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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Earth Quake (ranked 2513 p4p, 2005 weight class) and Paulo Roberto (ranked 210 p4p, 176 weight class). Roberto has chosen Samba de Roda as his entrance music. Paulo Roberto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Earth Quake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Paulo Roberto!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberto darts in and clinches Quake up against the cage.
Quake lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Roberto has Quake pressed against the cage, preventing Quake from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Quake scores with a shoulder strike.
Quake escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Roberto rushes Quake and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Quake misses with some punches.
Quake misses with a punch to the body.
Quake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto trying to land knees to the body.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Quake fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Roberto as the two fighters clinch.
Roberto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quake backwards.
Quake blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roberto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Quake defending well as Roberto loads up on a big left hand.
Roberto takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Quake is rocked!
Roberto scores with a shot to the body.
Roberto closes the distance and pushes Quake back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quake can't find room to land a body shot as Roberto controls the action.
A body shot lands from Roberto.
Roberto misses with the head strike.
Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Roberto closes the distance and clinches.
Quake tries to break the clinch but Roberto is controlling the position.
Roberto gets through Quake's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Roberto.
I was talking to Quake's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Roberto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Quake misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Quake manages to break the clinch.
Quake looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Roberto swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Quake stuns Roberto with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Roberto lands a jab to the nose.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberto is looking to clinch but Quake is avoiding it.
Roberto lands a really nice looking cross but Quake seems unphased.
Oh Quake is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roberto waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Quake. Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Quake to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Roberto stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quake misses the jab.
Quake takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Quake seems to have got his legs back now.
A big right from Roberto misses.
Roberto misses with a looping right.
Quake slips under a jab from Roberto.
Roberto slips a straight right by Quake.
Roberto moves into the clinch successfully.
Roberto lands a nice elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Roberto.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Quake takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
A short left from Quake.
Quake breaks the clinch.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Roberto and Quake goes tumbling to the canvas! Roberto follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberto is controlling the pace.
Quake keeping hold of Roberto's head, controlling as best he can.
Roberto stands up and beckons Quake to join him on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Roberto swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quake looks to score with a jab to the body but Roberto is just out of range.
Quake wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Roberto ducks under a wild hook from Quake.
Quake on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A telegraphed right hand from Quake misses the target.
Roberto throws a right hand that misses
and Quake counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Quake takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Quake takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Quake gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Roberto.
Roberto 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.
Roberto fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roberto moves into the clinch.
Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Roberto connects with a nice looking jab.
Roberto closes the distance and pushes Quake back into the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Roberto dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Decent striking displayed by Quake there.
Roberto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Quake misses with a hook. Roberto ducked under it nicely.
Roberto uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Quake.
Quake is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roberto.
Roberto looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Roberto misses with an uppercut.
Roberto wants to clinch up but Quake keeps it at a distance.
Roberto lands a head shot.
Roberto has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Quake connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Roberto momentarily.
Roberto's corner calls for a 1-2. Roberto obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Quake throws a hook to the side of Roberto's head but Roberto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Roberto! But no joy.
Quake closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Quake pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Quake misses the shot to the body.
Quake swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberto closes the distance and clinches.
Quake is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Roberto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quake's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberto throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Roberto.
Paulo Roberto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roberto.
Roberto lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Roberto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Quake backwards.
Quake misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice elbow from Roberto.
It looks like Earth Quake has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Roberto obliges.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A short uppercut from Roberto.
Quake misses with a short punch on the inside.
Quake is trying to push Roberto away but Roberto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Roberto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Roberto lands a shoulder strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roberto just misses with a elbow thrown towards Quake's brow.
Roberto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Quake's defenses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberto presses Quake against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Roberto lands a jab to Quake's midsection.
Roberto darts in and clinches Quake up against the cage.
Quake's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberto misses with a knee to the head.
Roberto breaks from the clinch.
Roberto moves into range and clinches up with Quake.
Roberto scores with a hook to the body.
Quake misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Roberto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Roberto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Quake backwards.
Roberto tries to throw a body punch but Quake avoids it by throwing Roberto back against the cage.
Quake pushes Roberto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberto prevents Quake from breaking the clinch.
Roberto lands a body shot.
Quake's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A big right from Quake misses.
Roberto tries to close the distance and clinch but Quake swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roberto gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A combination from Quake does no damage.
Roberto tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Quake manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Quake is looking to counter punch.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big right from Quake misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberto blocks a jab.
Roberto looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Roberto catches Quake napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Quake to the canvas!
Roberto stands and steps away. Quake gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Quake loads up on a big right hand but Roberto slips the punch.
Quake scores with a jab to the head.
Roberto is rocked!
Quake slips under a jab from Roberto.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roberto lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Quake throws a lazy right hand but Roberto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Quake throws an overhand right that lands on Roberto's shoulder, as Roberto tries to avoid the shot.
Roberto moves into the clinch successfully.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Quake lands a left hand that snaps the head of Roberto backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Roberto.
Roberto's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roberto looks to score with a jab to the body but Quake is just out of range.
Quake lands with a good body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quake gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Roberto gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
After winning the bout, Paulo Roberto 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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hype
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