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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lee Zhenji (ranked 5555 p4p, 3656 weight class) and Bruno Evangelista (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Zhenji!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bruno Evangelista!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Tiny Johnson and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evangelista keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Zhenji.
Evangelista throws a wild body kick that Zhenji sees coming a mile off.
Zhenji appears to be looking for a big counter.
Evangelista throws the kick towards the body but Zhenji avoids it.
Zhenji throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Evangelista throws a half hearted mid kick.
Zhenji lands a nice looking kick to the body. Evangelista takes a step back to recover.
Zhenji really is a fat lump.
Evangelista takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Zhenji chopping away at his opponent's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zhenji bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Evangelista's head.
Evangelista lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Evangelista throws a nice inside leg kick.
Evangelista pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhenji blocks a head kick by Evangelista.
Evangelista avoids a punch combination nicely.
Evangelista was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Zhenji blocks a head kick by Evangelista.
Some wild striking there from Evangelista.
Evangelista fails to land with a series of punches.
Zhenji misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zhenji fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Zhenji swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Zhenji throws a nice looking combination but Evangelista bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zhenji throws a one two combo.
Zhenji fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Evangelista looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evangelista throws a right hand that Zhenji ducks under and follows up with a left that Zhenji also avoids with ease.
Evangelista ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Zhenji moves away.
A punch combination from Evangelista misses.
Zhenji throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Evangelista throws a right and a left that both miss.
Evangelista swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Evangelista uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zhenji.
A head kick misses from Evangelista.
Zhenji throws a lazy head kick
and Evangelista counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Zhenji avoids the head kick by Evangelista.
Zhenji throws a head kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Evangelista on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Evangelista looks to land a body kick but Zhenji moved away.
Zhenji bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evangelista slips a jab and a cross from Zhenji.
Evangelista lands a slapping body shot.
Evangelista takes a kick to the side of the head.
Zhenji avoids the head kick by Evangelista.
A head kick from Zhenji lands but Evangelista takes it in his stride.
Evangelista slips a jab and a cross from Zhenji.
Evangelista scores with a leg kick.
Evangelista will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Evangelista misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As Evangelista looks to move away, Zhenji throws a big counter combo but Evangelista just gets out of the way.
Zhenji tries a head kick but it misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Zhenji.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evangelista slips a jab and a cross from Zhenji.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zhenji blocks a jab.
Zhenji looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Zhenji scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Evangelista doesn't seem bothered though.
Evangelista misses with an attempted mid kick.
It appears Zhenji was looking to counter with a kick there.
Sloppy strikes from Zhenji. Those never looked like landing.
Evangelista throws a quick inside leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Zhenji.
Zhenji throws a nice inside leg kick.
Evangelista throws a leg kick
and Zhenji counters with a flying knee. Nice.
A big right from Evangelista misses.
Zhenji will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Zhenji dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Evangelista swings away with a body shot that misses
and Zhenji connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Zhenji is looking to wear down Evangelista with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Evangelista throws a head kick that misses
and Zhenji counters with a left to the body.
Zhenji lands a right hook to the body.
Evangelista throws a head kick that half lands.
Jab, jab by Zhenji - just one landing.
Zhenji looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Zhenji lands the left hand.
Evangelista avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zhenji misses with the combination.
Zhenji sets himself, and Evangelista steps forward looking for the clinch! Zhenji avoids it this time.
Evangelista connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Evangelista blocks a head kick by Zhenji.
Evangelista throws a counter combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evangelista is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Evangelista on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Zhenji takes one on the button.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Zhenji.
Evangelista tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zhenji takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Zhenji lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Evangelista pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zhenji lands a head kick. Evangelista smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Evangelista misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Evangelista misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evangelista pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Evangelista might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Zhenji has got the better of the exchanges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhenji scores with a hook to the body. Evangelista takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Evangelista is breathing heavily.
Evangelista misses with a hook to the body
and Zhenji counters with a nice low kick that buckles Evangelista's knee momentarily.
Zhenji lands a head kick. Evangelista smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Zhenji misses with a wild combination.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Zhenji!
Evangelista is rocked!
It looks like Bruno Evangelista has been cut.
Evangelista keeps Zhenji at a distance using the push kick.
Zhenji lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Evangelista is still on wobbly legs! Can Zhenji finish him?
Zhenji bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Evangelista's head.
Good shot there by Zhenji.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhenji swings for the body but Evangelista moves out of range.
Evangelista swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Evangelista seems to have recovered his senses.
Evangelista scoring well with a low kick there.
Zhenji connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Evangelista's hands.
Evangelista avoids a punch combination nicely.
Zhenji fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Evangelista misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Zhenji tries a head kick but it misses.
Evangelista throws a body kick that misses.
Zhenji connects with a solid leg kick.
Zhenji throws a sloppy head kick and Evangelista moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evangelista throws a right hand that Zhenji ducks under and follows up with a left that Zhenji also avoids with ease.
Evangelista just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromZhenji.
Zhenji slips a jab and a cross from Evangelista.
Evangelista tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Evangelista fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zhenji manages to avoid it.
Evangelista takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zhenji throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Zhenji lands a nice shot to the body.
Zhenji takes a kick to the side of the head.
Zhenji is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Evangelista can do to turn this around?
Zhenji thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Evangelista if he has to take too many more of those.
Zhenji misses with a series of wild punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Zhenji dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruno Evangelista's cut.
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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Sloppy strikes from Evangelista. Those never looked like landing.
Zhenji connects with a leg kick.
Zhenji throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Evangelista throws a leg kick
enabling Zhenji to counter with a crisp jab.
Evangelista blocks a head kick by Zhenji.
Evangelista drops his hands momentarily and Zhenji takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Decent striking displayed by Zhenji there.
Evangelista takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evangelista lands a head kick. Zhenji smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Zhenji misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Zhenji.
Lee Zhenji is winning the standup battle so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evangelista blocks a head kick by Zhenji.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evangelista tries a head kick but it misses.
Zhenji is looking for a counter combo.
A cross from Evangelista lands.
Zhenji throws a quick inside leg kick.
Evangelista has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Zhenji tests Evangelista's chin there with a solid looking shot.
No joy there for Evangelista, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Zhenji works over Evangelista's head and body with a nice combination.
Evangelista is looking to score with low kicks.
Zhenji throwing a counter right hand but Evangelista manages to avoid it.
Evangelista throws a leg kick but Zhenji moved away.
Zhenji misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evangelista misses with the body kick
and Zhenji counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Zhenji scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Evangelista misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zhenji uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Evangelista.
Zhenji appears to be looking for a big counter.
Evangelista pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Evangelista throws a head kick that misses
and Zhenji counters with a left and a right that stings Evangelista.
Lee Zhenji is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sloppy strikes from Zhenji. Those never looked like landing.
Evangelista sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Zhenji slips a jab and a cross from Evangelista.
Left hook, right uppercut from Zhenji.
Zhenji misses the shot to the body.
Evangelista moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A solid body kick from Zhenji.
Zhenji misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhenji blocks a head kick by Evangelista.
A head kick by Zhenji misses
and Evangelista counters with a one-two to the body.
It looks like Lee Zhenji has been cut.
Zhenji moves out of range as Evangelista strikes.
Zhenji seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Zhenji with a nice calf kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Evangelista darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Evangelista has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Zhenji.
Zhenji throws a sloppy head kick and Evangelista moves out of range easily.
Evangelista throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A head kick misses from Zhenji.
Evangelista pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zhenji connects with a solid leg kick.
Evangelista throws a series of strikes that have Zhenji backpedaling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Zhenji misses.
Nice body punch from Zhenji.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zhenji avoids a punch combination nicely.
Evangelista throws a lazy head kick
letting Zhenji counter with a right hand.
Evangelista throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zhenji counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Zhenji lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Zhenji punishes Evangelista's body with a nice straight punch.
Evangelista's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Zhenji keeps Evangelista at a distance using the push kick.
Zhenji tries to bum rush Evangelista with a series of wild strikes but Evangelista uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Bruno Evangelista has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee Zhenji is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Evangelista misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lee Zhenji showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Zhenji 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lee Zhenji!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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