivera lands a big shot there that rocks Darko but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Rivera working away from the top, dropping strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darko wants to hold on but Rivera pushes him away.
Darko can't escape the position.
Rivera fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rivera looking to control but Darko is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Darko is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rivera tries to control but Darko wriggling away.
Darko in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Darko is looking to improve his position but Rivera isn't that keen on the idea.
Rivera sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rivera is in the full mount, landing strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Junior Rivera dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rivera fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Darko has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Darko takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Darko rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rivera moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Darko takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Darko throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Rivera to counter with a crisp jab.
Darko throws a lazy uppercut
and Rivera counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Darko is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Rivera lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Darko doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Rivera counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rivera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Darko can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darko fails with a takedown attempt.
Rivera connects with a leg kick. Darko looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Darko throws a big shot that misses.
Junior Rivera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rivera moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Rivera works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Darko throws a lazy uppercut
and Rivera counters with a nice leg kick.
Rivera lands with a thumping leg kick.
Darko is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Rivera scores with a kick to the body.
Darko is breathing heavily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rivera.
Rivera dips to his left and cracks Darko with an uppercut!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Darko takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Rivera plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Darko throws a hook but Rivera avoids it easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Darko is defended easily by Rivera.
Junior Rivera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Donnie Darko.
Darko throws an off balance right hand
and Rivera counters with a nice low kick that buckles Darko's knee momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darko looks to land a right hand but Rivera moved out of range.
Rivera connects with a leg kick. Darko looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That kick from Rivera tenderised Darko's leg. Darko is trying to keep his angry face on.
Rivera throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Darko takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice body kick there by Rivera.
Darko with a lazy takedown attempt
and Rivera makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rivera throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Darko.
Rivera lands a leg kick that knocks Darko off balance momentarily.
Rivera throws a head kick that Darko semi-blocks.
Rivera plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A slapping leg kick lands for Rivera.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darko shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rivera counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rivera jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rivera lands the left hand.
Darko throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rivera lands the left hand.
Darko is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Rivera! Darko is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Junior Rivera!
Junior Rivera retains his welterweight title!
Junior Rivera was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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