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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Rousey (ranked 3101 p4p, 128 weight class) and Fabio Caetano (ranked 4791 p4p, 187 weight class). Rousey comes to the cage accompanied by Here comes Da Boom -by P.O.D. Caetano is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I am LOCO by-ILL NINO. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ron Rousey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Fabio Caetano!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Caetano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rousey fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Caetano slaps away a takedown attempt from Rousey, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rousey misses with an uppercut. Caetano saw that one coming.
Rousey misses with an uppercut. Caetano saw that one coming.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Rousey is defended easily by Caetano.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ron Rousey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Caetano with a hook.
Rousey seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rousey throws an off balance right hand
and Caetano counters with a nice uppercut.
Rousey uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Caetano.
A big left from Caetano misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Rousey misses.
Caetano throws a lazy right hand but Rousey sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Caetano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rousey.
Rousey shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Caetano as he jumps to the side.
Caetano misses the jab.
Rousey will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rousey goes for a double leg but Caetano avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Caetano continues to drive forward.
Caetano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Caetano has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
A jab lands there for Caetano.
Caetano dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rousey is breathing heavily.
Rousey shoots in and bounces Caetano off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Caetano can do anything to dispel that myth.
Caetano pulls Rousey in close to prevent any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caetano looking for a sweep. Not yet Caetano, not yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rousey lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Caetano looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Caetano has control of Rousey's left arm, preventing Rousey from doing any damage.
Rousey lands a couple of digs.
Rousey 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.
Rousey postures up and lands a big shot to Caetano's brow.
Caetano has momentary wrist control but Rousey slips an elbow through the middle.
Rousey working some strikes from top position.
Caetano is pulling down on Rousey's head. It's preventing any offense from Rousey, at least for the moment.
Caetano manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Rousey manages to get himself to full guard.
Rousey 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rousey is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Rousey scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rousey winds up and cracks Caetano with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Caetano tries to roll over but Rousey keeps him under control.
Rousey slips a nice elbow through Caetano's hands, connecting with Caetano's forehead.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Caetano on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Caetano tries to get to full guard but Rousey has control of the leg.
Caetano has a hand on Rousey's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Rousey takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Rousey pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rousey connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Rousey working Caetano over with strikes here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big strike lands for Rousey! That's really hurt Caetano and he's turned his back - Rousey keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Rousey jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ron Rousey!
Ron Rousey took some time post fight to say the following; 'I've been crushing 6-packs of beer and bacon and it's paying off.Im no world class Judoka but I can put you on the floor one way or another.'.
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hype
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pop
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