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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Zimerna Gensen (ranked 25013 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kula Leumpei (ranked 2686 p4p, 0 weight class). Kula Leumpei has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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165 lbs
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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
0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Zimerna Gensen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kula Leumpei!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gensen tries to clinch but Leumpei moves away
and Leumpei counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gensen's knee momentarily.
Leumpei throws a jab when Gensen was well out of range.
Gensen gets a clinch.
Leumpei landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gensen has a couple of punches blocked by Leumpei.
Leumpei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gensen is defending well for now.
Leumpei landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leumpei prevents Gensen from breaking the clinch.
Gensen is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leumpei is defending well for now.
Gensen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Gensen tries to pull guard but Leumpei holds him up against the cage and eventually Gensen drops back down to his feet.
Knees to the body from Leumpei.
Gensen is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leumpei keeps control of Gensen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gensen avoiding damage as Leumpei throws knees to the body.
Leumpei lands with a right to the head.
Leumpei landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leumpei utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Leumpei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gensen is defending well for now.
Gensen really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Leumpei.
Leumpei is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Leumpei landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Knees to the body from Leumpei.
Leumpei is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Leumpei landing knees to the head.
Leumpei utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Leumpei scores a nice knee to the body.
Leumpei connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gensen's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leumpei lands a knee to the head.
Leumpei landing knees to the body.
Leumpei unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Leumpei connects with a knee to the head.
Leumpei scores a nice knee to the body.
Leumpei working Gensen over with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leumpei missing with knees to the body.
Leumpei prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zimerna Gensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leumpei crunches a lovely knee into Gensen's ribcage.
Leumpei tries to land knees in the clinch but Gensen avoids the damage to the body.
Gensen avoiding damage as Leumpei throws knees to the body.
Gensen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Leumpei just stands there and leans against the cage.
Leumpei landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gensen taking a breather.
Leumpei connects with a knee to the head.
Gensen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gensen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Leumpei lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Some wild striking there from Leumpei.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gensen closes the distance and clinches.
Leumpei unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gensen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gensen tries a knee to the head but Leumpei blocks it.
Gensen fails to pull guard.
Gensen throws an elbow that misses.
Leumpei unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gensen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Leumpei unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Leumpei putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Gensen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Leumpei connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gensen's face.
Gensen tries to score a body lock takedown but Leumpei shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Leumpei landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Leumpei tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gensen avoids it.
Leumpei unloads a knee to the mid-section. Gensen lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gensen pulls guard effortlessly.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gensen manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Leumpei circles away from the clinch attempt
and Leumpei counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Leumpei throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Gensen.
Gensen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Gensen moves in looking to clinch but Leumpei pushes him off.
Zimerna Gensen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Leumpei. Gensen shrugs it off though.
Nice body kick from Leumpei.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gensen shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Leumpei counters with a left and a right that stings Gensen.
Gensen walks into a stiff left hand from Leumpei.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kula Leumpei dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Leumpei tries to clinch up but Gensen circles away and keeps his distance.
Leumpei has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Leumpei misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gensen takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Gensen tries to clinch up
and Leumpei cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kula Leumpei seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gensen closes the distance but Leumpei moves to the side
and Leumpei counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Zimerna Gensen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leumpei connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Leumpei scores with a jab to the head.
Leumpei connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gensen's hands.
Leumpei is breathing heavily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gensen!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gensen tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Leumpei counters with a nice uppercut.
Leumpei misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leumpei tries to bum rush Gensen with a series of wild strikes but Gensen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Leumpei lands with a cross.
Leumpei's corner calls for a 1-2. Leumpei obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Gensen wants to clinch
and Leumpei counters with a straight right hand.
A head kick misses from Leumpei.
Leumpei misses with a kick to the body.
Gensen fails to land the takedown.
Leumpei throws a fast counter high kick but Gensen manages to duck under it in time.
Leumpei wants to clinch.
Gensen fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gensen is looking to clinch but Leumpei is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leumpei tries to close the distance and clinch but Gensen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Leumpei lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Leumpei lands with a kick to the ribs.
Leumpei scores with a head kick. Gensen tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Leumpei bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gensen's head backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leumpei feints a jab promting Gensen to slip. Leumpei then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gensen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Leumpei swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Leumpei stuffs the takedown.
Gensen slips a jab and a cross from Leumpei.
Leumpei with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Gensen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Leumpei swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Leumpei delivers a nice body kick.
Gensen changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Leumpei looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Leumpei tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leumpei wants to control but Gensen is having none of it.
Gensen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gensen looking to control but Leumpei is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Leumpei is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gensen content just to control the position here.
Leumpei really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Leumpei is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Leumpei is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kula Leumpei showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Gensen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gensen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Leumpei.
Leumpei fakes the leg kick and cracks Gensen in the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gensen looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gensen takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Leumpei.
Leumpei scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gensen shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Leumpei dips to his left and cracks Gensen with an uppercut!
Gensen wants to clinch up but Leumpei keeps it at a distance.
A good leg kick by Leumpei.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leumpei looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gensen throws a big counter combination but Leumpei scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Gensen looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gensen misses with a takedown attempt
and Leumpei counters with a head kick.
Gensen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Leumpei cracks Gensen with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Gensen fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Leumpei, pushing him back against the cage.
Leumpei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gensen is defending well for now.
Gensen wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Zimerna Gensen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Leumpei landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Leumpei crunches a lovely knee into Gensen's ribcage.
Leumpei landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Gensen stalling in the clinch but Leumpei improves position.
Leumpei with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gensen is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Leumpei is keeping busy.
Leumpei scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gensen misses with an elbow over the top.
Kula Leumpei seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gensen looking to slow down the pace here.
Gensen takes a knee right on the jaw!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leumpei crunches a lovely knee into Gensen's ribcage.
Leumpei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Gensen.
Gensen tries to pull guard but Leumpei holds him up against the cage and eventually Gensen drops back down to his feet.
A short right from Leumpei.
Leumpei working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gensen tries to pull guard but Leumpei holds him up against the cage and eventually Gensen drops back down to his feet.
Leumpei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gensen is defending well for now.
Gensen breaks the clinch.
Leumpei lands with a right hand.
Gensen doesn't manage to clinch there - Leumpei circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leumpei feints a jab promting Gensen to slip. Leumpei then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gensen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Gensen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Gensen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Leumpei trying to remain calm as Gensen controls from the top position.
Leumpei wants to control but Gensen postures up.
Leumpei tries to bench press Gensen off him but Gensen keeps the position.
Leumpei is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Gensen is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Zimerna Gensen overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gensen controlling the position easily from mount.
Leumpei wants to control but Gensen is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leumpei is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Gensen is staying active.
Gensen controlling the position easily from mount.
Leumpei tries to reverse the position but Gensen maintains control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kula Leumpei comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Leumpei winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kula Leumpei!
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