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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Clint River (ranked 694 p4p, 727 weight class) and Fortunado Sampaio (ranked 89 p4p, 96 weight class). Sampaio has chosen Corre Riba Corre Baixo as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Clint River !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Fortunado Sampaio!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sampaio takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
A swing and a miss from Sampaio.
River lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
It looks like Fortunado Sampaio has been cut.
River throws a looping overhand right but Sampaio ducks down to avoid it.
River misses with a straight left.
River backing away here, and Sampaio unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
River throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Sampaio 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.
Sampaio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sampaio has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sampaio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
River checks a low kick from Sampaio.
River takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Sampaio dips to his left and cracks River with an uppercut!
Sampaio fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
River digs a good hook to Sampaio's body.
River tries to land a front kick but Sampaio steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
River blocks the body kick.
River looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
River blocks a jab.
Sampaio will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
River throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sampaio thows a left - swing and a miss!
River feinted there with a counter leg kick.
River punishes Sampaio's body with a nice straight punch.
River throws a leg kick but Sampaio sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Sampaio scores with a kick to the body.
River swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little jabbing left from Sampaio on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of River 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A nice leg kick from River , right into the meat of the thigh.
Sampaio jabbing away but nothing is landing.
River half committed to a counter leg kick.
River looks for the body kick but Sampaio saw that one coming.
River fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sampaio.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
River chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Sampaio misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from River .
Sampaio digs a good body shot into River 's ribs.
Sampaio lands a leg kick that knocks River off balance momentarily.
A shot to the liver by Sampaio. Beautiful body shot.
River clobbers Sampaio with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
River lands with an overhand left.
Clint River seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sampaio throws a push kick but River slaps the foot to one side.
River fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sampaio on the side of the head.
River misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
River throws a leg kick but Sampaio checks it.
Sampaio appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
River misses with a looping left.
Sampaio throws a hook but River avoids it easily.
Sampaio on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sampaio clobbers River with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
River is looking to land body kicks.
A jab from Sampaio does it's job there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sampaio checks a leg kick nicely.
Sampaio throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling River to counter with a crisp jab.
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!
Sampaio takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
River throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Sampaio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sampaio takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sampaio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice body punch from River .
Sampaio looks winded!
River misses the shot to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sampaio.
River changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Clint River dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fortunado Sampaio's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
River misses with a looping right.
Sampaio just misses with a punch to the body.
As Sampaio backs away, River returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
River misses with a hook. Sampaio ducked under it nicely.
River throws the kick towards the body but Sampaio avoids it.
Sampaio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but River was well out of range. Poor timing from Sampaio.
Sampaio lands a nice hook to River 's body. River takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
River takes a jab right on the kisser.
River connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
River is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sampaio can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A low kick from River misses
and Sampaio counters with a good low kick that River was not able to check.
Sampaio fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but River is out of range.
Sampaio ducks under a wild hook from River .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sampaio blocks a jab.
Clint River is winning the standup battle so far.
Sampaio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
An attempted straight right counter from River misses the target.
River cracks Sampaio with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Sampaio looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can River finish him?
River shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Sampaio takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - River sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Sampaio bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Clint River !
Clint River decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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