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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Pedro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ras Li Judah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Judah's choice of entrance music: Limb By Limb. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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202 lbs
24 - 9 - 2 |
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190 cm
25
215 lbs
13 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 9 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, George Pedro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ras Li Judah!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pedro moves into the clinch successfully.
Judah is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pedro tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Judah's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Pedro.
Judah lands a nice uppercut.
Judah is defending well against a takedown attempt.
I was talking to Pedro's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Judah gets through Pedro's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Judah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Judah can't find room to land a body shot as Pedro controls the action.
Judah gets underhooks to prevent Pedro's takedown attempt.
Pedro misses with the head strike.
Judah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pedro blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Judah.
Judah breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pedro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Judah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pedro blocks a jab.
Pedro misses with a few strikes there.
Judah throws a wild body kick that Pedro sees coming a mile off.
Judah has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Pedro misses with a left hand
and Judah counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pedro misses with an attempted mid kick.
Judah looks like he wants to counter punch here.
George Pedro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedro is looking to clinch but Judah is avoiding it.
Judah let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Pedro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Judah lands with a nice body kick.
Pedro wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pedro clinches up with Judah and pushes him back against the cage.
Pedro misses with a hook from the clinch.
Judah misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Judah.
Judah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pedro misses with the head strike.
Judah misses with a hook from the clinch.
Judah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Judah goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Judah.
Judah tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pedro's elbow.
Judah tries a body shot but Pedro blocks it.
Judah breaks from the clinch.
Pedro fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedro doesn't manage to clinch there - Judah circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pedro looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pedro takes the fight into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pedro is trying to drag Judah to the mat but Judah just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Pedro. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Judah blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Judah throws a head punch that misses.
Judah lands a left hand.
Pedro misses with the head strike.
Judah lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Judah tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pedro blocks a body shot from Judah.
Still in the clinch, Judah scores with a nice short uppercut.
Judah blocks a body shot from Pedro.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedro throws a punch but it's blocked by Judah.
Pedro lands a hook that snaps the head of Judah backwards.
Judah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Judah misses with a body punch.
Pedro has a couple of punches blocked by Judah.
Pedro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Judah.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Judah.
Judah presses Pedro against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pedro digs a right hand into Judah's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Judah's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Pedro.
Judah drags the fight down to the ground.
Judah is looking for a triangle but Pedro pushes his legs off easily.
Pedro being controlled here momentarily.
Judah is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judah is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Pedro scoring with some ground and pound.
Judah trying to keep a closed guard but Pedro is proving a slippery customer.
Pedro distracts Judah with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pedro stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Judah swivels though and keeps the full guard.
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!
Pedro trying to control but Judah is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ras Li Judah dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pedro throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Judah tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Pedro is in Judah's guard.
Pedro is looking to work some ground and pound but Judah has wrist control.
Pedro scoring with punches to the head and body.
Judah preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pedro trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Judah is on top in guard.
Judah throws a big elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah trying to control the position from guard on top but Pedro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Judah has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Judah throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah trying to control the position from guard on top but Pedro is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Judah won't allow Pedro to sweep him here.
Judah in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Judah loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Judah postures up in Pedro's guard and throws a big left but Pedro blocks it.
Judah trying to control but Pedro is working from the bottom.
Judah throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pedro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pedro is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Judah wants to pass the guard but Pedro is keeping the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Pedro blocks a head kick by Judah.
Pedro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pedro wants to clinch but Judah slips to the side
and Judah counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Judah on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pedro. Pedro obviously looking to wear him down.
Judah swats away the attempt to clinch by Pedro.
Pedro fails with an attempt to clinch.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Pedro - that will leave a mark!
Judah loads up on a big right hand but Pedro slips the punch.
Pedro is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Judah.
Pedro throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pedro misses with a few strikes there.
Pedro tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Judah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Judah swats away the attempt to clinch by Pedro.
A head kick misses from Judah.
Judah steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Pedro. That one must have hurt.
Pedro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pedro throws a punch but it's blocked by Judah.
Judah cracks Pedro with a nice body shot.
Pedro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Judah effectively controlling the action here.
Judah breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ras Li Judah seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pedro misses with a hook. Judah ducked under it nicely.
Pedro is looking to clinch.
George Pedro is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Pedro lunges at Judah with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Judah's hand.
Judah ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Good work by Pedro as he checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pedro keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Judah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fighters circling - Judah throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pedro tries to clinch but Judah is having none of it.
Judah thinks about the counter body kick.
Judah fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pedro manages to avoid it.
Pedro throws a low kick, looking for Judah's leg but Judah calmly moves out of range.
Judah misses with a straight right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Judah with a jab.
Judah misses with an uppercut. Pedro saw that one coming.
Pedro moves out of range of the strikes.
Pedro tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Judah counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pedro tries to clinch there but Judah circles away.
Judah doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ras Li Judah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pedro tries to clinch but Judah moves out of range.
Pedro pushes Judah up against the cage in a clinch.
Judah throws a head punch that misses.
Pedro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Pedro - that landed with a thud.
Ras Li Judah seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Pedro scores with a shot to the side of Judah's head.
Pedro wants a takedown but no success here.
Judah misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Judah.
Pedro gets through Judah's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Judah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Judah.
Judah tries a body shot but Pedro blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judah is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Judah leaning his opponent against the cage.
Pedro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Judah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Judah misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Judah doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pedro softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Pedro as the two fighters clinch.
Pedro lands a hook that snaps the head of Judah backwards.
Pedro lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Judah misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pedro misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Judah.
Judah throws a head punch that misses.
Pedro presses Judah against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Pedro misses with a body punch.
Pedro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pedro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pedro lands a nice shot to the body.
Pedro throws a punch but it's blocked by Judah.
Judah manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedro working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Pedro works over Judah with some ground and pound from guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Judah wants to sweep but no luck.
Pedro scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Judah is rocked!
George Pedro overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pedro scoring with punches to the head and body.
Judah is still in real trouble! Can Pedro finish him?
Judah trying to control the position.
Judah is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Judah seems to have recovered his senses.
Pedro content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedro lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pedro gets to his feet and stands over Judah, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Judah felt that one! Pedro unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Judah from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Pedro!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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