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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tommy Vercetti (ranked 4015 p4p, 24302 weight class) and Kazekage Gaara (ranked 490 p4p, 0 weight class). Vercetti comes to the cage accompanied by Vice City. This should be a great matchup!
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tommy Vercetti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kazekage Gaara!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Ryoma Takatsuka and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vercetti misses with a looping left.
Vercetti misses with an uppercut.
Gaara tries to counter by closing the distance.
Vercetti jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gaara fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Gaara dives in and grabs Vercetti's left leg, looking for a takedown. Vercetti pushes down on Gaara's head and hops out.
An attempted straight right counter from Vercetti misses the target.
Vercetti throws a shot from downtown. Gaara moves away and avoids it.
Gaara darts in looking for a takedown but Vercetti gets double underhooks and turns Gaara into the cage.
Vercetti seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Tommy Vercetti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kazekage Gaara.
Vercetti jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
No luck for Gaara with that takedown attempt.
Vercetti leaves Gaara with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Gaara slips a straight right by Vercetti.
Gaara tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaara darts in looking for a takedown but Vercetti gets double underhooks and turns Gaara into the cage.
Gaara fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Gaara shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Vercetti is trying to defend but Gaara finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vercetti slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercetti is adopting a defensive guard.
Vercetti keeping moving, preventing Gaara from controlling successfully.
Gaara postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gaara wants to pass the guard but Vercetti is keeping the position.
Gaara wants to control from the top but Vercetti keeps moving.
Vercetti working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gaara.
Gaara trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gaara accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gaara postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Vercetti utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gaara is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gaara must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gaara throws a big right hand that misses.
Vercetti keeping full guard, as Gaara tries to pass.
Gaara trying to control but Vercetti is working from the bottom.
Gaara throws a big elbow that misses.
Vercetti keeping moving, preventing Gaara from controlling successfully.
Vercetti avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaara throws a big right hand that misses.
Gaara wants to pass the guard but Vercetti is keeping the position.
Gaara sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Vercetti's guard.
Vercetti is staying active underneath Gaara, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Vercetti avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Gaara.
Vercetti blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gaara.
Gaara sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Vercetti defending well though.
Vercetti tries to get to full guard but Gaara has control of the leg.
Gaara looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Gaara is trying to control the action in half guard but Vercetti is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vercetti on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Gaara wants to control but Vercetti is keeping him busy.
Gaara not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Vercetti moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gaara wants to control from the top but Vercetti keeps moving.
Vercetti is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kazekage Gaara dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nice sprawl there from Vercetti as Gaara shoots in.
Gaara fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Vercetti on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Gaara with a poor takedown
and Vercetti cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tommy Vercetti has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kazekage Gaara.
A jab from Vercetti finds it's way through Gaara's defenses.
No luck for Gaara with that takedown attempt.
Vercetti missing with a left hand there. Gaara was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gaara shoots in for a takedown but Vercetti shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Gaara is trying hard to land a takedown here. Vercetti sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Vercetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The crowd cheers as Vercetti lands an impressive looking overhand right. Gaara doesn't seem phased though.
Gaara shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Vercetti sprawls well. Vercetti wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Gaara gets slowly back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaara shoots in but no luck this time.
Vercetti throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Vercetti looks to land a left hand but Gaara moved out of range nicely.
Vercetti lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gaara shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vercetti as he jumps to the side.
Vercetti is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vercetti lands a big uppercut and Gaara crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Gaara looks OK. Vercetti waves Gaara back to his feet!
Gaara is rocked!
It looks like Kazekage Gaara has been cut.
Gaara switches off momentarily and Vercetti cracks him with a monster right hand! Gaara topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Vercetti dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Vercetti!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tommy Vercetti!
Our winner, Tommy Vercetti, 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
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hype
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RATING
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