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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bill Natua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bardock Rao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bardock Rao has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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195 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bill Natua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bardock Rao!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rao throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Natua.
Natua misses with a body kick.
Natua with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Natua misses with a straight left.
Natua connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Rao avoids the head kick by Natua.
Natua closes the distance and clinches up with Rao, looking for a takedown. Natua pushes Rao against the cage but Rao circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rao with a lazy takedown attempt
and Natua counters with a nice uppercut.
Natua tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Natua moves into the clinch.
Rao lands a body punch.
Natua keeps control of Rao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Natua escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Natua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rao misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Natua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Natua clinches up against the cage.
Rao breaks from the clinch.
Rao with a poor takedown
and Natua moves into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rao throws an elbow but misses.
Natua lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Bardock Rao has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Natua lands an elbow inside.
Natua prevents Rao from breaking the clinch.
Natua lands a knee to the head.
Rao looks gassed!
Natua jumps guard.
Rao trying to control the position from guard on top but Natua is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Natua seems keen to control Rao's posture.
Natua looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Natua is looking to stand up but Rao isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Natua is looking to clinch.
Natua misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Natua scores with a nice right hand.
Natua tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rao was well out of range. Poor timing from Natua.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rao shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Natua as he jumps to the side.
Bill Natua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bardock Rao.
Rao is looking to clinch but Natua is avoiding it.
Natua uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rao has time to react.
Natua lunges at Rao with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Rao's hand.
Natua clinches up with Rao and pushes him back against the cage.
Natua missing with knees to the body.
Natua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Natua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Natua gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Natua.
Rao avoiding damage as Natua throws knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Natua.
Natua landing knees to the body.
Natua avoiding damage.
Natua landing knees to the body.
Natua lands an elbow just above Rao 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Natua has closed the distance and engaged Rao in a clinch.
Natua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Natua escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Natua throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rao takes a kick to the side of the head.
Natua has taken the fight to the clinch.
Natua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rao.
Natua connects with a nasty looking knee right to Rao's face.
Natua tries to pull guard but Rao won't allow it.
Rao breaks from the clinch.
Natua scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rao is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Natua's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Natua's back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Natua has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Rao.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Natua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bardock Rao's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Natua has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rao misses with a punch on the inside.
Natua manages to break the clinch.
Rao tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Natua tries to clinch but Rao moves away
and Rao makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rao thows a leg kick but Natua checks it
and Natua holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Natua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rao.
Natua looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Natua trying to land knees to the body.
Natua missing with knees to the body.
Rao breaks from the clinch.
Rao tries to clinch up.
Rao throws a series of punches but Natua avoids them all with ease.
Rao shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Natua lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Natua jabs at Rao's body.
Natua has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Natua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Rao's defenses.
Natua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Natua missing with knees to the body.
Natua is working for takedown but Rao is calmly controlling the position for now.
Natua manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Natua lands a nice knee to the body.
Natua lands a nice elbow.
Natua breaks the clinch.
Natua clinches up against the cage.
Natua effectively controlling the action here.
Rao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Natua is pushing Rao up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rao looking to slow down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natua controlling the action here for a moment.
Rao managing to block the knees to the body from Natua.
Rao is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Natua escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bill Natua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick from Natua lands but Rao takes it in his stride.
Natua darts in and clinches Rao up against the cage.
Rao takes an elbow to the temple.
Natua breaks the clinch.
Natua closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Natua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Natua slows down the pace here.
Natua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natua goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Natua clinches with his opponent.
Natua tries to land a knee to the head but Rao blocks with his arms.
Natua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rao.
Rao struggles to land a body shot inside as Natua controls his hands.
Rao escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Rao crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Natua - the referee stops the clock and Rao gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Natua. Rao manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Natua avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Natua forces Rao back against the cage and clinches.
Rao tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Natua breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bill Natua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Natua gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Natua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rao using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Natua has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Natua.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rao's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Natua moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Natua gets a clinch.
Natua misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rao.
Natua lands an elbow just above Rao 's eye.
Natua breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Natua slips a jab and a cross from Rao.
Rao tries for a takedown but Natua circles away easily
and Natua counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Natua.
Bill Natua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bardock Rao.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Natua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rao is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Natua pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Natua lands a knee to the body.
Natua unloads a knee to the mid-section. Rao lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Natua throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rao wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rao being controlled against the cage.
Rao is trying to break the clinch but Natua has him pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Natua dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bardock Rao's cut.
That's time! Natua's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Natua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rao will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Natua moves into the clinch successfully.
Rao is looking to control Natua's arms but Natua gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rao has his back to the cage.
Bill Natua has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Natua is pushing Rao up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Natua pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Natua tries to clinch up.
Natua tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Natua clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Natua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rao throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Natua's waist but Natua gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rao off to one side.
Natua drives through and clinches with Rao against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rao is trying to drag Natua to the mat but Natua just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Bill Natua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bardock Rao.
Natua lands a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Natua stalling in the clinch.
Natua's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rao on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Natua. Natua obviously looking to wear him down.
Natua has Rao up against the cage in a clinch.
Natua gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Natua in particular looking to stall.
Rao pushes Natua off looking to stand but Natua dives back in and keeps control.
Rao wants to improve his position but Natua is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natua content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Rao is trying to maintain the position but Natua is very close to passing his half guard.
Rao looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Natua pushes past his half guard into mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natua avoids the attempt from Rao to control.
Natua tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bill Natua showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Natua has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bill Natua!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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