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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Rico (ranked 3314 p4p, 3912 weight class) and Michael Evans (ranked 429 p4p, 489 weight class). Evans has chosen Seven Devils as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, King Rico!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Michael Evans!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans lands a right hook to the body.
Evans avoids the body shot from Rico.
Evans scores with the left hand. Rico knows he should have avoided that one.
Evans misses with a looping left.
Evans looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Rico tries to bum rush Evans with a series of wild strikes but Evans uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
No joy there for Rico, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Evans slips a straight right by Rico.
Despite the aggression on Evans's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Rico wants to clinch up but Evans keeps it at a distance.
Rico fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Evans circles away from the clinch attempt
and Evans counters with a three punch combo that has Rico backing up. Rico nods at Evans to acknowledge the strikes.
Evans misses the jab.
As Evans tries to get set, Rico tries to push him back and clinch up but Evans manages to avoid the attempt.
Rico clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rico tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evans's elbow.
Rico tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Evans just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rico tries to work over Evans's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rico creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rico misses with a body punch.
Evans misses with some punches.
Come on Rico - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rico can't find room to land a body shot as Evans controls the action.
Evans doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Evans.
Rico swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Evans looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rico.
Evans swings wildly with an uppercut but Rico uses good head movement to avoid it.
Evans lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rico tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Evans just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rico is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Rico tries to work over Evans's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Evans is looking to break free of the clinch but Rico has double underhooks.
Rico misses with a punch to the body.
Evans tries to work over Rico's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Evans is trying to force a seperation but Rico has the dominant position.
Evans misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice left hand lands by Evans.
Rico being controlled against the cage.
Rico keeps control of Evans as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rico stalling the fight.
Rico drags the fight down to the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rico has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Evans has managed to get both his arms back between Rico's legs - danger averted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rico has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Evans has managed to get both his arms back between Rico's legs - danger averted.
Rico working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Evans.
Evans must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Evans is sitting in close to Rico's body. Rico has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Evans is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Evans is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Rico.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). King Rico!
Our winner, King Rico, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
In defeat, Michael Evans stepped up to the mic, saying 'Congratulations to Rico. He fought well tonight. It's been a long, humbling road and I need some time to think about what I want to do next. In the meantime, I'm leaving my gloves in the cage tonight. '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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