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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Patriootti Pate (ranked 661 p4p, 2425 weight class) and Renato Laranja (ranked 89 p4p, 340 weight class). Laranja has chosen Sepultura - The Hunt as his entrance music. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Patriootti Pate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Renato Laranja!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pate's corner calls for a 1-2. Pate obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Pate staying out of range there.
Pate is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Laranja throws a body shot but no joy.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pate.
Pate scores with a hook.
Pate gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Laranja struggles to land a body shot inside as Pate controls his hands.
Pate lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Laranja's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Knees to the body from Pate.
A short right from Pate on the inside.
Laranja breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pate throws a body shot but no joy.
Laranja appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Laranja avoids the head kick by Pate.
Laranja clobbers Pate with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Laranja with a nice cross.
Laranja ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pate moves away.
Laranja misses the jab.
Pate blocks a leg kick.
Pate is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Pate.
Pate gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Laranja.
Pate does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
We've been told by Pate's head coaches at FF Forever that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Laranja moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pate throws a nice outside leg kick.
Laranja gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Laranja misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pate counters with a straight right hand.
Pate misses with a double jab.
Laranja throws a sloppy body shot
and Pate connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pate tries to clinch but Laranja is having none of it.
Pate throws a looping overhand right but Laranja ducks down to avoid it.
Laranja looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Patriootti Pate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pate moves into range and clinches up with Laranja.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pate has a couple of punches blocked by Laranja.
Laranja breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crunch! Pate slams his shin into Laranja's torso.
Laranja connects with an inside leg kick.
Pate tries to close the distance and clinch but Laranja swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laranja walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Pate checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Laranja throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pate closes the distance and clinches.
Pate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laranja can't find room to land a body shot as Pate controls the action.
Pate lands with a left to the head.
Laranja gets through Pate's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Laranja scores with a shoulder strike.
Pate misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Laranja.
Laranja misses with some punches.
Pate lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Laranja misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pate lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Laranja backwards.
Laranja misses with a punch to the body.
Pate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nice body punch from Pate - that landed with a thud.
Pate misses with a punch on the inside.
Pate scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate lands a damaging elbow.
Laranja fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pate tries a knee to the head but Laranja blocks it.
Pate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laranja jumps guard but Pate turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Pate lands a left hand.
Laranja misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laranja takes a knee to the side of the body.
Pate digs a right hand underneath Laranja's ribcage. Laranja let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pate blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Laranja wants to break the clinch but can't.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pate.
Laranja digs a right hand into Pate's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Pate's gas tank.
Pate lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Laranja lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Pate or not.
Pate tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Laranja has a couple of punches blocked by Pate.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laranja is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Pate gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pate landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pate prevents the takedown attempt.
Patriootti Pate has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renato Laranja.
Laranja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laranja goes for a takedown in the clinch but Pate prevents it.
Pate lands with a light punch inside.
Laranja has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Pate seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Laranja can turn it around.
Pate lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Pate scores with a nice short uppercut.
Pate lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Laranja misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pate working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pate makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Pate makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Laranja tries to work over Pate's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pate lands a body shot.
Pate lands with a short shot to the head.
Laranja throws a head punch that misses.
Pate tries to land knees in the clinch but Laranja avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patriootti Pate dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Laranja misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pate throws a counter high kick but Laranja was just alert enough to avoid it.
Nice shot by Pate.
Pate looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pate throws a front kick aimed at Laranja's knee but Laranja avoids it well.
Pate clinches.
Laranja lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pate lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Pate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pate misses with an elbow over the top.
Patriootti Pate has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Laranja working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Laranja swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Laranja blocks an uppercut.
Laranja blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Laranja misses with a hook from the clinch.
Laranja's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pate lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Renato Laranja has been cut.
Pate unloads a knee to the mid-section. Laranja lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Laranja breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate throws a sloppy head kick and Laranja moves out of range easily.
Pate steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laranja.
Pate jabs Laranja right on the nose. Laranja blinks but takes it well.
Laranja lands a nice hook to Pate's body. Pate takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pate with a jab.
Laranja keeps the fight on the outside.
It seemed like Laranja was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pate scores with a body shot.
Pate feints and then cracks Laranja's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Laranja down.
Laranja misses with an uppercut
and Pate counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Laranja connects with the punch.
Laranja circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pate connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pate throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laranja jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Laranja jabs Pate to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Laranja throws a hook but Pate avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laranja throws a push kick but Pate slaps the foot to one side.
A big left from Laranja misses.
Pate throws a sloppy head kick and Laranja moves out of range easily.
Pate connects with a single shot there.
Laranja takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Laranja takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laranja can do to turn this around?
Pate lands with a hook. Laranja tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pate displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laranja throws out the jab.
Pate clinches up with Laranja and pushes him back against the cage.
Laranja takes a shot to the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pate throws an elbow but misses.
Laranja working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Pate softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Laranja's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Laranja takes one on the button.
Pate connects with a good right hand that stumbles Laranja. Laranja circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Laranja throws a shot from downtown. Pate moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate scores with a shot to the body.
Pate lands with a kick to the temple. Laranja shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Laranja misses with a right hand
and Pate connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pate clobbers Laranja with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Pate just misses with a punch to the body.
Pate connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Laranja's hands.
Laranja dodges the punch combination from Pate.
Laranja displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pate throws out the jab.
A jab lands there for Pate.
Laranja displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pate throws out the jab.
Pate throws a lazy uppercut
and Laranja counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Laranja slips under a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pate avoids the body shot from Laranja.
Pate lands an overhand right.
Pate tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laranja circles away from the clinch attempt.
Laranja smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pate uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laranja.
Pate throws a looping overhand right but Laranja ducks down to avoid it.
Pate slips under a jab.
Nice cross by Laranja.
Pate pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Patriootti Pate is winning the standup battle so far.
Pate throws a series of punches but Laranja moves out of range.
Pate steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laranja.
Laranja scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Laranja is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pate.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laranja chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pate can pounce on him.
Pate missing with a left hand there. Laranja was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Laranja is looking to score with low kicks.
A big right from Laranja misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patriootti Pate dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Renato Laranja'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A good leg kick by Pate.
Laranja throws a quick inside leg kick.
Pate throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pate scores with a jab. Laranja acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Laranja lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pate moves in looking to clinch but Laranja pushes him off.
Laranja throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pate counters with a leg kick.
Pate ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Laranja lands with a nice body punch.
Pate blocks a jab.
Pate checks a leg kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pate checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pate misses with a straight left.
A countering left hand to the body from Laranja misses.
Laranja throws a hook to the side of Pate's head but Pate sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Laranja throws a lazy right hand but Pate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pate misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Laranja.
Pate pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pate lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Laranja misses with a wild body shot.
Pate connects with a solid leg kick.
Laranja avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Laranja with a nice cross.
Pate chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Laranja misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pate.
Pate checks the leg kick nicely there.
Pate cracks Laranja with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Laranja swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Laranja takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pate tries to clinch but Laranja moves out of range.
Pate fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laranja.
Laranja misses with an uppercut. Pate saw that one coming.
As Laranja tries to get set, Pate tries to push him back and clinch up but Laranja manages to avoid the attempt.
Laranja misses with a straight right.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laranja throws a shot from downtown. Pate moves away and avoids it.
Pate blocks a jab.
Laranja throws a leg kick but Pate checks it.
Pate jabs Laranja right on the nose. Laranja blinks but takes it well.
Pate tries to clinch
and Laranja cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Laranja looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pate chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pate misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Laranja.
Laranja doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Laranja swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pate uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laranja.
Laranja misses with a straight right.
Laranja misses with a looping left.
A slow jab from Pate misses its intended target.
Laranja misses with a lunging right hand
and Pate counters with a two punch combo.
Pate misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laranja scores with a nice head shot.
Pate closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Laranja takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Laranja on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pate loads up on a big right hand but Laranja slips the punch.
Pate throws a jab but it's blocked by Laranja.
Laranja misses with an uppercut
and Pate moves into the clinch.
Laranja tries to circle away but Pate has him pinned against the cage.
Laranja misses with a punch on the inside.
Laranja is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Pate to keep the fight standing.
Laranja drags the fight down to the ground.
Pate showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Laranja has an active guard here but Pate has managed to pass into half guard.
Laranja takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laranja is trying to escape back to his feet but Pate uses the scramble to pass into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laranja seems a little lost for a moment, as Pate dominates the positioning.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Laranja is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Pate's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Laranja wants to get back to full guard but Pate has mounted him!
Laranja tries to reverse the position but Pate maintains control.
Renato Laranja has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Patriootti Pate showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pate has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Patriootti Pate!
Patriootti Pate bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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