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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hratch Tzien (ranked 645 p4p, 534 weight class) and Eduardo Corassa (ranked 86 p4p, 69 weight class). Tzien comes to the cage accompanied by R*ck It. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hratch Tzien!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Corassa!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corassa attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Corassa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Corassa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Tzien looks to land a left hand but Corassa moved out of range nicely.
Tzien uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Corassa.
Tzien throwing a counter right hand but Corassa manages to avoid it.
Corassa slips a straight right by Tzien.
Corassa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Tzien.
Corassa scores with a push kick.
Corassa lands a jab to Tzien's midsection.
Tzien blocks a jab.
Corassa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tzien connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Corassa scrambles back to his feet.
Corassa lands the left hand.
Tzien missing with a left hand there. Corassa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tzien walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Corassa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Tzien moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Hratch Tzien seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tzien fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Corassa manages to avoid it.
Nice cross by Corassa.
Tzien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corassa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tzien loads up on a big right hand but Corassa slips the punch.
Corassa throws out a counter right but Tzien avoids it with no problem.
A telegraphed right hand from Corassa misses the target.
Tzien was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Tzien lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Corassa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tzien is out of range.
A low kick from Tzien is predictable there
and Corassa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Tzien thinking.
Tzien blocks the body kick.
Corassa tries to work over Tzien's front leg with a kick but Tzien checks it.
Corassa looks to land a combination but Tzien avoids it well.
Corassa thumps Tzien with a low kick.
Corassa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Corassa staying out of range there.
Corassa looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Corassa moves out of range of the body kick.
It seemed like Corassa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tzien misses with a hook. Corassa ducked under it nicely.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Corassa 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 Tzien has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Tzien and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Tzien throws a half hearted mid kick.
Corassa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Corassa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tzien thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Corassa if he has to take too many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A low kick lands for Tzien.
Tzien avoids a kick to the body.
Corassa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Corassa defending well as Tzien loads up on a big left hand.
Corassa feints a counter leg kick.
Corassa attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Corassa lands a head kick. Tzien smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Hratch Tzien has been cut.
A shot to the body from Tzien misses
and Corassa counters with a good, hard body kick but Tzien shrugs it off.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Corassa crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Tzien - the referee stops the clock and Corassa gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Tzien. Corassa manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Corassa throws a leg kick that is checked
and Tzien counters with a nice low kick that buckles Corassa's knee momentarily.
Tzien throws a chopping leg kick but Corassa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Corassa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tzien throws a lazy uppercut
and Corassa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tzien ducks under a wild hook from Corassa.
Corassa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tzien has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Corassa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tzien blocks a head kick by Corassa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corassa lands a nice hook to Tzien's body. Tzien takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A shot to the liver by Corassa. Beautiful body shot.
Tzien is looking to score with low kicks.
Tzien thows a left - swing and a miss!
Corassa scores with a shot to the body.
Tzien lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A swing and a miss from Corassa.
Corassa avoids the body shot from Tzien.
Tzien throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tzien missing with a left hand there. Corassa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tzien connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A nice inside leg kick there by Corassa. That's going to slow Tzien down.
A nice inside leg kick there by Corassa. That's going to slow Tzien down.
Tzien connects with a body shot that sends Corassa's belly button to the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tzien scoring well with a low kick there.
Tzien blocks the body kick.
Corassa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tzien momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corassa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A leg kick checked by Tzien.
Tzien takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tzien throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Corassa blocks a leg kick.
Corassa was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tzien - that will leave a mark!
Nice body punch from Corassa.
A head kick misses from Corassa.
Tzien throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tzien misses with an uppercut.
Tzien misses with a body kick.
Tzien misses with a body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Corassa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tzien feints and then cracks Corassa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Corassa down.
Corassa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Corassa misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eduardo Corassa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hratch Tzien's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Corassa moves out of range of the body kick from Tzien.
Tzien wants to slow Corassa down by chopping away at his legs.
Corassa clobbers Tzien with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Corassa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Corassa blocks a head kick by Tzien.
Corassa checks a low kick from Tzien.
Corassa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tzien clinches.
Corassa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tzien backwards.
Corassa prevents a body shot from Tzien.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Corassa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Corassa lands a nice shot to the body.
I was talking to Tzien's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tzien tries to throw a body punch but Corassa avoids it by throwing Tzien back against the cage.
Corassa lands a nice uppercut.
Tzien struggles to land a body shot inside as Corassa controls his hands.
Corassa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Corassa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice inside leg kick there by Tzien. That's going to slow Corassa down.
Tzien ducks right into an uppercut from Corassa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tzien jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Corassa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Corassa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Corassa blocks a leg kick.
That kick from Corassa tenderised Tzien's leg. Tzien is trying to keep his angry face on.
Corassa tries a low kick but Tzien avoids it.
Tzien feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Corassa just misses with a punch to the body.
Corassa throws a lazy body kick
and Tzien counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Corassa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Corassa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Corassa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Tzien scores with a four punch combination!
Good leg kick by Corassa.
Eduardo Corassa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Corassa throws a leg kick but Tzien moved away.
As Corassa backs away, Tzien returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Corassa ducks under a wild hook from Tzien.
Tzien pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tzien feints and then cracks Corassa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Corassa down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tzien. Corassa does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice leg kick from Corassa, right into the meat of the thigh.
Corassa misses with a straight left.
Tzien throwing a counter right hand but Corassa manages to avoid it.
Corassa lands a jab.
Tzien tries to land a leg kick but Corassa saw it coming and moves away.
Corassa wants to land a leg kick but Tzien is out of range.
Corassa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tzien is out of range.
Corassa misses with a leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Corassa.
Corassa gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Tzien.
Tzien jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tzien checks a leg kick.
Tzien swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A solid leg kick lands there for Corassa.
Tzien throws an off balance right hand
and Corassa counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Tzien defending well as Corassa loads up on a big left hand.
Corassa avoids a kick to the body.
Corassa doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Corassa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tzien darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Tzien throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tzien throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Corassa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Corassa tries to score with a low kick but Tzien moves his leg out of the way.
Corassa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Corassa looks to land a body kick but Tzien moved away.
Nice body kick from Tzien.
Corassa throws a leg kick but Tzien moved away.
Tzien connects with a good right hand that stumbles Corassa. Corassa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Tzien takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A jab from Tzien does it's job there.
Corassa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circling - Corassa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tzien waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Corassa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Corassa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corassa looks to throw the jab but Tzien is out of range.
Tzien throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Tzien throws the left hand but Corassa avoids the punch easily.
Corassa takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tzien lands a front kick.
Corassa swats away the attempt to clinch by Tzien.
Corassa just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Corassa.
Corassa checks a low kick from Tzien.
Corassa avoids a kick to the body.
Corassa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tzien was well out of range. Poor timing from Corassa.
Tzien lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Corassa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Corassa misses with a body shot.
Tzien fires out a quick counter leg kick but Corassa just manages to avoid it.
Tzien scores with the left hand. Corassa knows he should have avoided that one.
Corassa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tzien walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Corassa checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Eduardo Corassa will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Hratch Tzien's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Corassa throws a hook but Tzien avoids it easily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Corassa, as that shot connected.
Tzien scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Corassa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Corassa misses with a straight left.
Corassa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tzien stuns Corassa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Corassa throws a leg kick but Tzien sees it coming and moves out of range.
Corassa slips under a jab.
A big left from Tzien misses.
Tzien moves out of range of the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Tzien misses its intended target.
Tzien looks to throw the jab but Corassa is out of range.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Corassa. Tzien shrugs it off though.
Tzien lands a leg kick that knocks Corassa off balance momentarily.
A big right from Tzien misses.
Tzien misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Corassa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corassa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Tzien.
Corassa throws a leg kick
and Tzien counters with a leg kick.
Corassa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A solid leg kick lands there for Tzien.
Corassa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Tzien is out of range.
Corassa misses with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Corassa.
Jab, jab by Corassa - just one landing.
Corassa feints and then cracks Tzien's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tzien down.
Tzien avoids the head kick by Corassa.
Corassa lands a front kick.
Corassa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Corassa checks a leg kick.
Good leg kick by Corassa.
Tzien jabs Corassa right on the nose. Corassa blinks but takes it well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tzien throws a leg kick that misses.
Hratch Tzien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corassa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Tzien works Corassa's body with a nice hook.
Corassa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tzien connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Corassa scrambles back to his feet.
Corassa has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tzien.
Corassa walks into a straight right hand from Tzien.
Corassa is looking to land body kicks.
Tzien scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A cross from Corassa lands.
Tzien looks to land a left hand but Corassa moved out of range nicely.
Corassa looks to throw a body kick
and Tzien counters with a stiff right hand.
Corassa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tzien misses the jab.
Tzien takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Corassa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Corassa throws a leg kick which misses Tzien's front leg but catches the back leg as Tzien tries to avoid it.
Corassa cracks Tzien with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tzien staying out of range there.
Good leg kick by Tzien.
Tzien misses with a body shot.
Corassa was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tzien. Corassa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Corassa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Tzien.
Corassa throws a body kick that misses.
Tzien scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Tzien tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Corassa was well out of range. Poor timing from Tzien.
Tzien misses with a wild body shot.
Tzien with a nice cross.
Corassa lands a glancing blow to the side of Tzien's head.
Corassa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tzien thows a left - swing and a miss!
Corassa cracks Tzien with a good jab.
Good leg kick by Corassa.
A lazy body kick from Tzien
and Corassa counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tzien takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Tzien takes a swing at Corassa's ribcage but misses.
Corassa lands the left hand.
Tzien misses with a hook. Corassa ducked under it nicely.
Corassa misses with a straight left.
Tzien appears to be looking for a big counter.
A low kick from Tzien is predictable there
enabling Corassa to counter with a crisp jab.
Tzien's jab looks to have found its range, popping Corassa under the eye.
Eduardo Corassa is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tzien lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Tzien lands a jab to the head.
Corassa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tzien.
Tzien swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tzien throws a lazy body kick
and Corassa counters with a good, hard body kick but Tzien shrugs it off.
Corassa feints and then cracks Tzien's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Tzien down.
Tzien throws out a loose jab but Corassa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Corassa looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Eduardo Corassa.
Well Corassa has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:30
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eduardo Corassa!
Eduardo Corassa thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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