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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rasva Jorma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jorma comes to the cage accompanied by Captain Awesome's Theme Song . Williams comes into a darkened arena with his song building. All the Above- Maino ft. T-Pain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Paul Williams has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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38
147 lbs
26 - 18 - 0 |
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185 cm
52
140 lbs
52 - 35 - 5 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rasva Jorma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
52 - 35 - 5, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paul Williams!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Leandro Rodrigues and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jorma moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jorma doesn't seem bothered though.
A punch combination from Williams misses.
Jorma throws a leg kick which misses Williams's front leg but catches the back leg as Williams tries to avoid it.
Jorma blocks a jab.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Williams tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Jorma is able to avoid easily.
Jorma appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Jorma throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Williams connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A leg kick checked by Jorma.
Jorma throws a body shot but no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Williams lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Jorma has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Jorma and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Good shot there by Jorma.
Williams takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Williams lands a nice shot that snaps Jorma's head back.
Williams misses with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Jorma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rasva Jorma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jorma checks a leg kick.
Jorma connects with a leg kick. Williams looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Williams, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Williams takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A cross from Jorma lands.
Jorma throws a jab but it's blocked by Williams.
Williams looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Williams takes one on the button.
Crunch! Jorma slams his shin into Williams's torso.
Jorma throws a front kick that sends Williams stumbling back into the cage.
Jorma with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nice defenses there by Jorma.
Williams is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Williams slips a straight right by Jorma.
Williams slips under a jab from Jorma.
Jorma uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Williams has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jorma slips under a jab.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Jorma moved out of range nicely.
Jorma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jorma throws out a powerful jab.
Williams throws a lazy uppercut
and Jorma counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jorma moves out of range of the strikes.
Williams lands with a nice body kick.
Jorma scores with a jab to the body.
Williams takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jorma throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jorma slips under a jab from Williams.
Williams looks to throw the jab but Jorma is out of range.
Williams misses with a body shot.
Jorma with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jorma with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Williams throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Williams on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jorma. Jorma obviously looking to wear him down.
A left lands for Jorma.
Paul Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams tries to sprawl but Jorma drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Jorma not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jorma throwing shots but Williams is blocking nicely.
Jorma scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jorma.
Jorma sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Jorma scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Williams avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Jorma.
Nice strikes from Jorma there.
Jorma takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Williams is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jorma scores with a couple of nice shots.
Jorma with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jorma is nestled in close to Williams, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Williams is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams tries to get to full guard but Jorma has control of the leg.
Williams is still in real trouble! Can Jorma finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jorma not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Williams blocking the ground and pound attempt from Jorma.
Williams seems to have recovered his senses.
Jorma thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jorma with the ground and pound but Williams uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Jorma accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Jorma might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jorma stands and throws Williams's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Williams looks winded!
Jorma lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Jorma works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jorma throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Jorma 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jorma fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Williams takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Jorma lands a strong strike to the head of Williams. That's dazed him! Jorma looking to finish here. Williams is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Jorma lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rasva Jorma!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Rasva Jorma waved his t-shirt featuring On Tap (160Q & Laundry)'s logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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