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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Richarlison (ranked 620 p4p, 480 weight class) and Thufir Hawat (ranked 78 p4p, 64 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
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Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Chris Richarlison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 29 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thufir Hawat!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richarlison lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
It looks like Thufir Hawat has been cut.
Richarlison tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hawat was well out of range. Poor timing from Richarlison.
Richarlison lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Richarlison bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Richarlison has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hawat.
Hawat connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A solid body kick from Hawat.
Hawat lands with a kick to the temple. Richarlison shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Richarlison drives through and clinches with Hawat against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richarlison misses with some punches.
Richarlison misses with a hook from the clinch.
Richarlison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hawat misses with some punches.
Richarlison has Hawat pushed against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Richarlison fails to land.
Richarlison misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Richarlison.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richarlison avoiding damage.
Richarlison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Richarlison creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Richarlison throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hawats head.
Richarlison lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hawat backwards.
Richarlison misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Richarlison fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Richarlison fails to land.
Richarlison working aggressively here.
Hawat wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Richarlison has him pressed against the cage.
Richarlison swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Richarlison lands a right hand.
Richarlison swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawat uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Hawat.
Richarlison throws a head punch that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Richarlison creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Richarlison lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Richarlison has Hawat pressed against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Richarlison.
Richarlison makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Hawat blocking some punches.
Hawat takes a shot to the head.
Richarlison misses with a short punch on the inside.
Richarlison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hawat manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawat lands a nice leg kick that just misses Richarlison's sensitive parts.
Hawat misses with a looping right.
Richarlison throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Richarlison shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Richarlison slips under a jab.
Hawat scores with a jab to the jaw.
A leg kick checked by Richarlison.
Richarlison looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hawat uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Richarlison.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Richarlison checks a leg kick.
Richarlison throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hawat with the inside leg kick.
Hawat avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Richarlison throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hawat. That's going to slow Richarlison down.
Richarlison takes the fight into the clinch.
Hawat blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hawat.
Richarlison swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawat has Richarlison pushed against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hawat.
A head punch on the inside from Hawat fails to land.
Richarlison taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Richarlison misses with a punch on the inside.
Hawat blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Richarlison misses with a punch on the inside.
Richarlison lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Richarlison stalling the fight.
Richarlison blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Richarlison dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thufir Hawat'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.
Richarlison connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Richarlison is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hawat can do to turn this around?
Hawat takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Richarlison swings for the body but Hawat moves out of range.
Richarlison checks a leg kick nicely.
Richarlison slips under a jab from Hawat.
Richarlison checks a leg kick.
Hawat scores with a decent looking hook.
Hawat slips under a jab.
It seemed like Hawat was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hawat moves out of range as Richarlison strikes.
Richarlison is looking to clinch.
It seemed like Hawat was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Richarlison misses with a straight left.
Hawat lands a front kick.
Richarlison throws a jab but it's blocked by Hawat.
Richarlison thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hawat walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Richarlison just misses with a punch to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Richarlison looks to score with a jab to the body but Hawat is just out of range.
Hawat throws a shot to the body.
Richarlison gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawat just leaning against Richarlison, taking a breather.
Hawat blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Richarlison.
Hawat misses with the head strike.
Richarlison's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Richarlison working aggressively here.
Richarlison is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hawat blocking some punches.
Richarlison lands with a left to the head.
Richarlison scores with a shoulder strike.
Richarlison lands a right hand.
Richarlison stalling.
Hawat is trying to break the clinch but Richarlison has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hawat wants to stall.
Hawat blocking some punches.
Richarlison fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hawat.
Richarlison swings wildly with an uppercut but Hawat uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hawat misses with the head strike.
Richarlison throws a punch but it's blocked by Hawat.
Hawat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Richarlison.
Richarlison lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richarlison has a couple of punches blocked by Hawat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richarlison is struggling to control the position.
Hawat takes a shot to the head.
Richarlison is pushing Hawat up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Richarlison.
Hawat misses with a punch to the body.
Richarlison throws a head punch that misses.
Richarlison throws a head punch that misses.
Hawat blocking some punches.
Richarlison misses with some punches.
Hawat breaks the clinch.
Richarlison throws a right hand that Hawat ducks under and follows up with a left that Hawat also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hawat throws a leg kick but Richarlison moved away.
A shot to the liver by Hawat. Beautiful body shot.
Richarlison slips under a jab from Hawat.
Hawat misses with a few strikes there.
Hawat throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A clash of legs there as Richarlison blocks the low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hawat.
Nice defenses there by Hawat.
Hawat lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hawat lands with an overhand left.
Richarlison checks a low kick from Hawat.
Hawat walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hawat throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Richarlison tries to score with a low kick but Hawat moves his leg out of the way.
A cross from Richarlison lands.
Hawat swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Richarlison throws a leg kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Hawat on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Hawat lands with a straight right. Richarlison didn't see that one coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Richarlison dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thufir Hawat'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Richarlison fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hawat manages to avoid it.
Chris Richarlison is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Richarlison misses with an uppercut. Hawat saw that one coming.
Hawat throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hawat scoring well with a low kick there.
Thufir Hawat seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Richarlison moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Hawat throws a leg kick but Richarlison checks it.
Richarlison turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Richarlison throws a good cross that connects.
Richarlison slips a straight right by Hawat.
Richarlison uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hawat.
Richarlison pushes Hawat up against the cage in a clinch.
Richarlison lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hawat.
Richarlison throws a punch but it's blocked by Hawat.
Chris Richarlison has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hawat slows down the pace here.
Hawat working aggressively here.
Hawat fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thufir Hawat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hawat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hawat swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hawat has had enough of the clinch but Richarlison keeps him there for the moment.
Richarlison stalls.
Richarlison scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawat doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hawat is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Richarlison is defending well for now.
Hawat blocking some punches.
Hawat misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Richarlison pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hawat holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Hawat misses with a punch on the inside.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hawat is looking to break free of the clinch but Richarlison has double underhooks.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chris Richarlison.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Richarlison, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Richarlison!
Chris Richarlison bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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