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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lipe Ribeiro (ranked 1451 p4p, 601 weight class) and Tokoni Soaki (ranked 68 p4p, 34 weight class). Soaki has chosen Shepherds Reign - Le Manu as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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204 cm
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5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lipe Ribeiro!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tokoni Soaki!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soaki throws a lazy right hand but Ribeiro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Soaki misses the target.
Soaki scores with a takedown into Ribeiro's guard.
Soaki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Soaki postures up.
Ribeiro looking for a sweep. Not yet Ribeiro, not yet.
Soaki prevents Ribeiro from getting back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soaki scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ribeiro definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Soaki is in close to Ribeiro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Soaki controls from within his opponent's guard.
Soaki is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soaki stands up over Ribeiro, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Soaki is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Soaki won't allow Ribeiro to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soaki won't allow Ribeiro to sweep him here.
Soaki is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Soaki controls from within his opponent's guard.
Soaki is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soaki scoring with punches to the head and body.
Soaki is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Soaki scoring with some ground and pound.
Soaki is in close to Ribeiro's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Soaki keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Ribeiro's head.
Ribeiro knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Soaki on the ground.
Ribeiro looking for a sweep. Not yet Ribeiro, not yet.
Soaki seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Ribeiro looking for a sweep. Not yet Ribeiro, not yet.
Soaki wants to control from the top but Ribeiro keeps moving.
Soaki is stalling in the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soaki postures up and lands a big shot to Ribeiro's brow.
Soaki scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Ribeiro can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Soaki controls the pace.
Soaki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ribeiro is trying to keep Soaki in close.
Soaki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Soaki has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Soaki controls from within his opponent's guard.
Soaki is working Ribeiro over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Ribeiro tries to strike from the bottom.
We've been informed that Soaki has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Ribeiro working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soaki chips away with some ground and pound.
Soaki lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ribeiro is rocked!
Soaki chips away with some ground and pound.
Oh Ribeiro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Soaki scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Soaki thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Ribeiro wants to hit a sweep here but Soaki passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ribeiro there!
Ribeiro wants to get back to his feet but in bucking up he's left an arm hanging out! Soaki has locked onto it and has pulled off a slick armbar! Ribeiro taps furiously! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Tokoni Soaki! Tokoni Soaki retains his super heavyweight title!
An out of breath Tokoni Soaki thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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