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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mike Okafor (ranked 1509 p4p, 2258 weight class) and Nufro Cacho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Okafor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nufro Cacho!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, David Hoff and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Okafor darts in looking for a takedown but Cacho gets double underhooks and turns Okafor into the cage.
Cacho dips to his left and cracks Okafor with an uppercut!
Cacho closes the distance and clinches up with Okafor, looking for a takedown. Cacho pushes Okafor against the cage but Okafor circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Okafor defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cacho.
It looked like Okafor wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cacho shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Okafor pinned against the cage. Okafor gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Okafor swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mike Okafor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nufro Cacho.
Cacho drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cacho working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Okafor is trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
We've been hearing good reports from Okafor's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Cacho has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Okafor can't escape the position.
Cacho works his way to his opponent's back.
Okafor looking very determined here, making life difficult for Cacho.
Cacho has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Okafor has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Cacho looking for the choke from the back.
Okafor breaks Cacho's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Okafor scoring with some ground and pound.
Cacho looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okafor working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cacho's head.
Okafor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Okafor's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Okafor stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cacho swivels though and keeps the full guard.
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!
Okafor got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cacho has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Okafor has managed to get both his arms back between Cacho's legs - danger averted.
Okafor cracks Cacho with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Okafor landing some decent shots from guard.
Okafor postures up and lands a big shot to Cacho's brow.
Okafor is working Cacho over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Okafor lands a couple of elbows.
Okafor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cacho is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cacho is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Okafor postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Okafor scoring with punches to the head and body.
Okafor working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cacho's head.
Okafor forces his way into half guard.
Cacho tries to roll over but Okafor keeps him under control.
Cacho is not content to let Okafor control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okafor lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cacho taking some punishment here, with Okafor in his half guard.
Cacho is looking to control Okafor's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cacho avoid being mounted?
Okafor has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Okafor drops an elbow to the side of Cacho's head.
Cacho gets back to full guard.
Cacho looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Okafor trying to control the position from guard on top but Cacho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cacho is on top in guard.
Cacho thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mike Okafor will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Okafor displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cacho.
Cacho shoots for a takedown but Okafor saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cacho scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Cacho wants to work for an arm triangle but Okafor is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Okafor wants to get back to full guard.
Okafor makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Okafor.
Okafor is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cacho is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Okafor's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Okafor's back!
Okafor manages to reverse the position and now he's in Cacho's guard. Nice work there by Okafor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Okafor scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cacho working a defensive guard here.
Okafor wants to control from the top but Cacho keeps moving.
Cacho has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Okafor can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Okafor won't allow Cacho to sweep him here.
Okafor chips away with some ground and pound.
Okafor stands up over Cacho, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Okafor chips away with some ground and pound.
Okafor is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Okafor scoring with some ground and pound.
Okafor content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cacho isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Okafor stacks Cacho on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Okafor!
Cacho is not content to let Okafor control the position.
Cacho tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Okafor lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Cacho down.
Okafor moves into full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Okafor cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cacho tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cacho in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Cacho manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Okafor looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Okafor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cacho can do to turn this around?
Cacho is looking for a sweep. Okafor is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Okafor working Cacho over with strikes.
Cacho regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cacho is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Okafor avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cacho is breathing heavily.
Okafor lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okafor trying to control but Cacho is working from the bottom.
Okafor lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cacho is rocked!
Okafor landing with the ground and pound.
Cacho is still in real trouble! Can Okafor finish him?
Okafor advances to half guard.
Okafor scores with a big shot! Cacho's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Cacho! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mike Okafor!
Mike Okafor decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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