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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tester The Test (ranked 5059 p4p, 0 weight class) and Baka Rakshasa (ranked 4044 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tester The Test!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Baka Rakshasa !
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rakshasa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little feinted left hand from The Test on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Rakshasa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Test lands a really nice looking cross but Rakshasa seems unphased.
The Test takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rakshasa throws a hook but The Test blocks it.
The Test throws a looping overhand right but Rakshasa ducks down to avoid it.
Rakshasa looks to throw the jab but The Test is out of range.
Rakshasa works The Test's body with a nice hook.
Rakshasa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Test lands a nice shot to the body.
Rakshasa moves out of range of the strikes.
The Test misses with a hook. Rakshasa ducked under it nicely.
The Test throws a jab but it's blocked by Rakshasa .
A swing and a miss from Rakshasa .
The Test keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Test scores with a jab. Rakshasa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Test walks into a left hand.
Rakshasa misses with a looping right.
The Test lands a nice shot that snaps Rakshasa 's head back.
Rakshasa fails to land with a series of punches.
The Test takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Baka Rakshasa has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rakshasa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Test waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rakshasa .
The Test misses the shot to the body.
The Test throws a hook to the side of Rakshasa 's head but Rakshasa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rakshasa throws a hook to the side of The Test's head but The Test sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slow jab from Rakshasa misses its intended target.
The Test misses the jab.
Good exchange - Rakshasa coming out on top.
The Test throws a shot to the body.
Rakshasa loads up on a big right hand but The Test slips the punch.
Rakshasa looks to land a left hand but The Test moved out of range nicely.
Rakshasa defending well as The Test loads up on a big left hand.
The Test keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Test swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rakshasa .
The Test lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rakshasa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Test misses with a left hand
letting Rakshasa counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Test misses with an uppercut
and The Test takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rakshasa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Test.
The Test is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Test swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Test moves out of range of the strikes.
The Test misses with a looping right.
Rakshasa throws an overhand right that lands on The Test's shoulder, as The Test tries to avoid the shot.
Rakshasa looks to score with a jab to the body but The Test is just out of range.
Jab, jab by The Test - just one landing.
Rakshasa throws a hook to the side of The Test's head but The Test sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Test is looking to counter punch.
The Test swings for the body but Rakshasa moves out of range.
Rakshasa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rakshasa lands with a hook. The Test tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rakshasa staying out of range there.
The Test lunges at Rakshasa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rakshasa 's hand.
Jab by Rakshasa .
Rakshasa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Test misses the jab.
Rakshasa looks to throw the jab but The Test is out of range.
Rakshasa works the jab nicely.
The Test moves out of range of the strikes.
The Test misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Rakshasa misses.
The Test works Rakshasa 's body with a nice hook.
Tester The Test seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Test works the jab nicely.
Rakshasa moves away from the strike by The Test.
Rakshasa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Rakshasa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The Test swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rakshasa .
Rakshasa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The Test tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rakshasa was well out of range. Poor timing from The Test.
The Test scores with a jab. Rakshasa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The Test throws a lazy right hand but Rakshasa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice side step and Rakshasa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rakshasa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between The Test's hands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rakshasa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Test sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Test defending well as Rakshasa loads up on a big left hand.
Rakshasa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Rakshasa throws a jab when The Test was well out of range.
The Test takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rakshasa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Test.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Test scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rakshasa doesn't seem bothered though.
The Test tests Rakshasa 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That has opened up Baka Rakshasa 's cut even more.
Rakshasa loads up on a big right hand but The Test slips the punch.
The Test displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rakshasa throws out the jab.
The Test slips a jab and a cross from Rakshasa .
Rakshasa looks winded!
The Test on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jab, jab by Rakshasa - just one landing.
The Test is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
The Test scores with a punch to the head.
The Test cracks Rakshasa with an open hand slap.
Some wild striking there from Rakshasa .
Rakshasa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Test misses with a hook to the body
letting Rakshasa counter with a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rakshasa scores with a nice strike.
Rakshasa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Test.
The Test misses with a straight left.
Rakshasa throws out a counter right but The Test avoids it with no problem.
The Test lands a slapping body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tester The Test will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Baka Rakshasa 's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A slow jab from The Test misses its intended target.
Rakshasa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The Test missing with a left hand there. Rakshasa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rakshasa ! But no joy.
Nice cross by Rakshasa .
The Test scores with a nice right hand.
Rakshasa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The Test feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rakshasa s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The fighters circling - The Test throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rakshasa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Test throws a shot from downtown. Rakshasa moves away and avoids it.
The Test throws a jab when Rakshasa was well out of range.
Rakshasa throws out a counter right but The Test avoids it with no problem.
Rakshasa drops his hands momentarily and The Test takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Test steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rakshasa .
Nice uppercut there from Rakshasa .
The Test throws a hook but Rakshasa blocks it.
As The Test backs off Rakshasa throws a huge counter combo but The Test manages to avoid it all.
The Test misses with a straight right.
Rakshasa cracks The Test with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The Test is rocked!
Rakshasa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Oh The Test is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rakshasa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Test takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Test throws out a loose jab but Rakshasa uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Test seems to have got his legs back now.
The Test moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Rakshasa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Test misses with a hook. Rakshasa ducked under it nicely.
Rakshasa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rakshasa moves away from the strike by The Test.
Rakshasa lands a jab to The Test's midsection.
The Test wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The Test moves out of range as Rakshasa strikes.
The Test on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tester The Test is winning the standup battle so far.
Rakshasa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Test misses with a right hand
letting Rakshasa counter with a right hand.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
The Test lands a slapping body shot.
Rakshasa is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rakshasa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling The Test to score with a decent uppercut.
Rakshasa walks into a straight right hand from The Test.
The Test misses with a straight left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from The Test misses.
The Test throws out a loose jab but Rakshasa uses good head movement to avoid it.
It seemed like Rakshasa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rakshasa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
The Test ducks under a wild hook from Rakshasa .
Decent striking displayed by The Test there.
The Test lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Decent striking displayed by The Test there.
Rakshasa looks to throw the jab but The Test is out of range.
It looked like The Test was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rakshasa .
A jab from Rakshasa misses.
Rakshasa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Test.
Rakshasa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Test throws out a loose jab but Rakshasa uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Test throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Test throws a jab but it's blocked by Rakshasa .
Rakshasa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Test moves away.
The Test avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Test misses with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Test misses with a hook.
The Test misses the shot to the body.
The Test wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The Test cracks Rakshasa with a good jab.
The cut above Baka Rakshasa 's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The Test getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Rakshasa slips under a jab from The Test.
Rakshasa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The Test drops his hands momentarily and Rakshasa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Rakshasa defending well as The Test loads up on a big left hand.
Rakshasa moves out of range of the strikes.
The Test throws a shot from downtown. Rakshasa moves away and avoids it.
Rakshasa scores with a jab.
Rakshasa ducks under a wild hook from The Test.
The Test looks to score with a jab to the body but Rakshasa is just out of range.
Rakshasa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches The Test on the side of the head.
The Test misses with an uppercut. Rakshasa saw that one coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Test throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Rakshasa to counter with a crisp jab.
The Test misses with a left hand
and The Test takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rakshasa misses with a hook. The Test ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Test throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rakshasa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice body punch from The Test.
Rakshasa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The Test jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The Test moves away from the strike by Rakshasa .
The Test misses with a body punch
and The Test takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Test showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rakshasa .
The Test just misses with a punch to the body.
Rakshasa throws out a counter right but The Test avoids it with no problem.
The Test throws a wild hook but Rakshasa just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! The Test gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Rakshasa raises his hands in celebration and walks away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baka Rakshasa !
Baka Rakshasa managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Distinct Label, into his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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