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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ei Riita (ranked 4057 p4p, 439 weight class) and Zinedine Eldoroado (ranked 2860 p4p, 329 weight class). Zinedine Eldoroado has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 lbs
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177 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ei Riita!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zinedine Eldoroado!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Eldoroado throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Riita throwing a counter right hand but Eldoroado manages to avoid it.
Riita tries to clinch there but Eldoroado circles away.
Riita moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Zinedine Eldoroado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eldoroado throws a hook to the side of Riita's head but Riita sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Riita appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Riita jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A little jabbing left from Eldoroado on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Eldoroado defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Riita.
Eldoroado displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Riita throws out the jab.
Eldoroado misses with a straight right.
Eldoroado throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Riita sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riita takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Riita drops his hands momentarily and Eldoroado takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Riita throws a jab but it's blocked by Eldoroado.
Eldoroado misses with a straight right.
Eldoroado 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riita throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Riita.
Eldoroado is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Riita is staying tight to Eldoroado's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Riita working the head and body with strikes.
Riita is trying to ground and pound but Eldoroado uses the momentary lack of control by Riita to regain half guard.
Riita is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Riita takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Riita wants to advance to full mount but Eldoroado doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Eldoroado wants to stand up but Riita is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riita sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Eldoroado wants to stand and escape but Riita is having none of it.
Riita has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Riita is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Riita definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Eldoroado wants to stand but Riita is controlling the position.
Riita trying to control but Eldoroado is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Eldoroado scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eldoroado lands with an uppercut that bounces Riita off the cage and back into range.
Eldoroado digs a good hook to Riita's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eldoroado misses with a double jab.
Eldoroado tries to sprawl but Riita drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Riita is looking to pass Eldoroado's guard but actually Eldoroado recovers to full guard.
Riita tries to free his leg and advance position but Eldoroado is retaining full guard.
Riita engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Eldoroado can't keep his opponent in guard - Riita advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Riita with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riita is looking to advance position but Eldoroado won't allow it.
Riita stalling.
Riita tries to pass to full mount but Eldoroado defends it.
Eldoroado is trying to stand back up but Riita is controlling him
Riita trying to control the pace.
Eldoroado wants to get back to his feet.
Riita content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Eldoroado is not content to let Riita control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zinedine Eldoroado dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Riita is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Eldoroado.
Eldoroado lands with a nice combination. Riita backs away looking to recover.
Eldoroado lands with an overhand left.
Riita rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Eldoroado counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Eldoroado misses with a body shot.
Eldoroado tries to sprawl but Riita drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Riita controlling the pace.
Eldoroado has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Eldoroado is trying to stand back up but Riita is controlling him
Ei Riita overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Riita has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eldoroado wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eldoroado is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Riita working Eldoroado over with strikes here.
Riita controlling from mount.
Riita with the ground and pound from mount.
Riita controlling his opponent.
Riita lands a heavy elbow.
Riita trying to control but Eldoroado is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eldoroado really wants to buck Riita off and get back to his feet.
Riita controlling his opponent.
Riita unloading with bombs!
Eldoroado is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Riita putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Riita in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Riita looking to control but Eldoroado is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Eldoroado really wants to buck Riita off and get back to his feet.
Riita scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eldoroado is in a horrible position here. Riita smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Riita scoring with strikes but Eldoroado is staying in there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eldoroado is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Riita trying to control but Eldoroado is having none of it.
Riita landing strikes, looking to finish!
Riita sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Eldoroado wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Riita landing strikes from the mount.
Riita content just to control the position here.
Riita won't let Eldoroado get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riita is landing with some decent strikes but Eldoroado is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Riita sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Eldoroado takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Eldoroado is trying to stand up.
Riita landing strikes from the mount.
Riita landing punches.
Eldoroado wants to try and get back to his feet.
Riita fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riita can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Eldoroado is looking to escape.
Riita controlling his opponent.
The referee warns Eldoroado that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ei Riita dominated that second round.
That's time! Riita's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Eldoroado connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Riita's hands.
Riita throws a lazy uppercut
and Eldoroado counters with a stiff right hand.
Riita misses with an uppercut
and Eldoroado counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Riita takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Riita misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Riita takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Eldoroado throws an overhand right that lands on Riita's shoulder, as Riita tries to avoid the shot.
Riita gets a takedown into half guard.
Eldoroado makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab by Eldoroado.
Eldoroado uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Riita.
Zinedine Eldoroado seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Eldoroado lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eldoroado lands a jab to Riita's midsection.
Riita slips a jab from Eldoroado.
Riita fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Riita moves out of range of the strikes.
Riita uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Eldoroado.
Riita looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Riita stands and throws Eldoroado's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Riita scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Eldoroado to see if he's OK.
Riita taking a break here but Eldoroado is having none of it and regains half guard.
Eldoroado is trying to stand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riita looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Riita is pressing down on Eldoroado's thigh, looking to free his foot. Eldoroado is holding on for now.
Riita stops Eldoroado from getting back to his feet.
Riita slips a nice elbow through Eldoroado's hands, connecting with Eldoroado's forehead.
Eldoroado is looking to escape.
Eldoroado on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Eldoroado wants to get back to his feet.
Still in half guard, Riita seems content to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riita seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Riita stops Eldoroado from getting back to his feet.
Eldoroado won't allow Riita to pass to mount.
Riita performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Eldoroado wants to get back to his feet.
Riita seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Eldoroado might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Eldoroado throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Riita.
Eldoroado fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Riita misses with a looping right.
Riita on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A swing and a miss from Eldoroado.
Riita drops down looking for a counter takedown but Eldoroado sprawls and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riita closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Still in half guard, Riita seems content to control.
Riita seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Eldoroado for as long as he can get away with.
Riita's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Riita not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Riita prevents Eldoroado from standing back up.
Riita working Eldoroado over with strikes.
Riita trying to mount his opponent but Eldoroado defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Riita stops Eldoroado from getting back to his feet.
Eldoroado has hold of Riita's hands but Riita slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zinedine Eldoroado comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Eldoroado has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
Judge Josh West scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zinedine Eldoroado!
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FIGHT
RATING
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