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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ross Rhea (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Apio Okafor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Okafor is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: zulu war theme. Ross Rhea is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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176 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ross Rhea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Apio Okafor!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Hugh Johnson and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rhea drives through and clinches with Okafor against the cage.
Okafor landing knees to the body.
Okafor scores with a knee to the head.
Rhea takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rhea blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Okafor connects with a knee to the head.
Okafor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rhea blocks it with crossed arms.
Okafor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rhea.
Rhea blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Okafor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rhea lands an uppercut.
Okafor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rhea.
The referee calls for Rhea to work.
Okafor tries to land a knee to the head but Rhea blocks with his arms.
Okafor misses with a punch on the inside.
Okafor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Okafor stops a takedown attempt from Rhea.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rhea manages to pull guard.
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.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Okafor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Okafor throws a big right hand that misses.
Rhea not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Okafor is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Okafor trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rhea might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Okafor postures up in Rhea's guard and throws a big left but Rhea blocks it.
Okafor is looking to work some ground and pound but Rhea has wrist control.
Okafor advances to half guard.
Okafor seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Rhea does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rhea is trying to control but can't.
Rhea is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Okafor's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Okafor's back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okafor trying to control the action but Rhea just sinks the hooks in.
Rhea has the hooks in. Okafor is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Rhea is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Okafor taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Rhea.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ross Rhea!
After the fight, Ross Rhea was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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