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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lewis Rocha (ranked 2647 p4p, 2110 weight class) and Freaky Max (ranked 300 p4p, 253 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Lewis Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Freaky Max!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Ren Mimura and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocha takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rocha defending well as Max loads up on a big left hand.
Rocha throwing a counter right hand but Max manages to avoid it.
Rocha slips under a jab from Max.
Max buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rocha throws a big shot that misses.
Rocha slips a jab from Max.
Rocha displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Max throws out the jab.
Max throws a good cross that connects.
Max connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rocha's hands.
Max waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rocha.
Max wants to clinch up but Rocha keeps it at a distance.
Rocha slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Max moves into range and clinches up with Rocha.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Max.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rocha lands a body punch in the clinch.
Max blocks an uppercut.
Rocha tries to throw a body punch but Max avoids it by throwing Rocha back against the cage.
Rocha scores with a shot to the side of Max's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rocha pushes Max back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rocha.
Rocha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rocha lands with a thumping leg kick.
Rocha throws a low kick, looking for Max's leg but Max calmly moves out of range.
Max uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rocha has time to react.
Rocha keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rocha avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Max moves in looking to clinch but Rocha pushes him off.
Rocha moves forwards but Max connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Max has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Freaky Max seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rocha throws a solid leg kick but Max takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rocha.
Max pushes Rocha up against the cage in a clinch.
Max displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rocha up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Rocha as the two fighters clinch.
Max stalling against the cage.
Max blocks a body shot from Rocha.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Max prevents a body shot from Rocha.
A short right from Rocha on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rocha blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rocha lands with a left to the head.
Rocha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rocha scores with a punch to the head.
Rocha throws a low kick, looking for Max's leg but Max calmly moves out of range.
Max throws out a loose jab but Rocha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rocha throws a right and a left that Max avoids nicely.
Max wants to counter with a clinch but Rocha pushes him away.
Rocha misses with a two punch combination.
Nice uppercut there from Rocha.
Max rushes Rocha and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Max blocking some punches.
Rocha wants to break free but Max has control.
Max lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rocha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Max tries to clinch but Rocha is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Max tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rocha goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rocha looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Rocha circles away from the clinch attempt.
Max pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Max thumps Rocha with a low kick.
Max misses with a looping right.
Max wants to clinch.
Rocha throws a jab but it's blocked by Max.
Rocha swings for the body but Max moves out of range.
Max tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rocha works the jab nicely.
Rocha scores with the left hand. Max knows he should have avoided that one.
Rocha blocks a head kick by Max.
Rocha thinks about countering with a head kick.
Max tries to clinch there but Rocha circles away.
Rocha lets loose with a powerful body kick. Max will feel that in the morning.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rocha. Max does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Max misses with a looping left.
Max closes the distance and pushes Rocha back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rocha is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rocha misses with a hook to the ribs.
Max misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rocha lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rocha breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Max fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Max looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A solid body kick from Rocha.
Rocha scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
It looks like Freaky Max has been cut.
Max throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Max throws a sloppy head kick and Rocha moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick lands from Rocha.
A telegraphed right hand from Rocha misses the target.
Sloppy strikes from Rocha. Those never looked like landing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lewis Rocha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Freaky Max's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Max takes one to the side of the head.
Rocha scores with a leg kick.
Rocha fails to land with a series of punches.
Max cracks Rocha with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rocha connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Max momentarily.
Max thuds his right hand into Rocha's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Max takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Max misses with a low kick.
Max has Rocha up against the cage in a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Rocha scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Max blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lewis Rocha has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Max taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Max keeps control of Rocha as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Max swings wildly with an uppercut but Rocha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rocha misses with a punch on the inside.
Rocha misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Maxs head.
Rocha scores with a shoulder strike.
Max leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rocha manages to break the clinch.
Max misses with a hook.
Max tries to clinch but Rocha is having none of it.
Rocha tries a head kick but it misses.
Max misses with a double jab.
Max closes the distance and pushes Rocha back into the cage.
Rocha lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Max or not.
Rocha working hard to break the clinch.
Max tries to work over Rocha's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rocha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Max finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rocha is looking to counter punch.
A head kick by Max misses
and Rocha counters with a straight right hand.
Rocha is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Max can do to turn this around?
Max tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Max tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Max throws a head kick but Rocha moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Max throws an overhand right that lands on Rocha's shoulder, as Rocha tries to avoid the shot.
Max throws a leg kick that is checked
and Rocha counters with a leg kick.
Rocha dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Max. That did some damage!
Max on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Max avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Max ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rocha moves away.
Max fails in his attempt to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Rocha misses the target.
Rocha throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Max on the side of the head.
Max takes the fight into the clinch.
Rocha lands with a light punch inside.
Rocha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Max backwards.
Rocha lands an uppercut.
Max prevents a body shot from Rocha.
Nice body punch from Rocha - that landed with a thud.
Max can't find room to land a body shot as Rocha controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Rocha does no damage.
Rocha is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Max throws a jab when Rocha was well out of range.
Rocha checks a leg kick.
Rocha checks the leg kick nicely there.
Max blocks a low kick nicely.
Max fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rocha, pushing him back against the cage.
Max lands a hook that snaps the head of Rocha backwards.
Rocha misses with the head strike.
Max stalling the fight.
Max misses with a body punch.
Rocha stalling.
Rocha throws a head punch that misses.
Rocha tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rocha lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Max.
Rocha blocks a body shot from Max.
Max blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Max backwards.
A bit of stalling here from Max.
Rocha has a couple of punches blocked by Max.
Max misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rocha's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rocha throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Max.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rocha scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Max tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rocha paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Max tries to move into range but Rocha moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rocha blocks a head kick by Max.
Rocha lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Rocha dips to his left and cracks Max with an uppercut!
A jab from Max misses.
Rocha uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Max.
A lazy left from Rocha finds it's target.
Rocha throws a hook to the side of Max's head but Max sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rocha misses with a jab, cross combination.
Max tries to counter with a clinch but Rocha shakes him off and moves away.
Max stalks Rocha and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Rocha's face. Rocha staggers backwards, shaken.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lewis Rocha dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Freaky Max's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Max takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Freaky Max has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
It looks like Lewis Rocha has been cut.
Rocha is looking to land body kicks.
The fight stays on the outside here - Max looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lewis Rocha is winning the standup battle so far.
Rocha lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Max takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Max tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rocha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Max rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Rocha to counter with a crisp jab.
Max bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rocha misses with a head kick.
Rocha slips under a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rocha with a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Rocha there.
A head kick misses from Max.
Max misses with a straight right.
Max throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Max takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Max has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Max there as he acknowledges the shot.
Max finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice body punch from Rocha.
Rocha throws out a powerful jab.
Rocha throws a body kick that misses.
Max takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Max tries to clinch
letting Rocha counter with a right hand.
Max has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rocha.
Rocha goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Max stuns Rocha with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rocha uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Max.
Rocha looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Max throws a jab when Rocha was well out of range.
Max throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Max swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rocha.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Max lands.
Max cracks Rocha with a good jab.
Max takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Max shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Max tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rocha was well out of range. Poor timing from Max.
Rocha lands with an overhand left.
Rocha avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Max clinches with his opponent.
Rocha tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Max misses with a short punch on the inside.
Max has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rocha misses with a punch to the body.
Rocha throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Maxs head.
Max struggles to land a body shot inside as Rocha controls his hands.
Max stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rocha lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rocha lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Max backwards.
Max blocks a body shot from Rocha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rocha working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Max tries to throw a body punch but Rocha avoids it by throwing Max back against the cage.
Max prevents a body shot from Rocha.
Rocha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Max fails with an attempt to clinch.
Max's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Max walks into a left hand.
Max throws a jab but it's blocked by Rocha.
Rocha misses with a straight right.
Max tries to counter with a clinch but Rocha shakes him off and moves away.
Rocha scores with a punch to the head.
Max misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rocha.
Rocha scores with a shot to the body.
Max swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rocha throws a nice head kick!
Max throws a sloppy head kick and Rocha moves out of range easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rocha gets tackled into the cage by Max. Max maintains the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Max lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rocha backwards.
Rocha can't find room to land a body shot as Max controls the action.
Rocha wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rocha tries to throw a body punch but Max avoids it by throwing Rocha back against the cage.
Rocha makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rocha fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Max lands a left hand.
Max lands a hook that snaps the head of Rocha backwards.
The referee calls for Max to work.
Max blocks an uppercut.
Max displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rocha up against the cage.
Rocha pushes Max back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Max scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rocha scores with a shoulder strike.
Lewis Rocha is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Max tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rocha's elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lewis Rocha showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rocha has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lewis Rocha!
A victorious Lewis Rocha thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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