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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Duece Delta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danilo Caparas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Delta comes to the cage accompanied by the tough guy song. Danilo Caparas will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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203 lbs
20 - 25 - 0 |
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35
185 lbs
23 - 16 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Duece Delta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Danilo Caparas!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Delta is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Caparas's half guard.
Delta is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Delta prevents Caparas from improving his position.
Delta thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Caparas's head.
Delta 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.
Delta is looking to take a break and control but Caparas is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Caparas is controlling Delta's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Delta trying to pass the guard but Caparas defending well.
Delta is trying to work for a kimura but Caparas is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Delta is looking for a kimura here.
Caparas is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Caparas is refusing to be controlled, as Delta sits in half guard.
Delta is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Caparas defends it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delta perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Delta tries to pass to full mount but Caparas defends it.
Caparas is looking for a sweep. Delta is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Delta is looking to stall here but Caparas recovers full guard.
Delta is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Delta throwing strikes from guard but Caparas blocks nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delta trying to control the position from guard on top but Caparas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Duece Delta wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Delta shoots in for a takedown but Caparas shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Delta closes the distance and clinches up with Caparas, looking for a takedown. Delta pushes Caparas against the cage but Caparas circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Delta with a poor takedown
and Caparas counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duece Delta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Delta shoots in and drives through. Caparas sprawls well.
Delta shoots in and drives through. Caparas sprawls well.
Delta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Delta shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Delta is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Caparas defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caparas is staying active underneath Delta, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Delta wants to advance to full mount but Caparas doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Delta trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Caparas avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Delta sitting in guard here, content to control.
Caparas keeping moving, preventing Delta from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Duece Delta dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Caparas throws a leg kick but Delta sees it coming and moves out of range.
Caparas swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Delta dives in for a single leg takedown but Caparas sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Delta.
Delta has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Caparas avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Delta works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Delta trying to control but Caparas is working from the bottom.
Delta is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Caparas is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Caparas trying to control the position here.
Delta controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duece Delta has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Delta fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duece Delta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caparas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Delta looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Caparas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Delta gets the takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Caparas's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Delta trying to control the action but Caparas is working from the bottom.
Delta controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delta is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Caparas knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Duece Delta overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Delta tries to move into full mount but can't pass Caparas's legs.
Delta is trying to get an arm triangle but Caparas is defending well.
Delta wants to lay and pray for a moment but Caparas keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Caparas is looking to regain half guard here but Delta keeps moving and retains side control.
Delta wants to lay and pray for a moment but Caparas keeps working.
Delta tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Delta has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Caparas tries to bench press Delta off him but Delta keeps the position.
Delta tries to move into full mount but can't pass Caparas's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Caparas is trying to improve his position.
Delta tries for a kimura but Caparas is defending well.
Delta tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Delta has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Delta is trying to get an arm triangle but Caparas is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Caparas is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Duece Delta dominated that second round.
That's time! Delta's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Delta ducks right into an uppercut from Caparas.
Delta moves into the clinch.
Delta drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Caparas is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Caparas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Delta shoots for a takedown but Caparas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Duece Delta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Delta has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Caparas finds it's way round the side to connect with Delta's head.
Caparas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Delta. That did some damage!
Caparas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Delta tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Caparas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Caparas fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Delta checks it well.
Caparas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Delta's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Caparas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Delta doesn't seem bothered though.
Delta fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Duece Delta seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Caparas throws out a leg kick but Delta moves out of range and Caparas only half commits.
Nice sprawl there from Caparas as Delta shoots in.
Delta takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Delta tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Delta looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Caparas is fending him off so far but Delta persists. Nope, Caparas circles away and we're back to standing.
Caparas is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Caparas lands a jab to the nose.
Delta tries to close the distance and clinch but Caparas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Caparas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Caparas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Caparas lands with a straight right. Delta didn't see that one coming.
Delta is trying hard to land a takedown here. Caparas sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Caparas connects with a solid leg kick.
Delta shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Caparas as he jumps to the side.
Caparas jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Danilo Caparas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Caparas throws a leg kick which misses Delta's front leg but catches the back leg as Delta tries to avoid it.
Delta takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Danilo Caparas seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Caparas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Delta manages to avoid it.
Caparas has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Caparas lands a jab to Delta's midsection.
Caparas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Delta closes this distance looking for a takedown but Caparas circles away.
Delta chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Caparas can pounce on him.
Caparas throws a head kick but Delta moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Delta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Caparas.
Delta misses with a takedown attempt - Caparas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Both fighters circling a little - Caparas finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Delta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Caparas.
Delta gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Delta checks a leg kick.
Caparas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Caparas.
Caparas throws out a powerful jab.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Delta.
A nice inside leg kick there by Caparas. That's going to slow Delta down.
Caparas keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Caparas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Caparas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Delta fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Delta looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Caparas is fending him off so far but Delta persists. Nope, Caparas circles away and we're back to standing.
Danilo Caparas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Caparas lands with a hook. Delta tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Caparas feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Delta's calf.
Delta shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Caparas but Caparas pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Caparas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Delta fails with a takedown attempt.
Caparas scores with a decent looking hook.
Delta is rocked!
Jab from Caparas.
Oh Delta is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Caparas ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Delta out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Danilo Caparas!
A very excited looking Danilo Caparas made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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