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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Inti Raimi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fernando Pontes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Inti Raimi had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 206.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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225 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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188 cm
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210 lbs
13 - 4 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Inti Raimi!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fernando Pontes!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pontes tries for a takedown but Raimi circles away easily
and Raimi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Pontes!
Pontes keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Raimi looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pontes is trying to escape the mount.
Raimi 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.
Raimi in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pontes is trying to escape the mount.
Raimi is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Pontes can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Pontes is bucking up trying to escape but Raimi cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pontes wants to hold on but Raimi pushes him away.
Pontes is trying to escape the mount.
Raimi lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Pontes hang on?
Raimi scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pontes?
Pontes is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raimi postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Pontes in real trouble here! The ref calls for Pontes to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Inti Raimi!
Inti Raimi retains his light heavyweight title!
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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
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