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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kaikura Camara (ranked 4168 p4p, 4432 weight class) and Diego Menezes (ranked 494 p4p, 516 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 cm 20 177 2 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm 19 177 1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt Excellent MT Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt Excellent boxer Good gas tank |
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaikura Camara! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Diego Menezes! The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Camara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Menezes manages to avoid it. We've been informed that Menezes has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result. Camara stuffs the takedown attempt from Menezes. Menezes gets slowly back to his feet. Camara is looking to counter the offense by Menezes and move into the clinch. Camara stuffs the takedown. Camara is looking to counter the offense by Menezes and move into the clinch. A head kick misses from Camara. Menezes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. A nice left hand lands by Camara.
It looks like Diego Menezes has been cut. Camara works on Menezes's body with a couple of short punches. Camara lands a left hand that snaps the head of Menezes backwards. Camara lands on the inside with an uppercut. Camara lands a body punch. A nice right hand lands inside from Camara. Camara digs a right hand underneath Menezes's ribcage. Menezes let out a lung full of air as it connected. Menezes looks winded! Camara digs a right hand underneath Menezes's ribcage. Menezes let out a lung full of air as it connected. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Camara stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Camara lands a nice shot to the body. Camara lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. A left hand lands to the body for Camara.
That's one minute gone in the round. A short left from Camara. Camara avoiding damage.
Camara digs a right hand into Menezes's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Menezes's gas tank. A right handed body shot lands from Camara.
A bit of stalling here from Camara.
Camara pushes Menezes back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Camara definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Nice body punch from Camara - that landed with a thud.
Camara scores with an uppercut up the middle. Camara lands a body shot in the clinch.
Camara lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Menezes. A quick uppercut on the inside from Camara. Camara lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Menezes is rocked! A short right from Camara. Menezes is still on wobbly legs! Can Camara finish him? The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Camara creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Menezes's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Menezes drops to his knees and Camara pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaikura Camara! Our winner, Kaikura Camara, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
69% |
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