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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kieran Chan (ranked 3520 p4p, 3756 weight class) and Denzel Rosales (ranked 356 p4p, 371 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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5 - 1 - 0 |
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BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kieran Chan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Denzel Rosales!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosales takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Chan scores with a shot to the body.
Rosales lands with a nice body punch.
Rosales lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Chan moves forwards but Rosales connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rosales throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Chan on the side of the head.
Rosales scores with a jab. Chan acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Chan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rosales.
Chan walks into a jab.
Rosales lands with a good body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rosales pushes Chan up against the cage in a clinch.
Rosales lands a hook that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
Rosales working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rosales misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rosales has Chan pressed against the cage.
Rosales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A hook to the body from Rosales.
Rosales has a couple of punches blocked by Chan.
Rosales's coach down at Xtreme Fighting Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Rosales's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Rosales fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Rosales misses with a punch on the inside.
Rosales has a couple of punches blocked by Chan.
Rosales lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosales misses with a body punch.
Rosales misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rosales misses with a short punch on the inside.
Chan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Still in the clinch, Rosales scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rosales swings wildly with an uppercut but Chan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosales throws a punch but it's blocked by Chan.
Chan blocking some punches.
Rosales lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rosales creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rosales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rosales swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Rosales.
Chan misses with a body punch.
Chan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rosales lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
Rosales working aggressively here.
Chan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rosales throws a head punch that misses.
Rosales has Chan pressed against the cage, preventing Chan from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rosales misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rosales working aggressively here.
Chan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Rosales fails to land.
Chan is trying to break the clinch but Rosales has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosales is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Chan blocking some punches.
Rosales doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rosales has a couple of punches blocked by Chan.
Chan breaks the clinch.
Rosales stuns Chan with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chan seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rosales throws a hook to the side of Chan's head but Chan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
It looked like Chan was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Rosales.
Rosales throws a big shot that misses.
Rosales lands a nice looking body shot.
Rosales tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Chan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danga de danga de dang - Rosales scores with a four punch combination!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Denzel Rosales dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Chan.
Rosales throws out a counter right but Chan avoids it with no problem.
Rosales lands a jab to the head.
Rosales with a hook.
Rosales tests Chan's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A jab lands there for Rosales.
Chan throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rosales pushes Chan up against the cage in a clinch.
Rosales working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Chan dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chan.
Chan blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Rosales misses with the head strike.
Rosales lands a left hand that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
Chan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rosales swings wildly with an uppercut but Chan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosales has a couple of punches blocked by Chan.
Chan pushes Rosales back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chan blocks an uppercut.
Chan prevents a body shot from Rosales.
Chan is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Chan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rosales swings wildly with an uppercut but Chan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosales blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rosales misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rosales lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Rosales fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosales lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rosales misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rosales can't find room to land a body shot as Chan controls the action.
Chan tries to throw a body punch but Rosales avoids it by throwing Chan back against the cage.
Rosales misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rosales.
Chan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Rosales fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rosales misses with a punch on the inside.
Rosales swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rosales throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosales tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Chan blocking some punches.
Chan is trying to force a seperation but Rosales has the dominant position.
Rosales misses with the head strike.
Rosales swings wildly with an uppercut but Chan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosales lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chan.
Chan drags the fight down to the ground.
Rosales is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Rosales wants to control from the top but Chan keeps moving.
Chan pulls Rosales in to control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Denzel Rosales showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A swing and a miss from Rosales.
A quick step to the side and Chan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chan misses with a two punch combination.
Rosales with a jab.
Chan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Chan is defended easily by Rosales.
Chan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chan takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Chan throws the left hand but Rosales avoids the punch easily.
Chan takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Denzel Rosales seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan tries to move into range but Rosales moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rosales might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Rosales clobbers Chan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rosales lands a head shot.
Chan takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Chan tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rosales was well out of range. Poor timing from Chan.
Rosales scores with a nice head shot.
Rosales lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Chan missing with a left hand there. Rosales was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rosales cracks Chan with an open hand slap.
Chan takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chan fails with the takedown
and Rosales counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Denzel Rosales seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rosales lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Chan at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosales scores with a jab to the head.
Rosales has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rosales lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Rosales lands a really nice looking cross but Chan seems unphased.
Rosales is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kieran Chan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Chan takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chan tries to keep at a distance but Rosales has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rosales lands a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rosales being controlled against the cage.
Rosales makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosales scores with a shoulder strike.
It looks like Kieran Chan has been cut.
Rosales fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rosales has Chan pushed against the cage.
Rosales lands with a left to the head.
Rosales swings wildly with an uppercut but Chan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chan misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rosales.
Rosales swings wildly with an uppercut but Chan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosales misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan has had enough of the clinch but Rosales keeps him there for the moment.
Rosales lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chan backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rosales.
Rosales misses with the head strike.
Chan avoiding damage.
Chan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Denzel Rosales seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Chan tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Chan blocks an uppercut.
Chan looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rosales lands a right hand.
Rosales misses with a punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A body shot lands from Chan.
Rosales scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rosales.
And that's the end of the fight!
Denzel Rosales comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rosales winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Denzel Rosales!
Denzel Rosales thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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