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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Finnish Tax Payer (ranked 91 p4p, 448 weight class) and Paulo Roberto (ranked 8 p4p, 40 weight class). Tax Payer kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Konala Cartelli - Mäkikotka. Roberto has chosen Samba de Roda as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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 44 - 21 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Finnish Tax Payer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paulo Roberto!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tax Payer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Paulo Roberto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tax Payer throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Paulo Roberto has been cut.
Tax Payer looks to throw the jab but Roberto is out of range.
Roberto is looking to clinch but Tax Payer is avoiding it.
It looked like Tax Payer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Roberto takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tax Payer missing with a left hand there. Roberto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roberto clinches.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Tax Payer.
Tax Payer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tax Payer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tax Payer is trying to push Roberto away but Roberto has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Tax Payer wants to break the clinch but can't.
I was talking to Tax Payer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Roberto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roberto lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Roberto misses with the head strike.
Tax Payer blocks the elbow strike.
Tax Payer is trying to break the clinch but Roberto is controlling him.
Roberto has a couple of punches blocked by Tax Payer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberto misses with a punch to the body.
Tax Payer breaks from the clinch.
Roberto scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Roberto moves out of range as Tax Payer strikes.
Roberto clinches with his opponent.
Tax Payer throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
Roberto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A frustrated look appears on Tax Payer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tax Payer can't break the clinch.
Tax Payer takes an elbow to the temple.
Tax Payer lands a shot to the body.
Roberto has Tax Payer pressed against the cage, preventing Tax Payer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Roberto pushes Tax Payer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tax Payer struggles to land a body shot inside as Roberto controls his hands.
Roberto throws an elbow that misses.
Roberto working aggressively here.
Tax Payer misses with some punches.
Tax Payer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tax Payer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Roberto tries to land a knee to the head but Tax Payer blocks with his arms.
Roberto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
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!
Roberto throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Tax Payer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tax Payer misses the jab.
Roberto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Tax Payer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roberto tries to clinch up.
Roberto cracks Tax Payer with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Roberto takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Roberto clinches with his opponent.
Roberto misses with a punch on the inside.
Roberto misses with an elbow strike.
Roberto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tax Payer's efforts to push away.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Tax Payer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Roberto has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tax Payer wants to get back to striking at distance but Roberto won't allow it.
Tax Payer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Roberto lands with a light punch inside.
Tax Payer throws a head punch that misses.
Roberto is working Tax Payer over against the cage.
Roberto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Roberto keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tax Payer's efforts to push away.
Roberto lands with a right to the head.
Roberto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tax Payer.
Roberto connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tax Payer's face.
Tax Payer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roberto doesn't manage to clinch there - Tax Payer circles away.
Tax Payer throws an overhand right that lands on Roberto's shoulder, as Roberto tries to avoid the shot.
Roberto moves into range and clinches up with Tax Payer.
Tax Payer manages to break the clinch.
Tax Payer looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberto clinches up with Tax Payer and pushes him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tax Payer avoids it.
Roberto lands a right hand.
Roberto lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tax Payer misses with some punches.
Tax Payer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roberto prevents Tax Payer from breaking the clinch.
Tax Payer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roberto misses the jab.
Tax Payer appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Roberto is looking to clinch.
Roberto doesn't manage to clinch there - Tax Payer circles away.
It looked like Tax Payer wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roberto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roberto closes the distance and pushes Tax Payer back into the cage.
Roberto comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Roberto dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paulo Roberto's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Roberto closes the distance and clinches.
Roberto misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tax Payer wants to break free but Roberto has control.
Roberto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roberto swings wildly with an uppercut but Tax Payer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Roberto has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A nice left hand lands by Roberto.
Roberto tries to land knees in the clinch but Tax Payer avoids the damage to the body.
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.
Roberto prevents Tax Payer from breaking the clinch.
Roberto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tax Payer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Roberto misses with the head strike.
Roberto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Tax Payer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tax Payer tries to break free but Roberto pushes him back against the cage.
Roberto misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tax Payer lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roberto backwards.
Roberto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tax Payer tries to circle away but Roberto has him pinned against the cage.
Tax Payer lands with a right to the head.
Tax Payer throws a head punch that misses.
Tax Payer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Roberto.
Roberto working aggressively here.
Tax Payer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tax Payer lands a shoulder strike.
Paulo Roberto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Roberto lands a shoulder strike.
Tax Payer scores with a shot to the side of Roberto's head.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Tax Payer.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Tax Payer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Roberto landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Tax Payer has had enough of the clinch but Roberto keeps him there for the moment.
Roberto has a couple of punches blocked by Tax Payer.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberto lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberto lands an uppercut.
Roberto tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Roberto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tax Payer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tax Payer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Roberto rushes Tax Payer and presses him up against the cage.
Roberto prevents Tax Payer from breaking the clinch.
Tax Payer manages to break the clinch.
Roberto is looking to clinch.
Roberto cracks Tax Payer with a right hand to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Roberto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roberto doesn't manage to clinch there - Tax Payer circles away.
Tax Payer went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Roberto tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Roberto's corner calls for a 1-2. Roberto obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Roberto clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberto.
Tax Payer can't break the clinch.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Tax Payer.
Tax Payer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Roberto gets through Tax Payer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tax Payer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Roberto clinches.
Tax Payer breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roberto clinches with his opponent.
Tax Payer pushes Roberto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tax Payer breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Tax Payer tries to keep at a distance but Roberto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Tax Payer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tax Payer avoiding damage as Roberto throws knees to the body.
Roberto misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tax Payer takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tax Payer.
Tax Payer breaks the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tax Payer missing with a left hand there. Roberto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roberto closes the distance and clinches.
Tax Payer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Roberto's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roberto creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tax Payer lands a body punch.
Tax Payer wants to get back to striking at distance but Roberto won't allow it.
Tax Payer pushes Roberto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tax Payer.
A short right from Roberto.
Tax Payer dodges an elbow strike from Roberto.
Tax Payer misses with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Roberto lands an elbow inside that Tax Payer shrugs off.
Roberto tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Roberto showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paulo Roberto's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Roberto closes the distance and pushes Tax Payer back into the cage.
Finnish Tax Payer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tax Payer looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Tax Payer breaks the clinch.
Roberto closes the distance looking to clinch
and Tax Payer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Roberto rushes Tax Payer and presses him up against the cage.
Tax Payer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tax Payer is trying to force a seperation but Roberto has the dominant position.
Tax Payer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Roberto misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tax Payer tries to circle away but Roberto has him pinned against the cage.
Roberto lands with a left to the head.
Tax Payer is trying to break the clinch but Roberto is controlling him.
Tax Payer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Roberto unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tax Payer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roberto lands an elbow inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberto gets through Tax Payer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Roberto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Roberto lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Tax Payer backwards.
Tax Payer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tax Payer is trying to break the clinch but Roberto is controlling him.
A frustrated look appears on Tax Payer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Roberto scores with a shot to the side of Tax Payer's head.
Roberto working aggressively here.
Tax Payer tries to break the clinch but Roberto is controlling the position.
Tax Payer tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Roberto missing with knees to the body.
Roberto scores with a hook to the body.
Paulo Roberto is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tax Payer wants to break free but Roberto has control.
Roberto prevents Tax Payer from breaking the clinch.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Tax Payer.
Tax Payer has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tax Payer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tax Payer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tax Payer is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Roberto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tax Payer breaks from the clinch.
Tax Payer walks into a stiff left hand from Roberto.
Tax Payer keeps the fight on the outside.
Tax Payer throwing a counter right hand but Roberto manages to avoid it.
Roberto keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tax Payer.
Roberto drives through and clinches with Tax Payer against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A frustrated look appears on Tax Payer's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tax Payer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roberto keeps control of Tax Payer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tax Payer swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tax Payer misses with the head strike.
Roberto lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Tax Payer breaks the clinch.
Roberto tries to clinch up but Tax Payer circles away and keeps his distance.
Roberto takes the fight into the clinch.
Tax Payer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tax Payer is looking to break free of the clinch but Roberto has double underhooks.
Roberto keeps control of Tax Payer as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Roberto misses with the head strike.
Roberto pushes Tax Payer back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tax Payer wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Roberto throws a punch but it's blocked by Tax Payer.
Tax Payer working aggressively here.
Tax Payer tries to circle away but Roberto has him pinned against the cage.
Roberto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tax Payer backwards.
Roberto scores with a shot to the side of Tax Payer's head.
Tax Payer wants to break the clinch but can't.
Roberto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tax Payer wants to break free but Roberto has control.
Tax Payer misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roberto lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Roberto.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tax Payer blocking some punches.
Tax Payer can't find room to land a body shot as Roberto controls the action.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paulo Roberto comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Roberto winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paulo Roberto!
Paulo Roberto decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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hype
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