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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jato Idrissa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Idrissa has chosen Three 6 Mafia - Who Da Fuck You Playin Wit as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 lbs
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168 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gabriel Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jato Idrissa!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Idrissa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Idrissa.
Rua lands a jab.
Rua connects with a solid leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rua.
Idrissa looks to land a right hand but Rua moved out of range.
Rua throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Idrissa's head.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Idrissa throws a lazy head kick
and Rua counters with an outside leg kick.
Rua dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Idrissa. That did some damage!
Rua uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Idrissa.
Idrissa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Rua.
Idrissa throws a head kick but Rua moves out of range.
Rua instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters up against the cage, Rua throws an elbow but misses.
Rua looking to stall.
Rua tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Idrissa wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knees to the body from Rua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua stalling in the clinch but Idrissa improves position.
Idrissa letting Rua take a breather here.
Idrissa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Idrissa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Idrissa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Rua blocks a head kick by Idrissa.
Rua blocks a head kick by Idrissa.
Rua tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Idrissa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rua takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Idrissa throws a hook to the side of Rua's head but Rua sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jab by Rua.
Idrissa misses with an uppercut.
Idrissa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Rua if he has to take too many more of those.
Rua connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Idrissa throws a hook to the side of Rua's head but Rua sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice defenses there by Rua.
Idrissa throws a poor cross that misses
and Rua counters with a good low kick that Idrissa was not able to check.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rua cracks the inside of Idrissa's front leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua doesn't manage to clinch there - Idrissa circles away.
Idrissa avoids the head kick by Rua.
Rua tries to clinch but Idrissa moves out of range.
Idrissa tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Idrissa throws a big shot that misses.
Idrissa throws a head kick but Rua moves out of range.
Idrissa swats away the attempt to clinch by Rua.
Idrissa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rua throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Idrissa on the side of the head.
Idrissa tries a head kick but it misses.
Idrissa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rua jabs Idrissa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rua just misses with a punch to the body.
Rua buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Idrissa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Idrissa stalks Rua and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rua's face. Rua staggers backwards, shaken.
Rua looks to land a combination. Idrissa sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Idrissa throws a hook but Rua avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Idrissa throws a head kick that misses.
Rua walks into a straight right hand from Idrissa.
Jato Idrissa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Idrissa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Idrissa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rua counters with a nice body shot.
Idrissa throws a hook but Rua blocks it.
Idrissa misses with a head kick.
Idrissa looks winded!
Rua connects with a solid leg kick.
Rua fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rua takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rua misses with a body shot.
Rua dips to his left and cracks Idrissa with an uppercut!
Idrissa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Rua.
Rua fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Idrissa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Idrissa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rua moves into the clinch.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Idrissa in his tracks for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Idrissa has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Rua throws an elbow but it misses.
Idrissa manages to break the clinch.
Rua is looking to wear down Idrissa with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Idrissa throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rua.
Idrissa misses with a left hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Idrissa works over Rua's head and body with a nice combination.
A punch combination from Idrissa misses.
Rua instigates a clinch.
Idrissa has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Rua trying to land knees to the body.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Idrissa is trying to break the clinch but Rua is controlling him.
Rua throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rua missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua lands a left hand.
Idrissa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rua missing with knees to the body.
Idrissa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Idrissa blocks an elbow strike from Rua.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Rua dominated that round.
That's time! Rua's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Idrissa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Idrissa thuds his right hand into Rua's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rua tries to clinch there but Idrissa circles away.
Idrissa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rua.
Rua takes the fight into the clinch.
Idrissa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Idrissa throws a head kick that misses.
Idrissa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Idrissa throws a lazy head kick
and Rua holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Idrissa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rua creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Idrissa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rua dodges the punch combination from Idrissa.
Rua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Idrissa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rua scoring well with a low kick there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Idrissa throws a sloppy head kick and Rua moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua connects with the punch.
Idrissa throws the kick towards the body but Rua avoids it.
Rua lands a body shot.
Rua fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Idrissa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Idrissa is breathing heavily.
Rua connects with a body shot that sends Idrissa's belly button to the back.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Idrissa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Rua takes the fight into the clinch.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Rua slowing the pace effectively.
Idrissa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rua throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rua tries to clinch up but Idrissa circles away and keeps his distance.
Gabriel Rua is winning the standup battle so far.
Idrissa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rua sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rua staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua jabs Idrissa right on the nose. Idrissa blinks but takes it well.
Idrissa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rua moves away.
Rua lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Idrissa takes a swing at Rua's ribcage but misses.
Idrissa walks into a stiff left hand from Rua.
Rua uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Idrissa.
A head kick misses from Idrissa.
Idrissa throws a sloppy head kick and Rua moves out of range easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rua. That's going to slow Idrissa down.
Rua moves away from the strike by Idrissa.
Rua swings for the body but Idrissa moves out of range.
Rua rushes Idrissa and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Idrissa wants to break free but Rua has control.
Idrissa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Come on Rua - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rua lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Idrissa is trying to break the clinch but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Idrissa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rua takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Idrissa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rua moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Rua.
Idrissa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rua cracks Idrissa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rua with a nice cross.
Rua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rua lands with a straight right. Idrissa didn't see that one coming.
Rua cracks the inside of Idrissa's front leg.
Rua gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rua pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Idrissa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Idrissa is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
Idrissa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua throws a leg kick which misses Idrissa's front leg but catches the back leg as Idrissa tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua misses the shot to the body.
Idrissa misses with a wild body shot.
Rua fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Idrissa, pushing him back against the cage.
Idrissa wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rua.
Rua prevents Idrissa from breaking the clinch.
Idrissa is trying to break the clinch but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Idrissa is trying to break the clinch but Rua is controlling him.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Idrissa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rua lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rua lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Rua on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua looking to throw knees to the head but Idrissa is blocking nicely.
Rua keeps control of Idrissa as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Idrissa tries to break free but Rua pushes him back against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Rua.
Idrissa is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gabriel Rua dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. And we move into the final round!
Rua lands a jab to Idrissa's midsection.
A head kick misses from Idrissa.
Rua ducks under a wild hook from Idrissa.
Idrissa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Idrissa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rua wants to clinch up but Idrissa keeps it at a distance.
Nice uppercut lands for Idrissa. That snapped Rua's head back.
Idrissa misses with a few strikes there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rua!
Rua stalks Idrissa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Idrissa's face. Idrissa staggers backwards, shaken.
Idrissa is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua blocks a head kick by Idrissa.
Idrissa is still on wobbly legs! Can Rua finish him?
Idrissa throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rua counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Idrissa thinking.
Idrissa gets tackled into the cage by Rua. Rua maintains the clinch.
Idrissa takes an elbow to the temple.
Rua lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rua slows down the pace here.
Idrissa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Idrissa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Rua throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Idrissa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Idrissa in his tracks for a moment.
Rua scores with a shot to the side of Idrissa's head.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Idrissa's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Idrissa drops to his knees and Rua pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Rua!
Gabriel Rua took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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