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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Roberto (ranked 108 p4p, 218 weight class) and Magnificent Chulalongkorn (ranked 10 p4p, 27 weight class). Roberto comes into the arena with Samba de Roda blaring out of the sound system. Paulo Roberto could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Magnificent Chulalongkorn's chin.
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25 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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 23 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paulo Roberto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnificent Chulalongkorn!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberto has closed the distance and engaged Chulalongkorn in a clinch.
Chulalongkorn tries to pull guard but Roberto won't allow it.
A short right from Roberto.
A head punch on the inside from Chulalongkorn fails to land.
Roberto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roberto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chulalongkorn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chulalongkorn scores with a shoulder strike.
Roberto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Roberto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Roberto unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Chulalongkorn tries to pull guard but Roberto won't allow it.
Chulalongkorn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chulalongkorn cracks Roberto with a nice body shot.
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
Roberto misses with some punches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Roberto creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Roberto landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Roberto throws a head punch that misses.
Chulalongkorn tries to work over Roberto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Roberto misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chulalongkorn lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chulalongkorn tries to pull guard but Roberto forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Paulo Roberto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Magnificent Chulalongkorn.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberto lands with a right to the head.
Chulalongkorn throws a punch but it's blocked by Roberto.
Chulalongkorn digs a right hand into Roberto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Roberto's gas tank.
Roberto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chulalongkorn tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Roberto blocking some punches.
Roberto pushes Chulalongkorn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Roberto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chulalongkorns head.
Chulalongkorn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Roberto smiles and moves away.
Roberto has Chulalongkorn up against the cage in a clinch.
Chulalongkorn lands a right hand.
Chulalongkorn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roberto trying to land knees to the body.
Chulalongkorn manages to pull guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberto gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Chulalongkorn gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Chulalongkorn tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Roberto smiles and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberto tries to clinch but Chulalongkorn is having none of it.
A little jabbing left from Chulalongkorn on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A combination from Chulalongkorn does no damage.
Chulalongkorn rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Roberto moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Chulalongkorn throws a series of punches but Roberto moves out of range.
Chulalongkorn fails to land with a series of punches.
Roberto is looking to clinch.
Roberto has taken the fight to the clinch.
Roberto misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberto.
Roberto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chulalongkorn throws a head punch that misses.
Chulalongkorn avoids a wild elbow strike from Roberto.
Chulalongkorn throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Robertos head.
A left hand lands to the body for Chulalongkorn.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chulalongkorn misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Roberto is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chulalongkorn blocks an uppercut.
Chulalongkorn fails to pull guard.
Chulalongkorn stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Chulalongkorn.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberto lands an elbow just above Chulalongkorn 's eye.
Chulalongkorn misses with the head strike.
Chulalongkorn misses with a punch on the inside.
Chulalongkorn fails to pull guard.
Roberto lands a hook that snaps the head of Chulalongkorn backwards.
Roberto lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chulalongkorn backwards.
Chulalongkorn doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Chulalongkorn is trying to pull guard but Roberto has him pressed against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chulalongkorn.
Chulalongkorn misses with a body punch.
Roberto pushes Chulalongkorn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Roberto.
Chulalongkorn misses with some punches.
Roberto swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roberto.
A short left from Chulalongkorn.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Roberto scores with a nice hook to the head.
Chulalongkorn tries a body shot but Roberto blocks it.
Chulalongkorn swings wildly with an uppercut but Roberto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Roberto scores a nice knee to the body.
Chulalongkorn looks winded!
Roberto blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberto lands a left hand.
Roberto lands an elbow that stopped Chulalongkorn in his tracks for a moment.
Roberto swings wildly with an uppercut but Chulalongkorn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chulalongkorn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Roberto just stands there and leans against the cage.
Roberto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Roberto scores a nice knee to the body.
Chulalongkorn is trying to pull guard but Roberto turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Chulalongkorn tries to pull guard but Roberto holds him up against the cage and eventually Chulalongkorn drops back down to his feet.
Chulalongkorn has a couple of punches blocked by Roberto.
Roberto misses with a hook from the clinch.
Chulalongkorn pushes Roberto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Chulalongkorn misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Roberto.
Roberto lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good body shot from Roberto.
Chulalongkorn takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice body punch from Roberto - that landed with a thud.
Roberto lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Roberto creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Chulalongkorn's defenses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paulo Roberto dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Chulalongkorn throws a right hand that Roberto ducks under and follows up with a left that Roberto also avoids with ease.
Roberto seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Roberto tries to clinch up.
Roberto tries to clinch but Chulalongkorn is having none of it.
Magnificent Chulalongkorn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roberto instigates a clinch.
Roberto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Chulalongkorn managing to block the knees to the body from Roberto.
Chulalongkorn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Roberto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chulalongkorns head.
Roberto swings wildly with an uppercut but Chulalongkorn uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chulalongkorn fails to pull guard.
Chulalongkorn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chulalongkorn jumps guard.
Roberto has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Chulalongkorn is proving hard to escape from.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chulalongkorn is working an open guard so Roberto takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roberto connects with the punch.
Chulalongkorn closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Chulalongkorn closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Chulalongkorn struggles to land a body shot inside as Roberto controls his hands.
Roberto gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chulalongkorn lands a nice shot to the body.
Roberto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roberto fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Roberto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chulalongkorn is rocked!
Chulalongkorn gets control of Roberto's arms and successfully pulls guard. Chulalongkorn will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Chulalongkorn is still in real trouble! Can Roberto finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chulalongkorn looking for a guillotine here but Roberto defends easily.
Chulalongkorn seems to have recovered his senses.
Roberto gets to his feet - Chulalongkorn follows without any prompting.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roberto closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roberto.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roberto.
Chulalongkorn tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Roberto just stands there and leans against the cage.
Chulalongkorn misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberto.
Chulalongkorn can't find room to land a body shot as Roberto controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Roberto fails to land.
Roberto blocks a body shot from Chulalongkorn.
Roberto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chulalongkorn.
Chulalongkorn takes an elbow to the temple.
Roberto misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chulalongkorn.
Knees in the clinch landing for Roberto.
Chulalongkorn is breathing heavily.
Roberto misses with the head strike.
Roberto blocks a body shot from Chulalongkorn.
Roberto lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Magnificent Chulalongkorn has been cut.
Roberto's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chulalongkorn tries to throw a body punch but Roberto avoids it by throwing Chulalongkorn back against the cage.
Roberto tries to land a knee to the head but Chulalongkorn blocks with his arms.
Roberto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chulalongkorn has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Roberto uses from the top position.
Roberto decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Chulalongkorn, up you get!
Roberto doesn't manage to clinch there - Chulalongkorn circles away.
Chulalongkorn gets tackled into the cage by Roberto. Roberto maintains the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberto.
A body shot lands from Roberto.
Roberto throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Chulalongkorns head.
A right handed body shot lands from Roberto.
Roberto crunches a lovely knee into Chulalongkorn's ribcage.
Roberto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Roberto lands a right hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roberto.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberto lands with a short shot to the head.
Roberto lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Chulalongkorn backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roberto.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Roberto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Roberto lands a shot to the body.
Roberto lands a nice uppercut.
Roberto missing with knees to the body.
Roberto working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Roberto lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Chulalongkorn to his knees! Roberto keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paulo Roberto!
Paulo Roberto bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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hype
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