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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cristian Araujo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tupac Shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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170 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Cristian Araujo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tupac Shakur!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shakur blocks a jab.
Shakur shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Shakur was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Araujo tries to buck Shakur off but he can't manage it.
Shakur cracks Araujo with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Shakur connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Shakur lands a big elbow.
Shakur fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Araujo wants to hold on but Shakur pushes him away.
Shakur throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Shakur misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Shakur with good strikes from the mount here!
Shakur landing strikes, looking to finish!
Shakur throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Shakur pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Araujo tries to hold on but Shakur postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakur is landing with some decent strikes but Araujo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Araujo tries to hold on but Shakur postures up.
Shakur is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Shakur lands a heavy elbow.
Shakur working the ground and pound effectively.
Shakur tries to control but Araujo wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Shakur cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Shakur in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Shakur wants to control the pace but Araujo is squirming around nicely.
Araujo is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Shakur looking to control but Araujo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shakur lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Araujo blocking the ground and pound.
Araujo holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shakur tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shakur looking to control but Araujo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Araujo tries to hold on but Shakur pushes him away.
Shakur tries to control but Araujo wriggling away.
Shakur in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Shakur is landing with some decent strikes but Araujo is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Shakur punching from mount but Araujo doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Araujo regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Araujo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Araujo keeping moving, preventing Shakur from controlling successfully.
Araujo working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shakur.
Shakur throwing strikes from guard but Araujo blocks nicely.
Araujo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shakur manages to get himself to full guard.
Shakur looks gassed!
Shakur trying to keep a closed guard but Araujo is proving a slippery customer.
Araujo preventing the sweep.
Araujo postures up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Shakur can do anything to dispel that myth.
Shakur tries to strike from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Shakur has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Araujo has passed into side control.
Araujo trying to control the position but Shakur is working away.
Araujo landing strikes.
Shakur struggling a bit here.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Araujo throws a jab when Shakur was well out of range.
A combination from Araujo does no damage.
Araujo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shakur moves away.
Shakur rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Araujo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tupac Shakur dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Shakur walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Araujo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Araujo misses with a double jab
and Shakur counters with a takedown into side control.
Shakur grinds an elbow into Araujo's temple.
Araujo wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Shakur scores with a couple of short elbows.
Araujo is trying to control Shakur's posture but Shakur avoids it.
Shakur sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Araujo is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Araujo is looking to regain half guard here but Shakur keeps moving and retains side control.
You can see the frustration on Araujo's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Araujo regains half guard, as Shakur was trying to land strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Shakur moves out of range of the strikes.
Araujo misses with a body punch
and Shakur counters with a nice leg kick.
Araujo gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Araujo trying to keep a closed guard but Shakur is proving a slippery customer.
Araujo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Shakur is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Araujo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Shakur gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Shakur's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shakur missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Araujo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Shakur throwing strikes from guard but Araujo blocks nicely.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Araujo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Araujo throws a predictable looking body shot
and Shakur counters with a two punch combo.
Shakur shoots in for a double leg but Araujo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Araujo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Shakur counters with a takedown into side control.
Shakur creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Shakur prevents Araujo from escaping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Araujo tries to improve position but can't.
Shakur grinds an elbow into Araujo's temple.
Shakur wants to lay and pray for a moment but Araujo keeps working.
Shakur prevents Araujo from escaping the position.
Shakur wants to lay and pray for a moment but Araujo keeps working.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Araujo slips a jab and a cross from Shakur.
Shakur moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Araujo misses with a jab to the body
and Shakur counters with a three punch combo that has Araujo backing up. Araujo nods at Shakur to acknowledge the strikes.
A jab from Araujo misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Shakur ducks under a wild hook from Araujo.
Araujo misses with a combination
and Shakur counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Araujo's guard now.
Araujo working a defensive guard here.
Shakur prevents Araujo from getting back to his feet.
Shakur postures up in Araujo's guard and throws a big left but Araujo blocks it.
Shakur works over Araujo with some ground and pound from guard.
Shakur with a flurry of punches that miss.
Shakur throws a big right hand that misses.
Shakur works over Araujo with some ground and pound from guard.
Tupac Shakur has got the better of the ground game so far.
Shakur working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tupac Shakur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Araujo blocks a low kick nicely.
Cristian Araujo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Araujo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Shakur counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Araujo!
Shakur lands with some strikes.
Shakur lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Shakur lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Araujo hang on?
Shakur working the ground and pound effectively.
Shakur lands a big shot there that rocks Araujo but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Araujo is trying desperately to improve position.
Shakur lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Araujo tries to lock up and control but Shakur gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Araujo is bucking up trying to escape but Shakur cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Shakur looking to finish Araujo with some ground and pound. This is bad for Araujo!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Araujo is in all sorts of trouble here.
Shakur working the ground and pound effectively.
Shakur with good strikes from the mount here!
The referee warns Araujo that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Shakur cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Shakur landing strikes from the mount and Araujo is in trouble!
Shakur working Araujo over with strikes here.
Shakur lands a heavy elbow.
Araujo is looking to improve his position but Shakur isn't that keen on the idea.
Araujo tries to hold on but Shakur postures up.
Shakur putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
BOOM! Shakur connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Shakur is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Araujo can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Shakur working the ground and pound effectively.
Araujo is trying desperately to improve position.
Araujo is working hard here to advance position.
Shakur lands with some strikes.
Shakur working the ground and pound effectively.
Shakur dominating with strikes here.
Shakur landing strikes from the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shakur with good strikes from the mount here!
Shakur connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Shakur wants to control but instead Araujo manages to regain half guard.
Shakur tries to pass to full mount but Araujo defends it.
Shakur thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Araujo to regain full guard.
Cristian Araujo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Araujo is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Araujo looking to control.
Shakur scoring with punches to the head and body.
Shakur lands a couple of elbows.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Araujo is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shakur looking to hit a scissor sweep but Araujo is one step ahead there.
Shakur has a closed guard, preventing Araujo from standing up.
Araujo trying to control but Shakur is working from the bottom.
Shakur doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Tupac Shakur is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shakur trying to control the position.
Araujo stopping the sweep attempt from Shakur.
Shakur working a defensive guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tupac Shakur comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Shakur has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tupac Shakur!
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RATING
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