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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Max Powers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rama Chulalongkorn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Chulalongkorn's choice of entrance music: "Sagat's Theme," by Takayuki Aihara. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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240 lbs
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190 cm
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230 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Max Powers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rama Chulalongkorn!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powers throws a right and a left that both miss.
Chulalongkorn fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Powers is out of range.
Powers throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chulalongkorn's waist but Chulalongkorn gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Powers off to one side.
The fight stays on the outside here - Powers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Chulalongkorn stuffs the takedown.
Chulalongkorn throws a big shot that misses.
Chulalongkorn throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chulalongkorn throws a hook to the side of Powers's head but Powers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chulalongkorn lands a head kick!
It looks like Max Powers has been cut.
Powers changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Chulalongkorn looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powers wants to control but Chulalongkorn is keeping him busy.
Powers tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Powers has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Powers wants to control but Chulalongkorn is keeping him busy.
Powers looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Chulalongkorn parries the strikes from Powers easily there. Powers is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Chulalongkorn to escape.
Chulalongkorn is trying to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Chulalongkorn's face as Powers controls the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Powers shoots in but Chulalongkorn avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Max Powers. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chulalongkorn lands a head kick that stumbles Powers and the fighters go to the mat.
Powers is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powers working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Chulalongkorn has passed into half guard!
Oh Powers is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Powers seems to have got his legs back now.
Powers has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Chulalongkorn is working away from the top position though.
Chulalongkorn looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Powers makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Powers.
Powers looking for subs off his back but Chulalongkorn has passed one foot through into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Powers is looking to get back to full guard here but Chulalongkorn has managed to pass to side control instead.
Chulalongkorn controlling from mount.
Chulalongkorn's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rama Chulalongkorn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Max Powers's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Chulalongkorn defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Powers.
Ohhhhhhhhhh, brutal head kick from Chulalongkorn! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Rama Chulalongkorn!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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