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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chipo Lata (ranked 4142 p4p, 3640 weight class) and Ricky Youngblood (ranked 461 p4p, 413 weight class). Chipo Lata has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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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 2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Chipo Lata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Youngblood!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Marco Blurström and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Youngblood misses with a right hand
and Lata counters with a right hand to the body.
Youngblood ducks under a wild hook from Lata.
Youngblood looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Youngblood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Youngblood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lata.
Youngblood swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nice uppercut there from Lata.
Lata avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lata swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lata bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Youngblood misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lata keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Youngblood.
Lata was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Lata uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Youngblood.
Youngblood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lata.
Lata just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lata is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Youngblood.
Lata throws a body shot but no joy.
Lata misses with a hook to the body
and Lata takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Chipo Lata has been cut.
Lata misses the shot to the body.
Youngblood has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lata finds it's way round the side to connect with Youngblood's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood throws a hook to the side of Lata's head but Lata sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chipo Lata seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Youngblood takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lata ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Youngblood moves away.
Lata is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Youngblood scores with a jab to the body.
Youngblood rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lata moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lata throws the left hand but Youngblood avoids the punch easily.
Lata tries to clinch up.
Lata misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Youngblood.
It seemed like Youngblood was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Youngblood throws a looping overhand right but Lata ducks down to avoid it.
Lata cracks Youngblood with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lata comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lata lands with a cross.
Lata ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Youngblood moves away.
Lata slips under a jab from Youngblood.
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!
Lata slips under a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Lata on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lata closes the distance and pushes Youngblood back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lata digs a right hand underneath Youngblood's ribcage. Youngblood let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Lata stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Lata.
Youngblood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lata lands with a short shot to the head.
Lata misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lata misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Lata fails to land.
Lata makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Stalling in the clinch from Youngblood.
Youngblood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Youngblood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lata throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lata tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Youngblood was well out of range. Poor timing from Lata.
Lata throws out a loose jab but Youngblood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lata throws a right hand that misses
and Youngblood counters with a stiff right hand.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Lata, as that shot connected.
Youngblood fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Lata looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Youngblood misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Youngblood misses.
Youngblood blocks a jab.
Lata misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lata dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lata misses with a straight right.
Youngblood throws a body punch but Lata moves out of range.
Lata misses with a straight left.
Lata tests Youngblood's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Youngblood scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice uppercut lands for Youngblood. That snapped Lata's head back.
Lata looks to score with a jab to the body but Youngblood is just out of range.
Lata steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Youngblood.
Youngblood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lata.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Youngblood misses the target.
Lata was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Youngblood misses with a straight left.
Lata is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lata ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Youngblood moves away.
Lata cracks Youngblood with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Youngblood slips a jab from Lata.
Youngblood lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Youngblood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lata.
Jab from Lata.
Lata throws a jab but it's blocked by Youngblood.
Youngblood displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lata throws out the jab.
Youngblood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lata manages to avoid it.
Lata clobbers Youngblood with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lata throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Youngblood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Youngblood missing with a left hand there. Lata was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Youngblood misses with an uppercut. Lata saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lata lands a slapping body shot.
Youngblood takes a swing at Lata's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chipo Lata dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chipo Lata's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lata throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Youngblood on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lata throws a jab when Youngblood was well out of range.
Youngblood ducks under a wild hook from Lata.
Lata slips a jab from Youngblood.
Lata throws a jab but it's blocked by Youngblood.
Lata takes a swing at Youngblood's ribcage but misses.
Youngblood looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
A big left from Lata misses.
Youngblood appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The fighters circling - Lata throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lata is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Youngblood can do to turn this around?
Youngblood moves forwards but Lata connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Youngblood scores with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big right from Lata misses.
Chipo Lata is winning the standup battle so far.
Lata misses with a left hand
and Youngblood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lata scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Youngblood digs a good body shot into Lata's ribs.
Lata ducks under a wild hook from Youngblood.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lata uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Youngblood.
Good exchange - Lata coming out on top.
Youngblood throws a one two combo.
A slow jab from Youngblood misses its intended target.
Youngblood ducks under a wild hook from Lata.
Youngblood looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lata loads up on a big right hand but Youngblood slips the punch.
Lata takes a swing at Youngblood's ribcage but misses.
Youngblood throws a hook but Lata avoids it easily.
Lata looks to clinch
letting Youngblood counter with a right hand.
Youngblood throws a hook to the side of Lata's head but Lata sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Youngblood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lata swings widly with a right hand
and Youngblood counters with a stiff right hand.
Chipo Lata's cut is getting worse.
Youngblood ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sloppy strikes from Lata. Those never looked like landing.
Youngblood feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Latas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Lata is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lata ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Youngblood moves away.
Oh Lata is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lata misses with an uppercut. Youngblood saw that one coming.
Youngblood ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
and Youngblood counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Lata! He's just covering up as Youngblood starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricky Youngblood!
Ricky Youngblood tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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