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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Blikstein (ranked 1013 p4p, 1409 weight class) and Darwin Zambrano (ranked 159 p4p, 208 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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 15 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Paulo Blikstein!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Darwin Zambrano!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zambrano misses with a looping right.
Blikstein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blikstein backing away here, and Zambrano unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Blikstein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zambrano was well out of range. Poor timing from Blikstein.
Blikstein tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Zambrano was well out of range. Poor timing from Blikstein.
Blikstein is looking to chop away at Zambrano's legs.
Blikstein takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Blikstein throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blikstein takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blikstein turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Blikstein scores with a hook.
It looks like Darwin Zambrano has been cut.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Zambrano has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Blikstein throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blikstein throws a leg kick but Zambrano sees it coming and moves out of range.
Zambrano scores with a hook.
It looks like Paulo Blikstein has been cut.
Zambrano staying out of range there.
Zambrano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zambrano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blikstein.
Zambrano lands a glancing blow to the side of Blikstein's head.
Blikstein uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Zambrano chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Zambrano checks a leg kick nicely.
Blikstein avoids a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blikstein shoots and misses
and Zambrano counters with a straight right hand.
Blikstein misses the shot to the body.
Zambrano drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Blikstein right on the button. Blikstein goes down! Zambrano follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Zambrano gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darwin Zambrano!
After the fight, Darwin Zambrano was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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