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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jake Rodrigues (ranked 959 p4p, 581 weight class) and Stan Man (ranked 86 p4p, 53 weight class). Jake Rodrigues has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, Jake Rodrigues!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 18 - 2, fighting out of London, Stan Man!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paul Aken and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rodrigues fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Man.
Good leg kick by Rodrigues.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Man has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Man doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rodrigues connects with a single shot there.
Rodrigues slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Man has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Rodrigues.
Rodrigues throws a good cross that connects.
Rodrigues circles away from the clinch attempt.
Man has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Man there as he acknowledges the shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rodrigues.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A nice leg kick from Rodrigues, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rodrigues lands a jab.
Rodrigues clobbers Man with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rodrigues's corner calls for a 1-2. Rodrigues obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Man takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Man looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Man is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues looks to land a left hand but Man moved out of range nicely.
Man is still on wobbly legs! Can Rodrigues finish him?
Rodrigues walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Man checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Man shoots for a double leg takedown but Rodrigues sprawls well. He's pushed Man's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Man seems to have recovered his senses.
Rodrigues connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Man fails to land the takedown.
Rodrigues tried to counter with a leg kick but Man avoided it.
Rodrigues looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Man scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Man throws an elbow but Rodrigues slips to the side and avoids it well.
Rodrigues takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Man landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Rodrigues managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Man.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues defending against the ground and pound.
Rodrigues tries to buck Man off but Man is having none of it.
Rodrigues struggling a bit here.
Rodrigues is looking to reverse the position.
Man tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rodrigues is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man throwing strikes but Rodrigues manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Man sneaks back into half guard.
Rodrigues stalling.
Man is trying to stand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Man is looking to control Rodrigues's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Man avoid being mounted?
Man tries to kick Rodrigues off but Rodrigues keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Man wants to improve his position but Rodrigues is controlling well.
Man preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Rodrigues dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Rodrigues throws a nice outside leg kick.
Man tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Rodrigues defends well and Man ends up having to push Rodrigues into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Rodrigues dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Man. That did some damage!
Man takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Nice uppercut lands for Rodrigues. That snapped Man's head back.
Man shoots in looking for a takedown. Rodrigues tries to sprawl out of it but Man keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rodrigues manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rodrigues lands a lovely overhand right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick from Rodrigues, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice shot by Rodrigues.
Rodrigues lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues drops Man with a beautiful combination! Man stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Rodrigues is looking for the KO!
Rodrigues fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Man square on the jaw! Damn, Man is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jake Rodrigues!
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hype
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RATING
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