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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Freaky Fernando (ranked 2635 p4p, 2545 weight class) and Chadwick Raffelburg (ranked 318 p4p, 308 weight class). Raffelburg has chosen The Hangman's Body Count - Volbeat as his entrance music. The key to victory for Freaky Fernando has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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191 cm 25 170 2 - 1 - 0 |
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175 cm 25 170 2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt Solid Muay Thai Intelligent |
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Good wrestler Brawler Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Freaky Fernando! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Chadwick Raffelburg! The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Fernando throws out a loose jab but Raffelburg uses good head movement to avoid it. Raffelburg moves out of range as Fernando strikes. Fernando tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raffelburg paws at him with a jab and circles away. Raffelburg wants to counter the offense by Fernando and move into the clinch position. Raffelburg connects with a right hand. Fernando shakes it off. Fernando wants to clinch up but Raffelburg keeps it at a distance. Fernando is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Fernando tries to close the distance and clinch but Raffelburg swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Raffelburg looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Raffelburg moves into the clinch. Raffelburg avoids a wild elbow strike from Fernando. Raffelburg takes an elbow to the temple. Fernando tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Raffelburg just stands there and leans against the cage. Raffelburg blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Fernando tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Raffelburg smiles and moves away.
Fernando tries to clinch up and Raffelburg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Fernando tries to clinch there but Raffelburg circles away.
Fernando slips a jab from Raffelburg.
That's one minute gone in the round. Raffelburg throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Fernando stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Fernando gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Raffelburg dodges an elbow strike from Fernando.
Fernando throws a punch but it's blocked by Raffelburg. Fernando tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Raffelburg just stands there and leans against the cage. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Freaky Fernando. That's going to take a lot out of him. Fernando is trying to maintain a safe position but Raffelburg gets an underhook and turns Fernando into the cage. Raffelburg scores with a shoulder strike. Fernando tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Raffelburg scores with an uppercut up the middle. Fernando really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Raffelburg throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. A quick uppercut on the inside from Raffelburg. Fernando blocks an elbow strike from Raffelburg.
Still in the clinch, Raffelburg scores with a nice short uppercut. Good anti-grappling being displayed by Raffelburg as Fernando tries to tie him up. Fernando jumps guard but Raffelburg stands there with Fernando around his waist. Fernando gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Raffelburg can't find room to land a body shot as Fernando controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fernando jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Raffelburg walks away with a smile on his face. Fernando gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. Raffelburg jabbing away but nothing is landing. Raffelburg slips under a jab. This has been an exciting period of action! Fernando moves to clinch but Raffelburg breaks away and Raffelburg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Raffelburg waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fernando. Raffelburg scores with a shot to the body.
Fernando missing with a left hand there. Raffelburg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Raffelburg swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Fernando definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. A shot to the liver by Raffelburg. Beautiful body shot. Raffelburg misses with a looping left. Fernando avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Raffelburg is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fernando. Fernando fails in his attempt to clinch. Fernando closes the distance looking to clinch and Raffelburg counters with a lovely straight right hand! Raffelburg swats away the attempt to clinch by Fernando.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Raffelburg lands with a shot to the body. Fernando is looking to clinch but Raffelburg is avoiding it.
Raffelburg has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fernando jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Raffelburg walks away with a smile on his face. Fernando gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. Raffelburg tries to keep at a distance but Fernando has taken the fight into the clinch. A right handed body shot lands from Raffelburg.
Raffelburg tries to throw a body punch but Fernando avoids it by throwing Raffelburg back against the cage. Fernando misses with some punches.
Raffelburg lands on the inside with an uppercut. Raffelburg lands with a short head shot on the inside. Raffelburg tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Fernando jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Raffelburg walks away with a smile on his face. Fernando gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. Fernando wants to clinch but Raffelburg slips to the side and Raffelburg counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Fernando keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fernando tries to keep at a distance but Raffelburg has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Raffelburg lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Fernando pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Raffelburg swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Raffelburg lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Still in the clinch, Raffelburg scores with a nice short uppercut. Fernando prevents a body shot from Raffelburg. Raffelburg blocks an elbow strike. Fernando throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A short uppercut from Raffelburg. A right handed body shot lands from Raffelburg.
Fernando jumps into guard, dragging Raffelburg to the mat.
Raffelburg wants to control from the top but Fernando keeps moving. Fernando looking for a triangle here. Raffelburg is fighting it but it looks tight! Fernando pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Raffelburg is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Freaky Fernando! The defeated Chadwick Raffelburg had this to say: 'That was fun, who's next?'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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