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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raghave Upadhyaya (ranked 8076 p4p, 730 weight class) and Alex Hales (ranked 8809 p4p, 758 weight class). Upadhyaya's entrance music is Congratulations. A fine choice. Hales has chosen The Way I Am as his entrance music. Alex Hales has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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204 lbs
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189 cm
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214 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raghave Upadhyaya!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Hales!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Upadhyaya will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
No luck for Hales with that takedown attempt.
Upadhyaya misses with a few strikes there.
Upadhyaya lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Alex Hales has been cut.
Upadhyaya lands a right hook to the body.
Upadhyaya swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hales avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hales closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Upadhyaya quickly recovers to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hales is thwarting Upadhyaya's attempts to control the position.
Hales thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Upadhyaya's head.
The fighters are battling for position here. Upadhyaya manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Upadhyaya has his feet on Hales's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hales will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Upadhyaya works over Hales's head and body with a nice combination.
Upadhyaya looks for a takedown but Hales sprawls well.
Upadhyaya misses with a double jab.
Hales goes for a double leg but Upadhyaya avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Upadhyaya continues to drive forward.
Raghave Upadhyaya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Hales.
Upadhyaya lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Raghave Upadhyaya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Upadhyaya shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hales manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hales manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.
Upadhyaya is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Upadhyaya lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Upadhyaya thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hales's head.
Hales is trying is best to control the position here.
Upadhyaya thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hales is holding on to half guard well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Upadhyaya trying to control the action but Hales is working from the bottom.
Upadhyaya seems to be looking for submissions.
Upadhyaya tries to pass the half guard into mount. Hales knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Hales makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Upadhyaya throws a right and a left that both miss.
Upadhyaya throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hales fails with the takedown.
Upadhyaya lands with a nice combination. Hales backs away looking to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Upadhyaya.
Hales darts in looking for a takedown but Upadhyaya gets double underhooks and turns Hales into the cage.
Upadhyaya misses with a few strikes there.
And Hales tries to counter it with a takedown but Upadhyaya pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Hales fails with a takedown attempt.
Hales shoots for a double leg takedown but Upadhyaya sprawls well. He's pushed Hales's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hales closes this distance looking for a takedown but Upadhyaya circles away.
Upadhyaya tests Hales's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That has opened up Alex Hales's cut even more.
Hales darts in looking for a takedown but Upadhyaya gets double underhooks and turns Hales into the cage.
Upadhyaya looks to land a combination. Hales sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Upadhyaya is working the combinations to good effect here.
Upadhyaya lands a two punch combo.
Hales is rocked!
Upadhyaya fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hales to the ground. Upadhyaya is now in Hales's guard.
Hales is still in real trouble! Can Upadhyaya finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Upadhyaya postures up in Hales's guard and throws a big left but Hales blocks it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hales preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Hales seems to have recovered his senses.
Hales is adopting a defensive guard.
Upadhyaya working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Upadhyaya works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Hales preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Upadhyaya is keen to just control but Hales is a slippery customer.
Hales keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Upadhyaya not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hales is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Upadhyaya's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Upadhyaya's back!
Hales missing with punches from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raghave Upadhyaya dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Hales's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Upadhyaya lands a two punch combo.
Upadhyaya rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hales moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Upadhyaya defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Hales.
Upadhyaya seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Upadhyaya digs a good hook to Hales's body.
Hales shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Upadhyaya pinned against the cage. Upadhyaya gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Upadhyaya moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Upadhyaya fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Raghave Upadhyaya is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Upadhyaya tests Hales's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Upadhyaya fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hales fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Upadhyaya avoids it really well and circles away.
Raghave Upadhyaya has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Hales.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Upadhyaya grits his teeth and throws a big right-left combo! Hales takes both shots clean on the chin and is out cold! Upadhyaya cracks him once more on his way down, as the crowd goes wild! They enjoyed that one!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Raghave Upadhyaya!
Raghave Upadhyaya took some time post fight to say the following; 'Grind Never Stops'.
The defeated Alex Hales had this to say: 'Congrats to him. He was the better man tonight. I'll be back.. That's for sure. '.
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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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