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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Kogos (ranked 2354 p4p, 2246 weight class) and Jess Pointer (ranked 22 p4p, 68 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Kogos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jess Pointer!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kogos fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kogos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Kogos jabs at Pointer's body.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pointer.
Kogos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pointer gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kogos scores with a punch to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kogos works Pointer's body with a nice hook.
Kogos lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kogos works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good exchange - Kogos coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kogos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little jabbing left from Pointer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kogos comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Kogos just misses with a punch to the body.
Pointer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kogos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been told by Kogos's head coaches at Soul Supremacy Rio that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Kogos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kogos misses with a looping left.
And Pointer tries to counter it with a takedown but Kogos pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Kogos ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kogos. Pointer does a little dance to reset his feet.
A little jabbing left from Pointer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kogos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pointer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kogos looks to score with a jab to the body but Pointer is just out of range.
Kogos throws a body punch but Pointer moves out of range.
Pointer now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kogos clobbers Pointer with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Kogos lands a body shot.
Kogos shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Pointer eats them both and turns towards Kogos to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kogos takes a swing at Pointer's ribcage but misses.
Pointer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pointer uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kogos.
A little jabbing left from Pointer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kogos throws a body shot but no joy.
A countering left hand to the body from Pointer misses.
Kogos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pointer fails with the takedown.
Kogos lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pointer at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kogos punishes Pointer's body with a nice straight punch.
Pointer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pointer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Kogos throws a lazy uppercut
and Pointer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Kogos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pointer was well out of range. Poor timing from Kogos.
Pointer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kogos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Kogos lands a shoulder strike.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kogos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Kogos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice uppercut lands for Kogos. That snapped Pointer's head back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kogos throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kogos is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Kogos takes a swing at Pointer's ribcage but misses.
Pointer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kogos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pointer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Kogos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kogos throws an overhand right that lands on Pointer's shoulder, as Pointer tries to avoid the shot.
A punch combination from Kogos misses.
Pointer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Kogos connects with a jab.
Kogos misses with a hook. Pointer ducked under it nicely.
Kogos throws a right hand that Pointer ducks under and follows up with a left that Pointer also avoids with ease.
Pointer throws a counter combo.
Kogos misses with a jab to the body
enabling Pointer to counter with a crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Kogos dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Kogos looks to score with a jab to the body but Pointer is just out of range.
It looks like Paulo Kogos has been cut.
Kogos works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kogos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pointer.
Pointer avoids the body shot from Kogos.
Kogos misses with a two punch combination.
Kogos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Kogos misses its intended target.
Pointer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kogos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pointer shoots in looking for a takedown. Kogos tries to sprawl out of it but Pointer keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kogos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kogos misses with a body shot.
Kogos dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pointer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kogos throws a nice looking combination but Pointer bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kogos throws a body shot but no joy.
Pointer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pointer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kogos bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kogos lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kogos connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Pointer some visible discomfort.
Kogos trying to control the position but Pointer is working away.
Pointer is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kogos looks up at the clock and then as Pointer takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kogos smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kogos landing strikes.
Pointer struggling a bit here.
Kogos wants to control but Pointer is keeping him busy.
Pointer takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pointer gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Pointer is trying to maintain the position but Kogos is very close to passing his half guard.
Pointer wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kogos working over Pointer with some ground and pound. Pointer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Kogos lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kogos takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Pointer is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kogos pulls his head out easily.
Kogos winds up and cracks Pointer with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pointer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kogos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Kogos working over Pointer with some ground and pound. Pointer looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pointer looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pointer looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Kogos pushes past his half guard into mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kogos putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Kogos pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Kogos avoids the attempt from Pointer to control.
Pointer taking shots to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kogos avoids the attempt from Pointer to control.
Kogos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kogos working Pointer over with strikes here.
BOOM! Kogos connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Oooh a big shot lands for Kogos! Pointer is out! The ref dives in to save him from more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Paulo Kogos!
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