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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sinkaram Hamzah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Alverez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sinkaram Hamzah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Thiago Alverez!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alverez throws a leg kick but Hamzah moved away.
Hamzah throws a jab when Alverez was well out of range.
Alverez wants to clinch.
Hamzah changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alverez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hamzah takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Alverez throws a leg kick but Hamzah moved away.
Hamzah scores with a punch to the head.
Hamzah throws a leg kick but Alverez sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hamzah looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Alverez throws a solid leg kick but Hamzah takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Alverez.
Hamzah on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alverez takes one to the side of the head.
Hamzah throws an overhand right that lands on Alverez's shoulder, as Alverez tries to avoid the shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Hamzah.
Hamzah looks to land a left hand but Alverez moved out of range nicely.
Hamzah thows a left - swing and a miss!
Alverez thows a body shot but no joy.
Hamzah misses with a hook
and Alverez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hamzah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hamzah.
Hamzah swings away with a body shot that misses
and Alverez makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Alverez has closed the distance and engaged Hamzah in a clinch.
Alverez tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hamzah pushes Alverez back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hamzah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alverez cracks Hamzah with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alverez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hamzah misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamzah tries to throw a body punch but Alverez avoids it by throwing Hamzah back against the cage.
Hamzah has Alverez pressed against the cage, preventing Alverez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Alverez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hamzah's elbow.
Hamzah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hamzah lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Alverez or not.
Alverez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alverez works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Alverez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alverez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alverez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hamzah has a couple of punches blocked by Alverez.
Alverez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hamzah works on Alverez's body with a couple of short punches.
Alverez blocks a body shot from Hamzah.
Hamzah is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Alverez is keeping busy.
Hamzah goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Alverez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hamzah.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alverez misses with a punch to the body.
Hamzah stalling.
Hamzah lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Alverez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hamzah wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hamzah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hamzah lands with a short shot to the head.
Hamzah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hamzah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Alverez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hamzah lands a nice shot to the body.
Hamzah cracks Alverez with a nice body shot.
Hamzah tries to work over Alverez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hamzah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hamzah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hamzah fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alverez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Hamzah.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hamzah lands an uppercut.
Hamzah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alverez slips a straight right by Hamzah.
Alverez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Alverez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A bone on bone clash there as Hamzah blocks the leg kick.
Hamzah ducks under a wild hook from Alverez.
Alverez tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hamzah counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Alverez tries to close the distance and clinch but Hamzah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sinkaram Hamzah dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Alverez defending well as Hamzah loads up on a big left hand.
Alverez darts in trying to clinch
and Hamzah makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Alverez has managed to clinch.
Hamzah lands a body punch.
Alverez misses with a body punch.
Alverez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alverez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hamzah'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 frustrated look appears on Alverez's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Alverez misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Hamzah.
Hamzah breaks the clinch.
Alverez throws a hook but Hamzah blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alverez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hamzah throws a push kick but Alverez slaps the foot to one side.
A swing and a miss from Alverez.
Hamzah misses with a looping left.
Alverez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hamzah.
Hamzah throws an overhand right that lands on Alverez's shoulder, as Alverez tries to avoid the shot.
Hamzah fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Alverez wants to clinch
and Hamzah counters with a left to the body.
Hamzah swats away the attempt to clinch by Alverez.
Hamzah misses with a right hand
and Alverez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Alverez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hamzah moves away.
Alverez has closed the distance and engaged Hamzah in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hamzah working aggressively here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Alverez lands with a right to the head.
Alverez tries to circle away but Hamzah has him pinned against the cage.
Alverez lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Sinkaram Hamzah has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hamzah lands an uppercut.
Alverez prevents a body shot from Hamzah.
Alverez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Hamzah.
Hamzah misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alverez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Alverez cracks Hamzah with a nice body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Alverez as Hamzah tries to tie him up.
Alverez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hamzah presses Alverez against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hamzah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Alverez misses with some punches.
Hamzah scores with a shot to the side of Alverez's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alverez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hamzah lands a left hand.
Hamzah looking to stall.
Hamzah leaning his opponent against the cage.
Alverez misses with the head strike.
Alverez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Hamzah.
Hamzah throws a head punch that misses.
Alverez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alverez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Hamzah throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alverez tries to move into range but Hamzah moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Alverez throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Hamzah counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamzah misses with a wild body shot.
Alverez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hamzah looks to land a right hand but Alverez moved out of range.
Hamzah moves into range and connects with a jab.
Hamzah ducks under a wild hook from Alverez.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hamzah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hamzah takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hamzah connects with a looping right hand.
Alverez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hamzah is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Alverez.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hamzah misses the shot to the body.
Hamzah connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Alverez momentarily.
Hamzah cracks Alverez with an open hand slap.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sinkaram Hamzah dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Alverez tries to clinch there but Hamzah circles away.
Alverez tries to work over Hamzah's front leg with a kick but Hamzah checks it.
Hamzah throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alverez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hamzah.
Alverez misses with a combination
and Hamzah counters with a nice low kick that buckles Alverez's knee momentarily.
Alverez misses with a looping left.
Alverez tries to clinch but Hamzah is having none of it.
Hamzah swats away the attempt to clinch by Alverez.
Alverez throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Alverez takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hamzah lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Alverez at a distance.
Alverez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamzah misses with an uppercut. Alverez saw that one coming.
Alverez connects with a body shot.
Alverez moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Alverez takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Alverez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Alverez walks into a left hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hamzah.
Hamzah throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Alverez gets a clinch.
Hamzah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alverez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hamzah misses with a punch to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Hamzah.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Hamzah.
Hamzah manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hamzah scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alverez throws a jab when Hamzah was well out of range.
Hamzah avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Sinkaram Hamzah is winning the standup battle so far.
Hamzah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hamzah throws an overhand right that lands on Alverez's shoulder, as Alverez tries to avoid the shot.
Hamzah lands with a shot to the body.
Hamzah misses with a double jab.
Alverez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hamzah.
Alverez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hamzah manages to avoid it.
Sinkaram Hamzah is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A slow jab from Hamzah misses its intended target.
Alverez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alverez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hamzah moves away.
Alverez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hamzah misses with a hook.
Hamzah misses with the combination.
Alverez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Alverez throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hamzah counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hamzah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Alverez manages to avoid it.
Hamzah connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Alverez's hands.
Alverez tries to close the distance and clinch but Hamzah swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A low kick from Alverez misses
and Hamzah counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hamzah shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Alverez eats them both and turns towards Hamzah to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Alverez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Hamzah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Thiago Alverez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamzah misses with a body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Hamzah darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A punch combination from Alverez misses.
Hamzah missing with a left hand there. Alverez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hamzah stalks Alverez and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Alverez's face. Alverez staggers backwards, shaken.
Hamzah throws a good cross that connects.
Alverez works Hamzah's body with a nice hook.
Hamzah lands a lovely overhand right.
Alverez has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Alverez throws a leg kick but Hamzah sees it coming and moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alverez throws a hook but Hamzah avoids it easily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hamzah misses with a wild combination.
Hamzah checks a leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sinkaram Hamzah showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hamzah has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sinkaram Hamzah!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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