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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jason Yee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dawid Rafal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jason Yee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dawid Rafal!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Lou da Vinci and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rafal thows a body kick. Yee tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rafal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yee takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Yee moves out of range as Rafal throws a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Yee.
Yee ducks under a wild hook from Rafal.
Yee shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rafal throws a body punch but Yee moves out of range.
Rafal on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rafal.
Yee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rafal cracks Yee with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rafal changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Yee takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A slow jab from Rafal misses its intended target.
Yee bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Yee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rafal on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yee misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yee staying out of range there.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rafal - that will leave a mark!
Yee throws out a loose jab but Rafal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rafal throws a jab but it's blocked by Yee.
Yee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rafal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yee moves away.
Rafal throws a jab when Yee was well out of range.
A big left from Rafal misses.
Nice shot lands for Yee.
Rafal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yee.
Yee shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Rafal throws a hook to the side of Yee's head but Yee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jason Yee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloppy strikes from Yee. Those never looked like landing.
Rafal ducks under a wild hook from Yee.
Yee avoids the head kick by Rafal.
Rafal slips under a jab.
Yee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rafal.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yee wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rafal scores with a decent looking hook.
Yee fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rafal is looking to score with low kicks.
Rafal's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yee connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rafal scrambles back to his feet.
Yee takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rafal throws a head kick that misses.
Yee misses with a straight left.
Yee misses with a looping right.
Yee is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Yee avoids the head kick by Rafal.
Yee tries to clinch up
and Rafal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Yee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rafal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rafal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Yee throws the left hand but Rafal avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Yee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Yee throws a hook to the side of Rafal's head but Rafal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Yee throws a big shot that misses.
Rafal bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Yee swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Yee throws a poor cross that misses
and Rafal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Yee takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Yee ducks under a wild hook from Rafal.
Yee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rafal.
Rafal fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Yee looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Yee looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rafal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Yee.
Rafal moves out of range as Yee strikes.
Yee connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rafal. Rafal circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yee lands a slapping body shot.
Rafal is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Yee had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rafal, right into the meat.
Yee throws a jab but it's blocked by Rafal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rafal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yee.
Rafal throws a looping overhand right but Yee ducks down to avoid it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rafal. That's going to slow Yee down.
Yee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rafal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rafal throws a hook to the side of Yee's head but Yee sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rafal turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yee's jab looks to have found its range, popping Rafal under the eye.
Yee throws a body punch but Rafal moves out of range.
Rafal defending well as Yee loads up on a big left hand.
Yee throws the left hand but Rafal avoids the punch easily.
Rafal cracks the inside of Yee's front leg.
Yee throws a sloppy body shot
and Rafal counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Yee throws a jab but it's blocked by Rafal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rafal slips under a jab from Yee.
A jab from Yee misses.
Rafal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yee.
Rafal doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dawid Rafal dominated that round.
That's time! Yee's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Yee looks to land a left hand but Rafal moved out of range nicely.
Yee has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rafal.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rafal - that will leave a mark!
Rafal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Rafal. Yee shrugs it off though.
A head kick misses from Rafal.
Yee throws a looping overhand right but Rafal ducks down to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rafal.
Yee throws a body punch but Rafal moves out of range.
Rafal feints a jab promting Yee to slip. Rafal then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Yee slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Yee blocks a head kick by Rafal.
Yee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
No joy there for Rafal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Rafal misses with a leg kick.
Rafal shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Yee misses.
Rafal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rafal throws a shot to the body.
Rafal scores with a one two! Yee had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rafal slips under a jab.
Rafal takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Yee on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yee tries to clinch up.
Rafal scores with the left hand. Yee knows he should have avoided that one.
Jab from Rafal.
Yee connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rafal. Rafal circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Yee is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Yee swings for the body but Rafal moves out of range.
Rafal defending well as Yee loads up on a big left hand.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yee misses with an uppercut
and Rafal counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Yee keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rafal misses the jab.
Yee pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yee lunges at Rafal with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rafal's hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yee ducks under a wild hook from Rafal.
Yee misses with a looping right.
Rafal slips under a jab from Yee.
A big left from Rafal misses.
Yee rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rafal counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rafal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rafal moves away from the strike by Yee.
Rafal blocks a jab.
Yee has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rafal lands a body punch in the clinch.
Yee misses with an elbow strike.
Rafal fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rafal misses with a punch to the body.
Yee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rafal swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rafal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yee tries to clinch there but Rafal circles away.
Rafal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yee moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rafal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Yee manages to avoid it.
Rafal missing with a left hand there. Yee was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rafal, right into the meat.
Yee ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Rafal.
Rafal scores with a crisp jab that stopped Yee in his tracks.
Rafal drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Rafal scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Rafal lands with a straight right. Yee didn't see that one coming.
Rafal tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Yee takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Dawid Rafal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rafal. Yee does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rafal slips a jab from Yee.
The crowd cheers as Yee lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rafal doesn't seem phased though.
Yee throws out a loose jab but Rafal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yee throws a right hand that misses
and Rafal counters with a body kick that stops Yee in his tracks momentarily.
Yee moves in looking to clinch but Rafal pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rafal scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Rafal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Yee.
Yee will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Yee lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rafal moves out of range as Yee strikes.
Yee misses with an uppercut.
Rafal throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rafal throws a wild body kick that Yee sees coming a mile off.
Yee misses the shot to the body.
Yee doesn't manage to clinch there - Rafal circles away.
Yee throws a hook but Rafal avoids it easily.
Yee wants to clinch up but Rafal keeps it at a distance.
Yee avoids the body shot from Rafal.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yee throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rafal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Yee tries to bum rush Rafal with a series of wild strikes but Rafal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Yee lands the left hand.
Rafal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dawid Rafal will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Rafal closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yee avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rafal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Rafal turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Yee throws a right hand that misses
and Rafal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rafal fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Yee throws a right hand that Rafal ducks under and follows up with a left that Rafal also avoids with ease.
Yee closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yee defending well as Rafal loads up on a big left hand.
Rafal misses with a hook.
Yee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yee misses with a hook. Rafal ducked under it nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Rafal. That's going to slow Yee down.
Yee with a nice cross.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A slow jab from Yee misses its intended target.
Rafal throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rafal connects with a body shot that sends Yee's belly button to the back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yee is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rafal on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Yee lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A swing and a miss from Yee.
Rafal jabs Yee right on the nose. Yee blinks but takes it well.
Rafal feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yee's calf.
Yee throws an overhand right that lands on Rafal's shoulder, as Rafal tries to avoid the shot.
Rafal throws out a loose jab but Yee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yee tries to clinch but Rafal moves out of range.
Rafal lets loose with a powerful body kick. Yee will feel that in the morning.
Nice uppercut there from Rafal.
Rafal swats away the attempt to clinch by Yee.
Rafal tries a head kick but it misses.
Rafal with a nice cross.
Rafal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jason Yee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Yee missing with a left hand there. Rafal was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Yee checks a leg kick.
Rafal pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yee scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Yee scores with a jab to the jaw.
Yee throws a hook to the side of Rafal's head but Rafal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rafal takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Yee misses with a series of wild punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Yee closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rafal misses with a body punch.
Yee throws a punch but it's blocked by Rafal.
Yee blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rafal lands a body punch in the clinch.
Rafal avoids the elbow strike from Yee, against the cage.
Yee throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yee misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rafal.
Rafal lands a left hand.
Rafal throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hook to the body lands for Rafal.
Yee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rafal has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rafal lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Rafal lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rafal with a knee to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rafal lands a body punch.
A short right from Rafal on the inside.
Yee is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Rafal.
Oh Yee is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rafal scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A body shot lands from Rafal.
Rafal digs a right hand into Yee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yee's gas tank.
Rafal lands a right hand.
Rafal pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rafal changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rafal connects with a leg kick. Yee looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rafal connects with the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rafal is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Yee like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Yee from another fist facial!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dawid Rafal!
During a confident post fight interview, Dawid Rafal thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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