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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Trzy Trzy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benedikt Iskandar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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200 lbs
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215 lbs
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Trzy Trzy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Benedikt Iskandar!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trzy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Trzy closes the distance and clinches.
Trzy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Iskandar backwards.
Trzy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Iskandar backwards.
Trzy has Iskandar pressed against the cage, preventing Iskandar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Trzy misses with a short punch on the inside.
A frustrated look appears on Iskandar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Trzy leaning against his opponent.
Trzy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Trzy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trzy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Trzy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trzy digs a right hand into Iskandar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Iskandar's gas tank.
Trzy pushes Iskandar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trzy tries to work over Iskandar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trzy struggles to land a body shot inside as Iskandar controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trzy.
Trzy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Trzy slowing the pace effectively.
Trzy just leaning against Iskandar, taking a breather.
A body shot lands from Trzy.
Trzy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Trzy can't find room to land a body shot as Iskandar controls the action.
I was talking to Trzy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Iskandar is trying to force a seperation but Trzy has the dominant position.
Iskandar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Iskandar letting Trzy take a breather here.
Iskandar tries to break free but Trzy pushes him back against the cage.
Trzy misses with some punches.
A frustrated look appears on Iskandar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Trzy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Iskandar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Iskandar working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Iskandar is trying to push Trzy away but Trzy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Trzy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Iskandar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Iskandar can't break the clinch.
Trzy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Iskandar.
Trzy throws a head punch that misses.
Iskandar is trying to force a seperation but Trzy has the dominant position.
Trzy digs a right hand into Iskandar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Iskandar's gas tank.
Trzy stalling in the clinch.
Iskandar is trying to break the clinch but Trzy is controlling him.
Trzy stalls.
Iskandar is trying to break the clinch but Trzy has him pressed against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Trzy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Iskandar backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trzy just leaning against Iskandar, taking a breather.
Trzy working aggressively here.
Come on Trzy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Nice body punch from Trzy.
Trzy scores with a shot to the side of Iskandar's head.
Trzy lands a left hand.
Trzy lands with a right to the head.
Iskandar tries to break the clinch but Trzy is controlling the position.
Trzy lands a shoulder strike.
Trzy misses with a body punch.
Iskandar can't break the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Trzy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Trzy misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Trzy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trzy avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trzy is leaning against Iskandar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Iskandar looks winded!
Trzy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trzy slows down the pace here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trzy.
Trzy misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Iskandar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Trzy pushes Iskandar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Trzy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trzy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Trzy is pushing Iskandar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Trzy scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trzy Trzy dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Iskandar slips under a jab.
Iskandar connects with the punch.
Trzy drives through and clinches with Iskandar against the cage.
Trzy lands with a left to the head.
Iskandar is trying to break free.
Iskandar tries to circle away but Trzy has him pinned against the cage.
Trzy tries to throw a body punch but Iskandar avoids it by throwing Trzy back against the cage.
Trzy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Trzy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trzy.
Trzy can't find room to land a body shot as Iskandar controls the action.
Trzy has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Iskandar has had enough of the clinch but Trzy keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Still in the clinch, Trzy scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trzy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Trzy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Iskandar wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trzy lands with a right to the head.
Iskandar tries to break the clinch but Trzy is controlling the position.
Still in the clinch, Trzy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trzy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Iskandar is breathing heavily.
A right handed body shot lands from Trzy.
Trzy has Iskandar pushed against the cage.
Iskandar working hard to break the clinch.
Trzy tries a body shot but Iskandar blocks it.
Iskandar is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Iskandar is trying to break the clinch but Trzy has him pressed against the cage.
Trzy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Trzy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Trzy tries to work over Iskandar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trzy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Iskandars head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trzy swings wildly with an uppercut but Iskandar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trzy lands a shoulder strike.
Trzy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Iskandar can do to turn this around?
Trzy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Iskandar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trzy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A right hook to the body lands for Trzy.
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!
Iskandar tries to circle away but Trzy has him pinned against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trzy.
Trzy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Trzy stalling.
Trzy gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Trzy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Iskandar prevents a body shot from Trzy.
Trzy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Iskandar backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trzy lands a shoulder strike.
Trzy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Trzy slowing the pace effectively.
Iskandar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Trzy lands with a left to the head.
Trzy digs a right hand into Iskandar's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Iskandar's gas tank.
Trzy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Trzy Trzy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Iskandar takes a shot to the head.
Trzy lands with a short shot to the head.
Trzy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trzy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Trzy has a couple of punches blocked by Iskandar.
Trzy lands a nice uppercut.
Trzy stalling in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trzy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Iskandar up against the cage.
Good body shot from Trzy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trzy just leaning against Iskandar, taking a breather.
Trzy pushes Iskandar back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Trzy is stalling here.
Trzy scores with a shot to the side of Iskandar's head.
A bit of stalling here from Trzy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Trzy.
A shot in the inside from Trzy.
Trzy controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Trzy Trzy.
Trzy darts in and clinches Iskandar up against the cage.
Trzy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Iskandars head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Trzy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Trzy Trzy dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Trzy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Trzy slips a straight right by Iskandar.
Iskandar looks to throw the jab but Trzy is out of range.
Trzy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Trzy drops his hands momentarily and Iskandar takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Iskandar staying out of range there.
Trzy clinches up with Iskandar and pushes him back against the cage.
Trzy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trzy.
Trzy works on Iskandar's body with a couple of short punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hook to the body lands for Trzy.
Iskandar takes a shot to the head.
The referee calls for Trzy to work.
Iskandar takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A hook to the body from Trzy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trzy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Iskandars head.
Trzy struggles to land a body shot inside as Iskandar controls his hands.
Trzy scores with a shot to the side of Iskandar's head.
Trzy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Iskandar backwards.
Trzy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Iskandar backwards.
Trzy avoiding damage.
A short left from Trzy.
Trzy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Iskandar up against the cage.
Trzy lands with a left to the head.
Trzy lands a shoulder strike.
Trzy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Trzy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Trzy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Iskandar letting Trzy take a breather here.
Trzy pushes Iskandar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trzy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trzy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Trzy leaning against his opponent.
Trzy presses Iskandar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Trzy lands with a right to the head.
Trzy is stalling here.
Trzy lands a shot to the body.
Trzy has Iskandar pushed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Trzy Trzy.
Trzy lands a jab to Iskandar's midsection.
Trzy lands with a good body shot.
Trzy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Iskandar drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Trzy defends it well.
Trzy clinches up with Iskandar and pushes him back against the cage.
Trzy lands a body shot.
Trzy lands a body shot.
Trzy misses with a punch to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Trzy.
Trzy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Iskandar backwards.
Trzy keeps control of Iskandar as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Trzy scores with a shot to the side of Iskandar's head.
Trzy lands with a light punch inside.
Trzy stalling against the cage.
Trzy stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trzy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Iskandar backwards.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Trzy.
Trzy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trzy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trzy lands a body shot.
A short body shot lands from Trzy as the two fighters clinch.
Iskandar takes a shot to the head.
Trzy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Trzy digs a right hand underneath Iskandar's ribcage. Iskandar let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Trzy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Trzy is pushing Iskandar up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Trzy scores with a shot to the side of Iskandar's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Trzy Trzy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Trzy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:24
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:24
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Trzy Trzy!
Trzy Trzy retains his light heavyweight title!
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pop
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