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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alexandru Mircea (ranked 324 p4p, 521 weight class) and Biff Raper (ranked 46 p4p, 70 weight class). Mircea comes to the cage accompanied by Holy Wars...The Punishment Due. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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15 - 7 - 0 |
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193 cm
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19 - 8 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alexandru Mircea!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Biff Raper!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mircea with a jab.
Mircea attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Raper uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mircea.
Raper swinging wildly here.
Raper takes one on the button.
Mircea has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fist of Fury Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Raper's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Mircea connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Raper scrambles back to his feet.
A low kick from Mircea misses
letting Raper counter with a right hand.
It looks like Alexandru Mircea has been cut.
Raper connects with the punch.
Raper misses with a hook
and Mircea counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Mircea fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Raper manages to avoid it.
Mircea pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Raper let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Raper throws a leg kick
and Mircea counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Mircea. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Mircea.
Alexandru Mircea seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raper misses with an uppercut
and Mircea connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A good leg kick by Raper.
Raper keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Raper! But no joy.
Mircea scores with a nice right hand.
Mircea avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mircea fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Raper looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mircea lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Raper at a distance.
No joy there for Raper, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Raper throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mircea changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mircea scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mircea lands with a right hand.
Raper throws a leg kick that misses.
Mircea looks to score with a jab to the body but Raper is just out of range.
Mircea dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Mircea throws a jab when Raper was well out of range.
Raper misses with an uppercut. Mircea saw that one coming.
Mircea misses with a low kick.
Raper swings widly with a right hand
and Mircea counters with a nice body shot.
Mircea listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mircea lets loose with a powerful body kick. Raper will feel that in the morning.
Mircea works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raper tries to close the distance and clinch but Mircea swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Raper misses with a hook. Mircea ducked under it nicely.
Raper pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mircea clobbers Raper with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Raper slips a straight right by Mircea.
Raper lands with an uppercut that bounces Mircea off the cage and back into range.
Mircea is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Raper tries to clinch up but Mircea circles away and keeps his distance.
Raper ducks under a wild hook from Mircea.
Raper thows a left - swing and a miss!
Raper takes one to the side of the head.
Raper takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Raper drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raper misses the body punch
and Mircea counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mircea comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A cross from Mircea lands.
Raper throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Raper is looking to score with low kicks.
Mircea misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Raper.
Mircea throws a leg kick but Raper checks it.
Nice shot lands for Raper.
Mircea lands with a straight right. Raper didn't see that one coming.
Mircea uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Raper has time to react.
Raper throws a wild body kick that Mircea sees coming a mile off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexandru Mircea dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alexandru Mircea's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Raper checks a low kick from Mircea.
Mircea throws a front kick aimed at Raper's knee but Raper avoids it well.
Raper looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mircea lands the left hand.
Mircea with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mircea. That's going to slow Raper down.
Mircea misses with a body shot.
Raper looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mircea thumps Raper with a low kick.
Raper lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mircea circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raper on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mircea paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Mircea ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Raper throws a wild body kick that Mircea sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raper has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mircea finds it's way round the side to connect with Raper's head.
Left hook, right uppercut from Raper.
The fighters circling - Raper throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Raper on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mircea. Mircea obviously looking to wear him down.
Raper takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Mircea is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Raper can do to turn this around?
Raper avoids a kick to the body.
Mircea tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raper was well out of range. Poor timing from Mircea.
Mircea tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Raper is able to avoid easily.
Mircea scores with a jab. Raper acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mircea stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Raper tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mircea manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mircea lands a slapping body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raper has taken the fight to the clinch.
Raper can't find room to land a body shot as Mircea controls the action.
Mircea lands a right hand.
Mircea misses with some punches.
Mircea lands a right hand.
Raper blocking some punches.
Mircea blocks a body shot from Raper.
Mircea blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mircea.
Mircea lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Raper or not.
Raper tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mircea's elbow.
Raper swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Raper misses with a hook to the ribs.
Raper misses with a punch on the inside.
Raper can't find room to land a body shot as Mircea controls the action.
Raper blocking some punches.
Mircea misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raper can't find room to land a body shot as Mircea controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mircea lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Mircea tries a body shot but Raper blocks it.
Raper misses with the head strike.
Mircea swings wildly with an uppercut but Raper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raper lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mircea swings wildly with an uppercut but Raper uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mircea misses with the head strike.
Raper pushes Mircea back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mircea lands with a short shot to the head.
Raper tries to throw a body punch but Mircea avoids it by throwing Raper back against the cage.
Raper blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mircea scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Mircea tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raper's elbow.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Raper.
Raper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Raper.
Raper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Raper misses with some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raper working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mircea misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mircea blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mircea misses with a punch to the body.
Raper doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Mircea fails to land.
Mircea misses with a punch to the body.
Raper softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short uppercut from Mircea.
Raper lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Raper.
Raper has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Mircea seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Raper can turn it around.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Raper cracks Mircea with a nice body shot.
Raper scores with a shoulder strike.
Raper tries to work over Mircea's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Mircea tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mircea tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raper's elbow.
Raper scores with a hook to the body.
Mircea misses with a punch on the inside.
Mircea blocks a body shot from Raper.
Raper has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mircea lands a nice uppercut.
Raper throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexandru Mircea dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alexandru Mircea's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Raper checks a leg kick nicely.
A big left from Mircea misses.
Raper swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Raper takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to the body from Mircea misses
and Raper counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Mircea blocks a low kick nicely.
Raper cracks a nice hook into Mircea's ribs.
Raper misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Raper falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mircea counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mircea finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Raper's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Mircea falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Biff Raper!
A relieved looking Biff Raper thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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