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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Merel (ranked 1407 p4p, 840 weight class) and Maximus Furioto (ranked 110 p4p, 64 weight class). Furioto is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by 韻踏合組合 - . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
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Counter fighter
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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 25 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Anthony Merel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maximus Furioto!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Winston Howard and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Furioto ducks under a wild hook from Merel.
Merel lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
It looks like Maximus Furioto has been cut.
Merel lands with a straight right. Furioto didn't see that one coming.
Merel connects with the punch.
Merel lands a jab to the head.
Furioto ducks under a wild hook from Merel.
Merel seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Furioto closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Merel's guard.
Merel throwing short punches from the bottom.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Furioto 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.
Merel throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Merel trying to strike off his back.
Furioto working some strikes from top position.
Merel trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
My spies in Kalashnikov ELITE MMA Gym inform me that Furioto has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Merel throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Furioto slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Merel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furioto drops an elbow to the side of Merel's head.
Merel wants to improve his position but Furioto is controlling well.
Furioto is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Merel tries to roll over but Furioto keeps him under control.
Furioto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Furioto has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Furioto lands strikes from half guard.
Merel connecting with a few gentle strikes.
Furioto throwing shots but Merel is blocking nicely.
Merel gets back to full guard.
Merel will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Furioto missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merel is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Merel striking from his own guard.
Furioto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Merel throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Merel tries to strike from the bottom.
Merel throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Merel trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Furioto working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Merel's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Furioto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Furioto throwing strikes but missing.
Merel throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Merel lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Furioto postures up in Merel's guard and throws a big left but Merel blocks it.
Merel throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Furioto working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Merel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Furioto throwing strikes from guard but Merel blocks nicely.
Furioto throws a big elbow that misses.
Merel throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Merel throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Furioto passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Furioto is trying a forearm choke I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Furioto missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Merel missing with punches from the bottom.
Furioto is looking for a kimura but Merel is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Furioto to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Merel lands with a few short shots to the body.
Furioto looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Furioto blocks the strikes from Merel.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Furioto is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Merel tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Furioto is looking for a kimura here.
Furioto seems to be looking for submissions.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Maximus Furioto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maximus Furioto's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Furioto defending well as Merel loads up on a big left hand.
Merel cracks Furioto with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Merel throws a shot from downtown. Furioto moves away and avoids it.
Merel thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Merel misses.
Furioto slips a straight right by Merel.
Nice defenses there by Furioto.
Merel jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Merel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Furioto staying out of range there.
Jab by Merel.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Merel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Furioto sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Furioto scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Furioto blocks the strikes from Merel.
Merel keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Furioto there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Furioto throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Merel gets back to full guard.
Maximus Furioto has got the better of the ground game so far.
Merel wants to sweep here but Furioto controlling him for the moment.
Merel lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Merel is looking to work some ground and pound but Furioto has wrist control.
Merel scoring with punches to the head and body.
Furioto looking for a guillotine here but Merel defends easily.
Merel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Merel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Merel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Furioto is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Merel has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Furioto is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Furioto is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Merel is aware though and is defending well.
Furioto has momentary wrist control but Merel slips an elbow through the middle.
Furioto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Merel works over Furioto with some ground and pound from guard.
Merel scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Merel content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Merel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Merel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Furioto preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Merel preventing the sweep.
Furioto avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Merel postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Merel cracks Furioto with a solid left hand.
Merel connects with a couple of short punches.
Furioto had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Merel defends it easily.
Merel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Merel lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Furioto has his foot on Merel's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Merel works his way back into a safe position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Merel stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Furioto throws up his legs and catches Merel in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Merel tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Furioto! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Maximus Furioto!
Maximus Furioto really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Bondi MMA 🏝️ logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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