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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Horus Egyptian (ranked 403 p4p, 307 weight class) and Richard Mesquita (ranked 52 p4p, 44 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Horus Egyptian!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Mesquita!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Egyptian connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Egyptian tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mesquita steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Egyptian.
Mesquita bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Egyptian throws the kick towards the body but Mesquita avoids it.
Mesquita misses with an uppercut.
Egyptian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Egyptian moves into the clinch successfully.
A bit of stalling here from Egyptian.
Mesquita doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Mesquita fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Egyptian unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mesquita lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Our sources have told us that Egyptian has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Egyptian tries to work over Mesquita's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A bit of stalling here from Mesquita.
Egyptian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Egyptian wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Knees to the body from Egyptian.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mesquita jumps guard and drags Egyptian to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Egyptian tries to free his leg and advance position but Mesquita is retaining full guard.
Egyptian not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Egyptian preventing the sweep.
Egyptian trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mesquita working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Egyptian.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Egyptian 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.
Egyptian has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Egyptian wants to stand but Mesquita has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Egyptian tries to free his leg and advance position but Mesquita is retaining full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita controlling Egyptian's posture.
Mesquita 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.
Mesquita throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Egyptian got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mesquita has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Egyptian has managed to get both his arms back between Mesquita's legs - danger averted.
Mesquita wants to sweep here but Egyptian controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Egyptian sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Egyptian thumps Mesquita with a low kick.
Egyptian lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Mesquita takes a swing at Egyptian's ribcage but misses.
Egyptian displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mesquita throws out the jab.
Horus Egyptian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Egyptian swings widly with a right hand
and Mesquita counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Egyptian throws a wild body kick that Mesquita sees coming a mile off.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mesquita throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Egyptian stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mesquita checks a leg kick.
Egyptian shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab lands there for Egyptian.
A clash of legs there as Mesquita blocks the low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Egyptian ducks under a wild hook from Mesquita.
Mesquita punishes Egyptian's body with a nice straight punch.
Egyptian scores with a head kick. Mesquita tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Egyptian misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A lazy left from Mesquita finds it's target.
Egyptian pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mesquita looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Mesquita fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Egyptian as Mesquita shoots in.
Horus Egyptian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Mesquita.
Mesquita throws out a powerful jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Mesquita, as that shot connected.
Egyptian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mesquita.
Egyptian has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Egyptian there as he acknowledges the shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Horus Egyptian will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A jab from Egyptian finds it's way through Mesquita's defenses.
Horus Egyptian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mesquita throws a poor cross that misses
and Egyptian counters with a slapping leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Egyptian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good standup being displayed there by Egyptian as he connects with a hook.
Egyptian throws a leg kick
and Mesquita counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Egyptian is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Still in half guard, Mesquita seems content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Egyptian is looking to improve his position.
Mesquita working the head and body with strikes.
Mesquita prevents Egyptian from standing back up.
Mesquita working the head and body with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mesquita lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Egyptian manages to get to full guard.
Egyptian working a defensive guard here.
Mesquita forces his way into half guard.
Mesquita is looking to stall here but Egyptian recovers full guard.
Egyptian looking for a sweep. Not yet Egyptian, not yet.
Mesquita lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita passes Egyptian's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Mesquita lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mesquita working the head and body with strikes.
Richard Mesquita has got the better of the ground game so far.
Egyptian wants to stand back up but Mesquita manages to pass into side control.
Egyptian is trying to control Mesquita's posture but Mesquita avoids it.
Egyptian tries to bench press Mesquita off him but Mesquita keeps the position.
Mesquita landing a few strikes.
Mesquita throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Egyptian is trying to control Mesquita's posture but Mesquita avoids it.
Egyptian taking punishment in the form of punches.
Egyptian can't do much from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian pushes Mesquita away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Mesquita gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
You can see the frustration on Egyptian's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Mesquita working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Egyptian is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Mesquita works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mesquita advances to full mount.
Mesquita tries to control but Egyptian wriggling away.
Mesquita has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Mesquita lands with some strikes.
Mesquita in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Egyptian is squirming around, avoiding Mesquita's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita scoring with strikes but Egyptian is staying in there.
Mesquita working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Mesquita lands a couple of good shots and Egyptian has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
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!
Mesquita looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Egyptian is rocked!
Egyptian is trying to stand back up.
Oh Egyptian is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mesquita has the hooks in. Egyptian is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Egyptian is trying to get back to his feet but Mesquita has full control of the position and if anything, Egyptian has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Egyptian seems to have got his legs back now.
Egyptian rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mesquita lands a nice short elbow.
Egyptian is concentrating on defense, preventing Mesquita from advancing position.
Mesquita takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mesquita thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Egyptian wants to control but Mesquita is keeping busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Mesquita showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Egyptian fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Mesquita slips a straight right by Egyptian.
Mesquita gets tackled into the cage by Egyptian. Egyptian maintains the clinch.
Mesquita manages to break the clinch.
Egyptian throws out a leg kick but Mesquita moves out of range and Egyptian only half commits.
Mesquita misses with a right hand
and Egyptian counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Egyptian misses with a low kick.
Egyptian throws a jab but it's blocked by Mesquita.
Mesquita lands a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Egyptian throws a head kick but Mesquita moves out of range.
Mesquita connects with a body shot.
Egyptian wants to clinch up but Mesquita keeps it at a distance.
It seemed like Mesquita was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Egyptian lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Egyptian does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Egyptian tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Mesquita manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Egyptian is looking to clinch.
Mesquita throws a jab but it's blocked by Egyptian.
Egyptian throws a leg kick
and Mesquita decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Egyptian's guard.
Egyptian wants to get back to his feet but Mesquita is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Mesquita throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Egyptian wants to stand and escape but Mesquita is having none of it.
Egyptian is pulling down on Mesquita's head. It's preventing any offense from Mesquita, at least for the moment.
Egyptian wants to stand and escape but Mesquita is having none of it.
Egyptian is pulling down on Mesquita's head. It's preventing any offense from Mesquita, at least for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian is trying to control the position but Mesquita postures up.
Mesquita throws a big elbow that misses.
Mesquita postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Egyptian wants to sweep but no luck.
Mesquita working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mesquita won't allow Egyptian to get back to his feet.
Mesquita is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mesquita trying to control the position from guard on top but Egyptian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mesquita distracts Egyptian with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Egyptian wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita postures up.
Egyptian keeping moving, preventing Mesquita from controlling successfully.
Mesquita connects with a couple of short punches.
Mesquita working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Egyptian has momentary wrist control but Mesquita slips an elbow through the middle.
Mesquita preventing the sweep.
Mesquita postures up in Egyptian's guard and throws a big left but Egyptian blocks it.
Mesquita passes Egyptian's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Mesquita landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nice strikes from Mesquita there.
Egyptian has hold of Mesquita's hands but Mesquita slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Mesquita lands strikes from half guard.
Mesquita is working for a kimura here but Egyptian manages to reverse the position and he's now in Mesquita's guard.
Mesquita had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Egyptian defends it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Egyptian wants to control from the top but Mesquita keeps moving.
Egyptian would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Mesquita manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Egyptian manages to get himself to full guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mesquita tries to free his leg and advance position but Egyptian is retaining full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Richard Mesquita really dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Egyptian moves in looking to clinch but Mesquita pushes him off.
Egyptian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Mesquita finds it's way round the side to connect with Egyptian's head.
Mesquita throws a good cross that connects.
Egyptian motions for Mesquita to come forward. Egyptian throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Egyptian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mesquita.
Richard Mesquita seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Egyptian bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mesquita's head.
Mesquita shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Egyptian but Egyptian pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mesquita lands a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Egyptian is looking to score with low kicks.
Mesquita looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Egyptian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mesquita looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mesquita scores with a sloppy right hand. Egyptian should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mesquita lands with a straight right. Egyptian didn't see that one coming.
Egyptian throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mesquita dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Egyptian with a nice calf kick.
Egyptian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mesquita.
Egyptian throws a leg kick
letting Mesquita counter with a right hand.
Mesquita bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Egyptian misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mesquita swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Mesquita takes a swing at Egyptian's ribcage but misses.
Egyptian fires out a quick counter leg kick but Mesquita just manages to avoid it.
Mesquita blocks a head kick by Egyptian.
Egyptian throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mesquita's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Mesquita connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Good exchange - Mesquita coming out on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Egyptian misses with a leg kick
and Mesquita counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Egyptian ducks right into an uppercut from Mesquita.
Mesquita scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mesquita ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mesquita blocks a leg kick.
Egyptian tries to clinch up but Mesquita circles away and keeps his distance.
Mesquita with the counter takedown but Egyptian avoids it easily.
Mesquita swats away the attempt to clinch by Egyptian.
Mesquita swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mesquita slips under a jab.
Mesquita looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Mesquita fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Egyptian has taken the fight to the clinch.
Egyptian throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mesquita blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Egyptian tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mesquita avoids it.
Mesquita pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mesquita lands the left hand.
Egyptian is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A solid body kick from Egyptian.
Mesquita jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Egyptian throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mesquita.
The fighters circling - Mesquita throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Egyptian throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Egyptian lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jab from Mesquita.
Egyptian connects with a leg kick.
Mesquita jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Mesquita has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mesquita misses with a looping left.
Egyptian misses with a lunging right hand
letting Mesquita counter with a right hand.
Egyptian thows a leg kick but Mesquita checks it
and Mesquita counters with a takedown into side control.
Mesquita scoring with punches from side control.
Mesquita looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Egyptian is avoiding damage well.
Mesquita working away.
Egyptian is trying to improve his position.
Egyptian takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Mesquita scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Egyptian is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Mesquita can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Mesquita!
Richard Mesquita is the new lightweight champion!
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