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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hakeem Berzevaco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcelo Strazas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Berzevaco might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Kaksi vanhaa hinttaria. Strazas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Blue eyes kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Hakeem Berzevaco had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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180 lbs
32 - 27 - 0 |
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175 lbs
8 - 16 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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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
32 - 27 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hakeem Berzevaco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcelo Strazas!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Berzevaco.
Strazas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
It looked like Berzevaco wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marcelo Strazas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Berzevaco lands a body shot.
Strazas is looking to clinch but Berzevaco is avoiding it.
Strazas moves to clinch but Berzevaco breaks away
and Berzevaco counters with a stiff right hand.
Strazas is looking to clinch.
Strazas tries to close the distance and clinch but Berzevaco swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Strazas is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Strazas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Berzevaco scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Strazas doesn't seem bothered though.
Berzevaco buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Strazas darts in trying to clinch
and Strazas takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A solid leg kick lands there for Berzevaco.
Berzevaco throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Berzevaco darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Berzevaco looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Strazas with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strazas throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Berzevaco works his way into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Berzevaco scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Strazas?
Strazas is rocked!
Strazas is trying desperately to improve position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Strazas can do anything to dispel that myth.
Berzevaco 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.
Strazas is squirming around, avoiding Berzevaco's attempts to control the action.
Berzevaco looking to secure an arm triangle but Strazas defends it well.
Strazas is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Berzevaco cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Strazas is still in real trouble! Can Berzevaco finish him?
Berzevaco takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Strazas seems to have recovered his senses.
A big strike lands for Berzevaco! That's really hurt Strazas and he's turned his back - Berzevaco keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Berzevaco jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hakeem Berzevaco!
After the big win, Hakeem Berzevaco made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Cyclone Nutrition Company and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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