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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joey Tuffnuts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Charles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the ring it seems that Joey Tuffnuts has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Joey Tuffnuts seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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223 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
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190 cm
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215 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joey Tuffnuts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ray Charles!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Matheus Silva and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Charles throws out a loose jab but Tuffnuts uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tuffnuts slips a straight right by Charles.
Tuffnuts scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Tuffnuts with the ground and pound but Charles uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Tuffnuts thows a big elbow that misses.
Charles looking to control.
Charles avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Charles controls Tuffnuts momentarily but Tuffnuts frees himself.
Tuffnuts sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Charles's guard.
Tuffnuts is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Charles wants to get back to full guard.
Charles wants to control but Tuffnuts is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Charles has his hands clasped together around Tuffnuts's back. He's all about the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles tries to get to full guard but Tuffnuts has control of the leg.
Tuffnuts thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Charles's head.
Tuffnuts seems to be working for a kimura but Charles defends the submission attempt.
Charles avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Tuffnuts.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tuffnuts slips under a jab.
Charles misses with a wild body shot.
Charles sends Tuffnuts crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Charles is motioning to the referee to let Tuffnuts up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Tuffnuts is rocked!
It looks like Joey Tuffnuts has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tuffnuts looks to land a right hand but Charles moved out of range.
Tuffnuts defending well as Charles loads up on a big left hand.
Tuffnuts closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Charles to the mat! Charles manages to get full guard.
Charles looking for a sweep. Not yet Charles, not yet.
Charles looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Tuffnuts has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Charles working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tuffnuts.
Tuffnuts working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tuffnuts is looking to work some ground and pound but Charles has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles wants to sweep but no luck.
Charles manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Charles looking to control but Tuffnuts is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Tuffnuts wants to control but Charles is having none of it.
Tuffnuts is looking to improve his position but Charles isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Charles takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Charles avoids the attempt from Tuffnuts to control.
Charles controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tuffnuts wants to control but Charles is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Charles dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joey Tuffnuts's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Tuffnuts is trying hard to land a takedown here. Charles sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tuffnuts looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Charles wants to clinch.
Charles jabbing away but nothing is landing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Charles scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Tuffnuts doesn't seem bothered though.
Charles misses with a hook. Tuffnuts ducked under it nicely.
Tuffnuts ducks under a wild hook from Charles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tuffnuts shoots in for a double leg but Charles sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joey Tuffnuts. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tuffnuts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Charles.
Tuffnuts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Charles misses the body punch
and Tuffnuts counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Charles is trying to stand up here but Tuffnuts is controlling him well.
Tuffnuts seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Charles does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tuffnuts throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Charles desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Charles has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tuffnuts is working away from the top position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Charles regains full guard. Nicely done.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Charles holds on and takes a little breather.
Charles looking for a sweep. Not yet Charles, not yet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Charles can do anything to dispel that myth.
Charles seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Tuffnuts will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Tuffnuts passes into half guard.
Tuffnuts really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Tuffnuts sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Tuffnuts punching from mount but Charles doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Tuffnuts avoids the attempt from Charles to control.
Tuffnuts has hold of Charles's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Charles manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
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.
Tuffnuts prevents Charles from getting the reversal.
Tuffnuts lands a big shot there that rocks Charles but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Tuffnuts tries to control but Charles wriggling away.
Charles in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tuffnuts avoids the attempt from Charles to control.
Charles holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Tuffnuts tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Charles manages to regain half guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Joey Tuffnuts will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Joey Tuffnuts's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Charles looks to land a right hand but Tuffnuts moved out of range.
Charles clinches up with Tuffnuts and pushes him back against the ropes.
Charles taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Charles lands a shot to the body.
Charles wants to break free but Tuffnuts has control.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Charles.
Tuffnuts wants to stall.
Charles manages to break the clinch.
Tuffnuts avoids the body shot from Charles.
Tuffnuts shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Charles defends it nicely.
Charles tries to clinch but Tuffnuts moves away
and Tuffnuts counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Charles is looking for a sweep. Tuffnuts is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tuffnuts wants to work for an arm triangle but Charles is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Charles controlling the position well.
Charles is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Tuffnuts is looking to advance position but Charles won't allow it.
Tuffnuts throws a strike but Charles avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Tuffnuts stopping the sweep attempt from Charles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tuffnuts throws a big right hand that misses.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Tuffnuts drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Charles trying to keep a closed guard but Tuffnuts is proving a slippery customer.
Charles might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Tuffnuts kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Charles really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tuffnuts. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tuffnuts keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Charles's head.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Charles working a defensive guard here.
Tuffnuts wants to control from the top but Charles keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Charles pulls Tuffnuts in close to prevent any damage.
Charles working a defensive guard here.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nice defenses there by Tuffnuts.
Charles throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tuffnuts throws a series of punches but Charles moves out of range.
Charles throws a big shot that misses.
Charles thuds a left hand into Tuffnuts's body.
Charles throws an overhand right that lands on Tuffnuts's shoulder, as Tuffnuts tries to avoid the shot.
Tuffnuts avoids the body shot from Charles.
Charles throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tuffnuts defending well as Charles loads up on a big left hand.
Charles throws a body punch but Tuffnuts moves out of range.
Charles pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ray Charles seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Charles digs a good body shot into Tuffnuts's ribs.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ray Charles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Charles has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 28:29
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ray Charles!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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