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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rai Leonardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mizushima Muroi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muroi has chosen Get Out - Circa Survive as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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266 lbs
15 - 4 - 1 |
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335 lbs
16 - 9 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rai Leonardo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Mizushima Muroi!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muroi moves into the clinch.
Muroi misses with a punch to the body.
Muroi swings wildly with an uppercut but Leonardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leonardo struggles to land a body shot inside as Muroi controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Muroi fails to land.
Leonardo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Muroi creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Muroi tries to throw a body punch but Leonardo avoids it by throwing Muroi back against the cage.
Muroi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Leonardo can't break the clinch.
Muroi struggles to land a body shot inside as Leonardo controls his hands.
Leonardo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leonardo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Muroi keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leonardo.
Muroi with a hook.
Leonardo misses with an uppercut. Muroi saw that one coming.
Leonardo walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Muroi checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muroi throws a body punch but Leonardo moves out of range.
Leonardo tries a head kick but it misses.
Leonardo misses with a body shot.
Leonardo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Leonardo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Muroi misses with a low kick as Leonardo jumps back.
Leonardo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Muroi wants to clinch up but Leonardo keeps it at a distance.
Muroi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Leonardo throws a head kick that misses.
Muroi fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leonardo manages to avoid it.
Muroi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muroi blocks a head kick by Leonardo.
Leonardo looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Leonardo blocks a low kick nicely.
Leonardo throws a body kick that misses.
An inside leg kick lands from Leonardo.
Leonardo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Muroi under the eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Good leg kick by Leonardo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Muroi fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've been told by Leonardo's head coaches at Brazilian Elite Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Leonardo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Leonardo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Muroi throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonardo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Leonardo - that will leave a mark!
Good shot there by Leonardo.
Muroi tries to clinch up but Leonardo circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jab by Leonardo.
Muroi fails with an attempt to clinch.
Leonardo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Leonardo pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Leonardo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Leonardo is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Leonardo checks the leg kick nicely there.
Muroi throws a looping overhand right but Leonardo ducks down to avoid it.
Leonardo connects with a solid leg kick.
Muroi looks winded!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonardo lands with a kick to the ribs.
Crunch! Leonardo slams his shin into Muroi's torso.
Leonardo lands a nice looking body shot.
Leonardo tries to land a front kick but Muroi steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Muroi walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A jab from Leonardo does it's job there.
Leonardo swings for the body but Muroi moves out of range.
Leonardo scores with a nice strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leonardo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Muroi is out of range and Leonardo settles back down.
Leonardo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Muroi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Leonardo counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Muroi out cold! What a finish! Leonardo is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rai Leonardo!
Rai Leonardo retains his super heavyweight title!
Rai Leonardo seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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