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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Gaspar (ranked 1532 p4p, 1785 weight class) and Maurice Boma (ranked 190 p4p, 215 weight class). Gaspar comes to the cage accompanied by Narco. Maurice Boma has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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190 cm 31 215 12 - 7 - 0 |
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195 cm 28 214 6 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler Lethal high kicks Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Gaspar! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Maurice Boma! The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! The fight stays on the outside here - Gaspar looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Gaspar punishes Boma's body with a nice straight punch. Gaspar is looking to clinch. Gaspar tries to close the distance and clinch but Boma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Gaspar forces Boma back against the cage and clinches. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gaspar. Boma is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. Boma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Boma lands a body punch in the clinch. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Gaspar lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Boma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gaspar gets through Boma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Gaspar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Gaspar throws a punch but it's blocked by Boma. Gaspar tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Gaspar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bomas head.
 That's one minute gone in the round. A head punch on the inside from Gaspar fails to land. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Gaspar throws a head punch that misses. A head punch on the inside from Boma fails to land. A head punch blocked on the inside by Boma. Gaspar misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Gaspar. Boma trying to control the position but instead, Gaspar has worked for underhooks and has pushed Boma into the cage. Boma blocks an uppercut.
Gaspar takes a shot to the head. Gaspar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bomas head. Boma throws a head punch that misses. Boma lands with a left to the head. A short right hand to the side of the head by Gaspar. Boma misses with a hook from the clinch. Boma makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. Gaspar misses with a short punch on the inside. Gaspar misses with a short punch on the inside. Gaspar lands a body shot. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Gaspar has a couple of punches blocked by Boma.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Boma throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gaspars head. A short body shot lands from Gaspar as the two fighters clinch.
Boma swings wildly with an uppercut but Gaspar uses good head movement to avoid it. Gaspar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boma misses with a punch to the body.
Gaspar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boma backwards. Gaspar lands with a short shot to the head. Boma blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gaspar has a couple of punches blocked by Boma.
Gaspar lands a nice uppercut. Gaspar pushes Boma back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Boma misses with the head strike.
Gaspar misses with a short punch on the inside. Boma misses with a hook from the clinch. Boma just leaning against Gaspar, taking a breather. Boma lands on the inside with an uppercut. Boma tries to work over Gaspar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Boma misses with a punch on the inside.
Boma tries to stall but Gaspar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Boma swings wildly with an uppercut but Gaspar uses good head movement to avoid it. Gaspar misses with a punch to the body.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Boma blocking some punches.
Gaspar lands with a left to the head. Gaspar digs a right hand into Boma's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Boma's gas tank. Boma blocks an elbow strike from Gaspar.
Gaspar scores with a shot to the side of Boma's head. Boma softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Gaspar misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boma. Boma blocking some punches.
Boma blocks a body shot from Gaspar. Gaspar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Boma working aggressively here.
Gaspar misses with a punch on the inside.
Boma lands with a light punch inside. Boma blocks an uppercut.
Gaspar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boma blocks an uppercut.
I was talking to Gaspar's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Gaspar scores with a nice hook to the head. Boma lands with a short head shot on the inside. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Gaspar pushes Boma back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Gaspar pushes Boma back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. Boma prevents a body shot from Gaspar. Gaspar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Boma or not. Gaspar gets through Boma's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. A short right hand to the side of the head by Gaspar. A left hand lands to the body for Gaspar.
Gaspar throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bomas head. A left hand lands to the body for Gaspar.
Boma looks winded! Boma throws a punch but it's blocked by Gaspar. Gaspar misses with a body punch.
Gaspar tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Gaspar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boma misses with a punch on the inside.
Gaspar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Gaspar lands on the inside with an uppercut. Gaspar scores with a shoulder strike. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Gaspar lands with a short shot to the head. Boma misses with some punches.
Boma misses with the head strike.
Gaspar misses with some punches.
Gaspar lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Boma backwards. Boma swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Gaspar dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Gaspar has his takedown stuffed and Boma counters with a low kick, right behind Gaspar 's knee. Boma lands a jab. Gaspar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Boma can do to turn this around? Boma lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Nice defenses there by Gaspar. Gaspar takes a head kick and keeps coming.
 It looks like Pablo Gaspar has been cut. Boma steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gaspar. That one must have hurt. Gaspar digs a good body shot into Boma's ribs. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Gaspar doesn't manage to clinch there - Boma circles away.
Gaspar takes the fight into the clinch. Boma misses with some punches.
Boma blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boma misses with a shot to the kidneys.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Boma lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gaspar or not. Gaspar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Boma is breathing heavily. A head punch on the inside from Boma fails to land. Gaspar gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head. Boma misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boma is trying to stall.
Gaspar lands a body shot in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gaspar. Gaspar blocks a body shot from Boma. Pablo Gaspar has scored more points in the clinch so far. Gaspar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gaspar swings wildly with an uppercut but Boma uses good head movement to avoid it. Gaspar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Gaspar on the inside. Gaspar has a couple of punches blocked by Boma.
Boma tries to throw a body punch but Gaspar avoids it by throwing Boma back against the cage. Both fighters working to control the clinch. Both guys are working to get underhooks. Gaspar lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Boma backwards. Gaspar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Boma tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Gaspar blocking some punches.
A short uppercut from Gaspar. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A head punch blocked on the inside by Boma. Boma is looking to control Gaspar's arms but Gaspar gets an underhook and turns him. Now Boma has his back to the cage. Gaspar misses with a punch on the inside.
Gaspar swings wildly with an uppercut but Boma uses good head movement to avoid it. Boma misses with some punches.
Boma tries to stall but Gaspar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gaspar lands an elbow that stopped Boma in his tracks for a moment. Boma prevents a body shot from Gaspar. Boma misses with the head strike.
Boma working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gaspar. Boma takes a shot to the head. Gaspar working some nice short punches in the clinch. Gaspar lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
 Boma is rocked! Nice body punch from Gaspar - that landed with a thud.
Boma is still on wobbly legs! Can Gaspar finish him? A hook to the body from Gaspar.
Boma seems to have recovered his senses. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gaspar.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. A right handed body shot lands from Gaspar.
Gaspar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Gaspar lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gaspar is working Boma over against the cage. Boma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Gaspar stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Gaspar digs a right hand underneath Boma's ribcage. Boma let out a lung full of air as it connected. Boma takes a shot to the head. Gaspar lands a body punch. Gaspar lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Boma or not. Gaspar throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Boma takes an elbow to the temple. Gaspar lands on the inside with an uppercut. Gaspar makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Gaspar struggles to land a body shot inside as Boma controls his hands.
Gaspar pushes Boma against the cage. Gaspar is working some dirty boxing. Gaspar pushes off with a quick right hook! Boma goes down! Boma tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Gaspar moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Gaspar! Pablo Gaspar very nearly forgot to thank HARDTACK 160Q Fuel Your Fight! amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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