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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rai Leonardo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Butter Bean (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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266 lbs
26 - 13 - 1 |
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289 lbs
54 - 32 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rai Leonardo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
54 - 32 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Butter Bean!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonardo dodges the punch combination from Bean.
Bean lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Leonardo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Bean drives through and clinches with Leonardo against the cage.
Bean's coach down at The Warehouse was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Bean's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Leonardo swings wildly with an uppercut but Bean uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Leonardo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Butter Bean has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Bean.
Bean has a couple of punches blocked by Leonardo.
Leonardo gets through Bean's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Leonardo scores with a hook to the body.
Bean tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Leonardo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bean misses with the head strike.
Leonardo misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leonardo with a knee to the head.
Bean misses with a punch on the inside.
Leonardo lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonardo scores a nice knee to the body.
Bean is trying to push Leonardo away but Leonardo has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bean working aggressively here.
Bean is looking to break free of the clinch but Leonardo has double underhooks.
Leonardo trying to land knees to the body.
Leonardo blocks an uppercut.
Bean misses with a punch on the inside.
Leonardo has a couple of punches blocked by Bean.
Bean swings wildly with an uppercut but Leonardo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bean lands with a left to the head.
Bean has a couple of punches blocked by Leonardo.
Leonardo blocks an uppercut.
Leonardo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Leonardo lands an uppercut.
Leonardo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bean has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Bean.
A nice left hand lands by Leonardo.
A frustrated look appears on Bean's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Leonardo.
Bean is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leonardo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leonardo lands with a left to the head.
Leonardo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bean backwards.
Leonardo can't find room to land a body shot as Bean controls the action.
Leonardo lands a shoulder strike.
Bean is rocked!
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bean looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Leonardo works on Bean's body with a couple of short punches.
Leonardo can't find room to land a body shot as Bean controls the action.
Bean lands a right hand that snaps the head of Leonardo backwards.
Leonardo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bean is still on wobbly legs! Can Leonardo finish him?
Leonardo pushes Bean against the cage. Leonardo is working some dirty boxing. Leonardo pushes off with a quick right hook! Bean goes down! Bean tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Leonardo moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rai Leonardo!
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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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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