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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Fred Floyd (ranked 1784 p4p, 221 weight class) and Ronaldo Gonya (ranked 1871 p4p, 229 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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197 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Fred Floyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ronaldo Gonya!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Floyd cracks Gonya with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Gonya clinches up with Floyd and pushes him back against the cage.
Floyd is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Floyd misses with a short punch on the inside.
Floyd manages to break the clinch.
Floyd misses with a hook.
Floyd looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A jab lands there for Floyd.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Gonya swings for the body but Floyd moves out of range.
Gonya on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gonya gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Floyd misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Floyd.
Floyd lands with a light punch inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Floyd lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gonya is rocked!
Floyd lands a nice shot to the body.
Gonya is still on wobbly legs! Can Floyd finish him?
Gonya trying to land knees to the body.
Gonya seems to have recovered his senses.
Floyd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gonyas head.
Gonya trying to land knees to the body.
Gonya tries a knee to the head but Floyd blocks it.
Gonya blocks a body shot from Floyd.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Gonya has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Floyd lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gonya backwards.
Floyd throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gonyas head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonya doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Floyd tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gonya's elbow.
Gonya lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Floyd.
Gonya missing with knees to the body.
Floyd tries to work over Gonya's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gonya decides to pull guard.
Floyd trying to control the position from guard on top but Gonya is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Floyd engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Floyd in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gonya looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gonya wants to sweep but no luck.
Gonya is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Floyd sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonya has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Floyd can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gonya keeping moving, preventing Floyd from controlling successfully.
Floyd missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Gonya looking for a sweep. Not yet Gonya, not yet.
Floyd has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Floyd slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Floyd cracks Gonya with a solid left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonya is trying to control the position but Floyd postures up.
Floyd content to stall in guard here.
Floyd stopping the sweep attempt from Gonya.
Gonya is still trying to improve position.
Gonya looking to control.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Gonya throws a poor cross that misses
and Floyd counters with a stiff right hand.
Gonya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Despite the aggression on Gonya's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Gonya avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab from Floyd.
Some wild striking there from Gonya.
Floyd clobbers Gonya with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Gonya takes one to the chin there.
Fred Floyd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Gonya fakes the leg kick and cracks Floyd in the body.
Gonya shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gonya ducks under a wild hook from Floyd.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floyd misses with an uppercut. Gonya saw that one coming.
Ronaldo Gonya seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Floyd throws a hook to the side of Gonya's head but Gonya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Floyd misses with a straight right.
Gonya misses with the body kick
enabling Floyd to counter with a crisp jab.
Gonya slips under a jab from Floyd.
Floyd scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Floyd looks to land a right hand but Gonya moved out of range.
Gonya steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Floyd.
Gonya throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Floyd is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Floyd throws a hook but Gonya blocks it.
Floyd scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Gonya tries to close the distance and clinch but Floyd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Floyd connects with a leg kick. Gonya looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Floyd takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Gonya just misses with a punch to the body.
Floyd throws a hook to the side of Gonya's head but Gonya sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Gonya lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Floyd takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Floyd connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gonya's hands.
Gonya is looking to land body kicks.
Floyd throwing a counter right hand but Gonya manages to avoid it.
Floyd is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gonya tries to close the distance and clinch but Floyd swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Floyd fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Gonya has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gonya throws an off balance right hand
and Floyd cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Floyd lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Gonya circles away quickly and effectively.
Floyd throws the left hand but Gonya avoids the punch easily.
Floyd misses with a looping left.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gonya 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 Floyd has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Floyd and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Floyd checks a leg kick.
Floyd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gonya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Floyd staying out of range there.
Floyd scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gonya in his tracks.
Floyd connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Floyd connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gonya swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Floyd to counter with a crisp jab.
Gonya thows a leg kick but Floyd checks it
and Floyd cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gonya misses with a leg kick
and Floyd connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonya fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Floyd looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Gonya takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Good work by Floyd as he checks the leg kick.
Floyd connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gonya's hands.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gonya cracks the inside of Floyd's front leg.
Gonya misses with a jab to the body
and Floyd counters with a stiff right hand.
Gonya takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Floyd connects with a solid leg kick.
Gonya slips under a jab from Floyd.
Gonya fails with a takedown attempt.
Gonya on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gonya wants to clinch but Floyd slips to the side
enabling Floyd to counter with a crisp jab.
Floyd throws out a leg kick but Gonya moves out of range and Floyd only half commits.
Gonya blocks a jab.
Floyd cracks Gonya with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Floyd feints and then cracks Gonya's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gonya down.
Gonya takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Gonya has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Floyd blocks a leg kick.
Nice shot by Floyd.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Floyd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gonya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gonya misses with a shot to the body
and Floyd counters with a low kick, right behind Gonya 's knee.
Floyd's jab looks to have found its range, popping Gonya under the eye.
Gonya scores with a jab to the head.
Floyd slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Gonya misses with a left hand
and Floyd counters with a stiff right hand.
Gonya ducks under a wild hook from Floyd.
Floyd misses with a low kick.
Gonya on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gonya throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Gonya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Floyd.
Floyd missing with a left hand there. Gonya was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters circling - Gonya throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Floyd checks a low kick from Gonya.
Gonya tried to score with a low kick but Floyd checks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gonya.
Gonya wants to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Floyd throws a right and a left that Gonya avoids nicely.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Floyd misses.
Floyd lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gonya digs a good body shot into Floyd's ribs.
Gonya throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Gonya takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Floyd cracks Gonya with an open hand slap.
Floyd throws out a powerful jab.
Floyd uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gonya throws a jab when Floyd was well out of range.
Floyd lands a nice shot that snaps Gonya's head back.
A jab lands there for Floyd.
Gonya takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Gonya misses with a body punch
and Floyd cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gonya's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Gonya uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Floyd.
Floyd lands an overhand right.
Floyd waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gonya.
Floyd sets himself, and Gonya steps forward looking for the clinch! Floyd avoids it this time.
Nice uppercut lands for Floyd. That snapped Gonya's head back.
Gonya swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Floyd counter with a right hand.
Gonya throws a low kick but Floyd avoids it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gonya pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gonya throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Floyd misses with a straight left.
Gonya thinks about the counter body kick.
Gonya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Floyd.
Gonya just misses with a punch to the body.
Gonya scores with a jab to the head.
A big left from Floyd misses.
Floyd throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gonya sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gonya is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Floyd rather than just go for the knockout.
Gonya slips under a jab from Floyd.
Floyd lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gonya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Floyd.
Floyd jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gonya tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Floyd was well out of range. Poor timing from Gonya.
Gonya looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonya's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Floyd connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gonya scrambles back to his feet.
Gonya tries to clinch up.
Gonya throws a body kick that misses.
Floyd thuds his right hand into Gonya's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Floyd connects with a nice looking jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Fred Floyd dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Gonya throws a body shot but no joy.
Floyd catches Gonya with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Gonya on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Gonya takes one to the side of the head.
Floyd throws a leg kick which misses Gonya's front leg but catches the back leg as Gonya tries to avoid it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Floyd darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Floyd keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gonya drives through and clinches with Floyd against the cage.
Floyd gets underhooks to prevent Gonya's takedown attempt.
Gonya misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Floyd.
Floyd lands with a light punch inside.
Floyd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gonya keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Floyd.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Floyd connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Gonya fails in his attempt to clinch.
Floyd misses with an uppercut. Gonya saw that one coming.
Gonya misses with a body shot.
Floyd throws out a loose jab but Gonya uses good head movement to avoid it.
Floyd misses with a hook. Gonya ducked under it nicely.
Fred Floyd is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Floyd finds it's target.
Gonya shoots and misses
and Floyd counters with a stiff right hand.
Floyd ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gonya throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Floyd to counter with a crisp jab.
Gonya slips under a jab from Floyd.
Gonya only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Gonya steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Floyd.
Gonya chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Floyd can pounce on him.
Floyd cracks Gonya with an open hand slap.
Floyd will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Floyd is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gonya can do to turn this around?
Gonya misses with a double jab
and Floyd cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gonya bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Floyd lands a lovely overhand right.
Floyd cracks Gonya with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Floyd checks a low kick from Gonya.
Gonya throws a leg kick
and Floyd connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Floyd dips to his left and cracks Gonya with an uppercut!
Gonya defending well as Floyd loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonya misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Floyd throwing a counter right hand but Gonya manages to avoid it.
Gonya jabs Floyd to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Floyd scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gonya shoots in and drives through. Floyd sprawls well.
Fred Floyd has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronaldo Gonya.
Floyd connects with a combination that backs up Gonya into the cage. Floyd lands a flurry of punches that gets past Gonya's guard. Gonya is down and the referee has seen enough. It is all over! Floyd bursts into tears - this win obviously means a huge amount to him.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fred Floyd!
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RATING
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