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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Apolosa (ranked 6354 p4p, 23307 weight class) and Charlie Bravo (ranked 436 p4p, 475 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dennis Apolosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Bravo!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Russell Pearce and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Bravo throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bravo.
Bravo throws a looping overhand right but Apolosa ducks down to avoid it.
Apolosa tried to score with a low kick but Bravo checks it.
A lazy left from Apolosa finds it's target.
Bravo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bravo throws out a counter right but Apolosa avoids it with no problem.
Apolosa throws a series of punches but Bravo avoids them all with ease.
Apolosa moves out of range as Bravo strikes.
Apolosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bravo.
Bravo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Apolosa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Apolosa throws a right and a left that Bravo avoids nicely.
Apolosa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bravo connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Apolosa scrambles back to his feet.
A jab lands there for Bravo.
Bravo misses with a straight left.
Apolosa blocks a jab.
No joy there for Apolosa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Apolosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bravo.
Bravo throws a hook to the side of Apolosa's head but Apolosa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Apolosa throwing a counter right hand but Bravo manages to avoid it.
Apolosa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bravo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Charlie Bravo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bravo moves away from the strike by Apolosa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo takes the fight into the clinch.
Bravo manages to break the clinch.
Apolosa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Apolosa avoids the head kick by Bravo.
Apolosa swings for the body but Bravo moves out of range.
Bravo might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bravo moves into the clinch successfully.
Apolosa trying to control the position but instead, Bravo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Apolosa into the cage.
Bravo breaks the clinch.
Apolosa looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Apolosa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bravo.
Apolosa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bravo.
A little jabbing left from Bravo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bravo.
Bravo misses with a hook. Apolosa ducked under it nicely.
Bravo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Apolosa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bravo lands with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bravo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bravo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Apolosa.
Apolosa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Bravo is out of range.
Bravo connects with a right hand. Apolosa shakes it off.
Bravo throws a lazy right hand but Apolosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Apolosa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bravo misses with a wild body shot.
Apolosa is looking to counter punch.
Bravo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Apolosa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bravo misses with a hook. Apolosa ducked under it nicely.
Apolosa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Bravo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bravo defending well as Apolosa loads up on a big left hand.
Apolosa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Apolosa misses with the combination.
Apolosa throws a nice looking combination but Bravo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Bravo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Apolosa throws out a powerful jab.
Apolosa looks to land a left hand but Bravo moved out of range nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apolosa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A head kick from Bravo lands but Apolosa takes it in his stride.
Bravo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Apolosa misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bravo! But no joy.
Bravo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Apolosa.
Bravo dodges the punch combination from Apolosa.
Bravo moves away from the strike by Apolosa.
Bravo sizes up Apolosa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Apolosa ducks under a wild hook from Bravo.
Apolosa blocks a leg kick.
Apolosa misses with a wild body shot.
Bravo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bravo moves out of range of the strikes.
Bravo digs a good hook to Apolosa's body.
Bravo moves out of range of the leg kick from Apolosa.
Bravo looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Apolosa tries to keep at a distance but Bravo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bravo manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bravo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Bravo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Apolosa misses with a hook
enabling Bravo to counter with a crisp jab.
Bravo swings for the body but Apolosa moves out of range.
Apolosa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Apolosa is looking to counter punch.
Jab from Apolosa.
Bravo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bravo throws a good cross that connects.
Bravo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Apolosa.
Bravo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Apolosa, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bravo breaks the clinch.
Bravo throws a hook but Apolosa avoids it easily.
Apolosa shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Bravo eats them both and turns towards Apolosa to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Bravo tries to clinch there but Apolosa circles away.
Apolosa is looking to counter punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Bravo dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bravo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Apolosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bravo.
Bravo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bravo moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bravo throws a left and a right that both miss
and Apolosa connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Apolosa tries a head kick but it misses.
Apolosa slips a straight right by Bravo.
Bravo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice defenses there by Bravo.
Apolosa connects with a crisp jab.
Bravo throws a looping overhand right but Apolosa ducks down to avoid it.
Apolosa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bravo checks a leg kick.
Apolosa tries to keep at a distance but Bravo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bravo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Apolosa moves away from the strike by Bravo.
A jab from Bravo finds it's way through Apolosa's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut lands for Apolosa. That snapped Bravo's head back.
Bravo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Apolosa as he avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Apolosa tests Bravo's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Apolosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bravo manages to avoid it.
Apolosa throws a looping overhand right but Bravo ducks down to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Bravo there.
Bravo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Apolosa misses the target.
Apolosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Apolosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bravo throws out the jab.
Bravo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Apolosa slips a jab from Bravo.
Bravo throws a hook but Apolosa blocks it.
Apolosa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A shot to the body from Bravo misses
and Apolosa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Apolosa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Apolosa.
Bravo misses with the combination.
Apolosa misses with a series of wild punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bravo throws a big shot that misses.
Apolosa appears to be looking for a big counter.
Bravo swings widly with a right hand
letting Apolosa counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Apolosa throws the kick towards the body but Bravo avoids it.
Apolosa loads up on a big right hand but Bravo slips the punch.
A punch combination from Apolosa misses.
Bravo is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Apolosa misses with a few strikes there.
Bravo throws the left hand but Apolosa avoids the punch easily.
Dennis Apolosa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Apolosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Apolosa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bravo motions for Apolosa to come forward. Bravo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Apolosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bravo.
A head kick misses from Apolosa.
Bravo looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bravo swings for the body but Apolosa moves out of range.
Apolosa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bravo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bravo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Apolosa, pushing him back against the cage.
Bravo breaks from the clinch.
Bravo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Bravo misses its intended target.
Apolosa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Bravo.
Apolosa blocks a jab.
Apolosa throws a big shot that misses.
Apolosa lands a jab to the head.
Bravo connects with a single shot there.
No joy there for Apolosa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bravo now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Apolosa misses the target.
Bravo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bravo lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Bravo ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Apolosa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Apolosa throws a series of punches but Bravo avoids them all with ease.
Bravo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Apolosa.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Apolosa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bravo.
Bravo throws out a loose jab but Apolosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Apolosa throwing a counter right hand but Bravo manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bravo misses with a looping right.
Bravo closes the distance and clinches.
Bravo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Apolosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bravo throws out the jab.
Apolosa seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Apolosa drops his hands momentarily and Bravo takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bravo moves into the clinch successfully.
Bravo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Apolosa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bravo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Apolosa ducks right into an uppercut from Bravo.
Bravo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Apolosa tried to counter with a leg kick but Bravo avoided it.
Bravo lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Bravo moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bravo misses with a straight right.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bravo connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Apolosa throws a series of punches but Bravo moves out of range.
Bravo pushes Apolosa up against the cage in a clinch.
Bravo manages to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Bravo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Bravo swings for the body but Apolosa moves out of range.
Bravo loads up on a big right hand but Apolosa slips the punch.
Bravo works Apolosa's body with a nice hook.
Bravo scores with a nice strike.
Bravo moves out of range as Apolosa strikes.
Apolosa connects with a right hand. Bravo shakes it off.
Bravo slips under a jab.
Bravo misses with an uppercut. Apolosa saw that one coming.
Apolosa misses with a low kick.
Bravo clinches up with Apolosa and pushes him back against the cage.
Bravo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Apolosa misses its intended target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bravo blocks a jab.
Bravo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Apolosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Bravo.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bravo. That's going to slow Apolosa down.
Apolosa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bravo.
Bravo throws a body shot but no joy.
Bravo throws an overhand right that lands on Apolosa's shoulder, as Apolosa tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Apolosa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bravo moves away from the strike by Apolosa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bravo thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bravo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Apolosa.
Apolosa defending well as Bravo loads up on a big left hand.
Bravo throws a combination that misses
and Apolosa counters with a nice body shot.
Apolosa misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bravo closes the distance and clinches.
Apolosa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Bravo lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Apolosa backwards.
Bravo manages to break the clinch.
Bravo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Apolosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bravo throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Apolosa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice defenses there by Bravo.
Apolosa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bravo misses with a straight right.
Bravo is looking to chop away at Apolosa's legs.
Apolosa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Bravo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Apolosa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Apolosa slips under a jab.
Bravo walks into a jab.
Apolosa moves forwards but Bravo connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Apolosa drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bravo connects with a body shot that sends Apolosa's belly button to the back.
Charlie Bravo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Apolosa throws a series of punches but Bravo moves out of range.
Bravo throws out a loose jab but Apolosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bravo throws a jab but it's blocked by Apolosa.
Bravo lands a slapping body shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bravo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bravo throws a lazy right hand but Apolosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bravo connects with a body shot that sends Apolosa's belly button to the back.
Apolosa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bravo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Apolosa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Apolosa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Bravo's head backwards.
Apolosa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bravo fails with the takedown
enabling Apolosa to counter with a crisp jab.
Bravo needs to keep his hands up - Apolosa had a free shot at his head there.
Bravo lands with a nice combination. Apolosa backs away looking to recover.
Bravo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Apolosa takes a swing at Bravo's ribcage but misses.
Apolosa swings widly with a right hand
and Bravo counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Apolosa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bravo.
Bravo misses with an uppercut.
Apolosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bravo throws out the jab.
Bravo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Apolosa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Apolosa scores with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bravo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bravo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Apolosa.
Apolosa throws a right and a left that Bravo avoids nicely.
Bravo throws out a counter right but Apolosa avoids it with no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Apolosa slips under a jab from Bravo.
Bravo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Apolosa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bravo throws a jab but it's blocked by Apolosa.
Bravo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Bravo lands a glancing blow to the side of Apolosa's head.
Bravo lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Apolosa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bravo.
Apolosa defending well as Bravo loads up on a big left hand.
Apolosa is looking for a counter combo.
Bravo connects with a body shot that sends Apolosa's belly button to the back.
Dennis Apolosa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
No joy there for Apolosa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bravo misses with a jab to the body
letting Apolosa counter with a right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bravo.
Apolosa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bravo manages to avoid it.
Charlie Bravo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Apolosa slips under a jab from Bravo.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bravo ducks under a wild hook from Apolosa.
Bravo thows a body kick. Apolosa tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bravo drives through and clinches with Apolosa against the cage.
Bravo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Bravo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bravo 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 27:30
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Charlie Bravo!
A victorious Charlie Bravo thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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