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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mickey Mfer (ranked 702 p4p, 1238 weight class) and Duane Souza (ranked 81 p4p, 124 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Mickey Mfer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Duane Souza!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Sergei Dronov and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mfer throws a poor cross that misses
and Souza counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Mfer has one foot on Souza's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Souza looks for a takedown but Mfer sprawls well.
Mfer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Souza tries for a takedown but Mfer circles away easily
and Mfer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mfer. Souza does a little dance to reset his feet.
Souza shoots and misses
and Mfer counters with a stiff right hand.
Mickey Mfer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duane Souza.
Mfer throws a left and a right that both miss
and Souza counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Mfer is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Souza presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mfer can't find room to land a body shot as Souza controls the action.
Mfer digs a right hand underneath Souza's ribcage. Souza let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mfer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Souza wants to take the fight to the mat but Mfer manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Mfer throws a head punch that misses.
Mfer softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mfer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Mfer has a couple of punches blocked by Souza.
Mfer tries to throw a body punch but Souza avoids it by throwing Mfer back against the cage.
Mfer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Souza.
Souza has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Mfer avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Mfer lands an uppercut.
I was talking to Mfer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nice body punch from Mfer - that landed with a thud.
Mfer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mfer pressing his opponent against the cage.
Souza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mfer struggles to land a body shot inside as Souza controls his hands.
Mfer tries to throw a body punch but Souza avoids it by throwing Mfer back against the cage.
Mfer slows down the pace here.
Souza drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mfer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Mfer gets underhooks to prevent Souza's takedown attempt.
Souza's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mfer throws a head punch that misses.
Mfer lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Souza has picked Mfer up - he's going for a ride! Souza dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Mfer avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Souza.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza thows a huge punch but Mfer dodges it nicely.
Mfer gets full guard.
Mfer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Souza.
Souza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mfer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Souza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Souza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Souza postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Souza connects with a couple of short punches.
Mfer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Souza.
Souza pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mfer is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mfer is pulling down on Souza's head. It's preventing any offense from Souza, at least for the moment.
Souza throws a big elbow that misses.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Souza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mfer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Souza content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souza throwing strikes but missing.
Souza postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mickey Mfer dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Souza fails with the takedown
and Mfer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt
and Mfer counters with a right hand to the body.
Mfer lands a right hook to the body.
Duane Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mfer jabs Souza to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Mfer misses the target.
Souza drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Mfer is looking for a sweep.
Sloppy strikes there by Souza.
Souza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mfer keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Mfer is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Souza working the strikes but Mfer uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Mfer moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Souza landing with the ground and pound.
Souza is looking to work some ground and pound but Mfer has wrist control.
Souza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Souza postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Souza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Souza throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Souza wants to pass the guard but Mfer is keeping the position.
Souza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mfer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mfer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Souza.
Souza sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mfer's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza is looking for a kimura but Mfer is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Souza to get the leverage.
Souza is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Mfer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Souza can do to turn this around?
Souza throws a strike but Mfer avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Souza throwing strikes from guard but Mfer blocks nicely.
Souza throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mfer works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Mfer stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mfer wants it to stay on the feet.
It looked like Mfer was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Souza.
Mickey Mfer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duane Souza.
Mfer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Souza paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Souza fails with the takedown
and Mfer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Mfer throws a jab but it's blocked by Souza.
Souza shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mfer defends it nicely.
Mfer tries to counter by clinching up but Souza breaks away and moves out of range.
Souza shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mfer pinned against the cage. Mfer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mfer lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mickey Mfer will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Souza with a poor takedown
and Mfer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt - Mfer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mickey Mfer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Duane Souza.
Souza throws a lazy uppercut
and Mfer counters with a left to the body.
Mfer punishes Souza's body with a nice straight punch.
Mfer scores with the left hand. Souza knows he should have avoided that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Souza is rocked!
It looks like Duane Souza has been cut.
Souza fails with the takedown
and Mfer counters with a huge overhand right that connects right on the temple, sending him crumpling, face first to the floor! This one is all over! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mickey Mfer!
Mickey Mfer is the new lightweight champion!
After winning the bout, Mickey Mfer thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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