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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronan Darongo (ranked 333 p4p, 325 weight class) and William Riker (ranked 15 p4p, 17 weight class). Darongo comes to the cage accompanied by Chaos And Destruction. Riker has chosen In The Summertime as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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200 cm 33 243 12 - 6 - 0 |
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190 cm 34 265 23 - 15 - 0 |
Great wrestler World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler World class boxer Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ronan Darongo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Riker! The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Darongo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riker was well out of range. Poor timing from Darongo. A little jabbing left from Riker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Darongo lands a right hook to the body.
Darongo scores with a spinning back kick! Darongo slips a jab and a cross from Riker.
Darongo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect. Darongo lands a nice hook to Riker's body. Riker takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Darongo looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Riker keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A decent looking cross lands there for Darongo. Darongo lands with a straight right. Riker didn't see that one coming. Jab by Darongo. Darongo thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Riker if he has to take too many more of those.
Riker shoots in but no luck this time. 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! Darongo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Darongo misses with a body shot.
A nice leg kick from Darongo, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round. A left and a right from Darongo both land. Nice combination. Riker chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Darongo can pounce on him.
Darongo scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Darongo misses with a wild body shot. Riker is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here. Darongo lands a nice looking body shot.
Darongo swings for the body but Riker moves out of range.
Darongo lands a slapping body shot.
Darongo throws a right and a left that both miss. And Riker tries to counter it with a takedown but Darongo pushes his down on his head and steps out. Riker throws a lazy uppercut
and Darongo counters with a stiff right hand. Darongo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Riker counters with a straight punch to the midsection. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Darongo scores with a jab. Darongo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. A nice leg kick lands there from Darongo. Ronan Darongo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Riker throws a series of punches but Darongo moves out of range. Riker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darongo.
Darongo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Darongo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. A good leg kick by Darongo. Darongo lands a slapping body shot.
Darongo looks to score with a jab to the body but Riker is just out of range. Darongo punishes Riker's body with a nice straight punch. Darongo shoots in looking for a takedown. Riker tries to sprawl out of it but Darongo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Riker manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Darongo takes a swing at Riker's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Darongo misses with a body shot
and Riker moves into the clinch. Darongo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Riker takes one on the button. Darongo misses with a shot to the body letting Riker counter with a right hand. Riker walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Darongo lands a jab to the nose. A slapping leg kick lands for Darongo.
Nice defenses there by Darongo. Darongo scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Darongo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Riker.
A jab from Darongo does it's job there. Darongo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Darongo is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. 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! Darongo throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Both fighters circling a little - Darongo finishes the exchange with a kick to the body. Darongo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Riker. Riker tries to counter with a clinch but Darongo shakes him off and moves away. Darongo connects with a jab. Decent striking displayed by Darongo there. Darongo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Riker on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Darongo is looking to wear down Riker with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Darongo catches Riker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Riker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darongo.
Darongo with the inside leg kick. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. A punch combination from Darongo misses. Darongo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Riker manages to avoid it. Darongo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Riker was well out of range. Poor timing from Darongo. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ronan Darongo dominated that round. 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. Nice cross by Darongo. Darongo bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. Riker takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Ronan Darongo is winning the standup battle so far. Darongo digs a good hook to Riker's body.
Darongo with the inside leg kick. Decent striking displayed by Darongo there. A good leg kick by Darongo. Darongo moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like William Riker has been cut. You can see that Riker has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks Riker takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
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! Darongo scores with a jab to the jaw. Darongo swats away the attempt to clinch by Riker. Darongo lands a lovely overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round. Darongo looks to score with a jab to the body but Riker is just out of range. Darongo lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Riker at a distance.
Good exchange - Darongo coming out on top. Darongo lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Darongo lands a big uppercut and Riker crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Riker looks OK. Darongo waves Riker back to his feet!
Riker is rocked! We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Riker tries to close the distance and clinch but Darongo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Darongo appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body. Riker is still on wobbly legs! Can Darongo finish him? Darongo scoring well with a low kick there.
Riker seems to have recovered his senses. Darongo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Riker can do to turn this around? Darongo lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Riker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Darongo.
Darongo with a body punch. A glancing blow. Riker's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Darongo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Riker takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Ronan Darongo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Riker is breathing heavily. Darongo scores with a jab. Riker acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Darongo connects with a leg kick. Darongo jabs at Riker's body. Darongo jabs at Riker's body. Nice body punch from Darongo. Darongo jabs at Riker's body. Riker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Darongo, pushing him back against the cage. Darongo scores with a hook to the body. Darongo lands with a short shot to the head. Darongo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Darongo struggles to land a body shot inside as Riker controls his hands.
Darongo misses with a punch to the body.
Darongo lands with a right to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Darongo blocking some punches.
Darongo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Darongo lands on the inside with an uppercut. Darongo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Darongo scores with a shoulder strike. Darongo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Darongo digs a right hand into Riker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Riker's gas tank. Darongo lands a left hand.
Darongo lands a right hand. A right hand to the body from Darongo.
Darongo lands a right hand that snaps the head of Riker backwards. Riker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! This has been an exciting period of action! Darongo scores with a shot to the side of Riker's head. Darongo lands a right hand. A right hook to the body lands for Darongo.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Darongo. Darongo drops Riker onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Riker is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet! Ronan Darongo has scored more points in the clinch so far. Darongo digs a right hand into Riker's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Riker's gas tank.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Darongo lands with a short shot to the head. Darongo pushes Riker against the cage. Darongo is working some dirty boxing. Darongo pushes off with a quick right hook! Riker goes down! Riker tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Darongo moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ronan Darongo! After winning the bout, Ronan Darongo thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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