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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Otto Blatz (ranked 1951 p4p, 2893 weight class) and Ananatuba Marajoara (ranked 277 p4p, 380 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Ananatuba Marajoara was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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3 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
215
2 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Prefers standup |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Tends to cut |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Otto Blatz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Ananatuba Marajoara!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, David Hoff and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blatz lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Ananatuba Marajoara has been cut.
Otto Blatz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blatz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marajoara slips under a jab from Blatz.
Nice jab there from Blatz.
A jab from Blatz misses.
A jab from Blatz misses.
Marajoara moves away from the strike by Blatz.
Blatz digs a good body shot into Marajoara's ribs.
A jab lands there for Blatz.
Marajoara is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As Marajoara tries to get set, Blatz tries to push him back and clinch up but Marajoara manages to avoid the attempt.
Blatz takes a swing at Marajoara's ribcage but misses.
Blatz uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Marajoara fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marajoara blocks a jab.
Marajoara tries to counter by closing the distance.
Marajoara on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blatz connects with a right hand. Marajoara shakes it off.
Marajoara takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Marajoara is rocked!
Blatz drives through and clinches with Marajoara against the cage.
Marajoara is still on wobbly legs! Can Blatz finish him?
Blatz has Marajoara pressed against the cage.
Marajoara seems to have recovered his senses.
Marajoara misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blatz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marajoara dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
I was talking to Blatz's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Blatz avoids the elbow strike from Marajoara, against the cage.
Blatz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blatz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marajoara takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Marajoara is looking to clinch but Blatz is avoiding it.
Blatz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blatz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marajoara moves away.
Blatz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Blatz cracks Marajoara with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Blatz takes a swing at Marajoara's ribcage but misses.
Marajoara is looking to clinch but Blatz is avoiding it.
Blatz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marajoara moves away.
Blatz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marajoara clinches up with Blatz and pushes him back against the cage.
Blatz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Marajoara.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blatz stops a takedown attempt from Marajoara.
Marajoara lands a damaging elbow.
Blatz blocks an elbow strike.
Blatz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Blatz misses with a hook.
Donk. Blatz catches Marajoara right on the button with a cross.
Marajoara moves forwards but Blatz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Marajoara closes the distance and clinches.
Marajoara tries a body shot but Blatz blocks it.
Marajoara is looking for a takedown.
Marajoara gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Marajoara looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Blatz misses with an elbow over the top.
Blatz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Blatz.
Marajoara has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Blatz avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Otto Blatz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ananatuba Marajoara.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marajoara just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blatz's brow.
Blatz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marajoara backwards.
Blatz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blatz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Blatz gets tackled into the cage by Marajoara. Marajoara maintains the clinch.
Marajoara tries to work over Blatz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Blatz throws a head punch that misses.
Blatz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blatz blocks an elbow strike.
Marajoara creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marajoara misses with a punch to the body.
Marajoara misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Blatz dodges an elbow strike from Marajoara.
Blatz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Blatz throws a nice looking combination but Marajoara bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marajoara moves out of range as Blatz strikes.
Marajoara wants to counter the offense by Blatz and move into the clinch position.
Marajoara tries to move into range but Blatz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Blatz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Marajoara closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marajoara creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marajoara misses with an elbow over the top.
Blatz lands with a short shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blatz misses with the head strike.
Blatz manages to break the clinch.
Marajoara clinches.
Blatz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Blatz blocks the elbow strike.
Blatz blocking some punches.
Blatz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marajoara just misses with a elbow thrown towards Blatz's brow.
Blatz avoids a wild elbow strike from Marajoara.
Blatz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Blatz content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Marajoara blocks a body shot from Blatz.
Blatz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marajoara misses with a punch to the body.
Marajoara throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blatz lands with a light punch inside.
Marajoara misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blatz misses with a punch to the body.
Blatz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Otto Blatz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ananatuba Marajoara's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Marajoara doesn't manage to clinch there - Blatz circles away.
Marajoara tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Blatz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Blatz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marajoara can do to turn this around?
Marajoara fails with an attempt to clinch.
Blatz with a nice cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marajoara looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marajoara walks straight into a right hand from Blatz - that's dropped him! Blatz jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Marajoara from any more punishment! Marajoara complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Otto Blatz!
A relieved looking Otto Blatz thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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