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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Franklyn Hilfinger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Blade (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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200 lbs
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204 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Franklyn Hilfinger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rafael Blade!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Luis Engracia and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hilfinger avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blade shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hilfinger but Hilfinger pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Horrible takedown by Blade or perhaps it was just good defense by Hilfinger which made him look bad.
Hilfinger scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hilfinger wants to lay and pray for a moment but Blade keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blade is looking for a sweep.
Hilfinger working the head and body with strikes.
Blade on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Hilfinger working the head and body with strikes.
Hilfinger throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Blade sneaks back into half guard.
Nice strikes from Hilfinger there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilfinger looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Blade with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Blade trying to control here.
Hilfinger scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Hilfinger lands strikes from half guard.
Hilfinger is nestled in close to Blade, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Blade is rocked!
Hilfinger lands strikes from half guard.
Blade looks gassed!
Hilfinger throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hilfinger drops an elbow to the side of Blade's head.
Hilfinger lands with a punch from half guard.
Blade is still in real trouble! Can Hilfinger finish him?
Hilfinger working over Blade with some ground and pound. Blade looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Blade is looking to control Hilfinger's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Blade avoid being mounted?
Blade seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger is taking a breather. Blade says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Hilfinger seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Blade makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Blade.
Hilfinger postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hilfinger lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hilfinger keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Blade's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hilfinger scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hilfinger stands up over Blade, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hilfinger with a nice head shot there.
Hilfinger scoring with some ground and pound.
Hilfinger landing some decent shots from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger works over Blade with some ground and pound from guard.
Hilfinger working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hilfinger is working Blade over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hilfinger passes into half guard.
Hilfinger is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hilfinger knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Blade on the ground.
Blade has hold of Hilfinger's hands but Hilfinger slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hilfinger trying to control the action but Blade is working from the bottom.
Blade is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hilfinger lands a nice short elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger drops an elbow to the side of Blade's head.
Hilfinger is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Blade!
Hilfinger lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hilfinger raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Hilfinger cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Blade is bucking up trying to escape but Hilfinger cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Hilfinger avoids the attempt from Blade to control.
Hilfinger lands a big elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hilfinger trying to control but Blade is having none of it.
Hilfinger pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Franklyn Hilfinger dominated that round.
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.
Blade scores with a kick to the body.
Hilfinger swats away the attempt to clinch by Blade.
Hilfinger drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hilfinger stopping the sweep attempt from Blade.
Hilfinger working some strikes from top position.
Hilfinger distracts Blade with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Blade trying to keep a closed guard but Hilfinger is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Blade is breathing heavily.
Blade throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hilfinger keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Blade's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blade has momentary wrist control but Hilfinger slips an elbow through the middle.
Hilfinger working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Blade's head.
Hilfinger wants to pass the guard but Blade is keeping the position.
Hilfinger working some strikes from top position.
Hilfinger working some strikes from top position.
Hilfinger connects with a couple of short punches.
Franklyn Hilfinger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hilfinger's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hilfinger working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Blade's head.
Hilfinger working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Blade's head.
Hilfinger has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hilfinger keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Blade's head.
Hilfinger wants to control from the top but Blade keeps moving.
Hilfinger cracks Blade with a solid left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger lands a couple of elbows.
Hilfinger with a nice head shot there.
Hilfinger pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Blade is keeping the position for now.
Hilfinger postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Blade looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hilfinger is one step ahead there.
Hilfinger stands up over Blade, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hilfinger cracks Blade with a solid left hand.
Hilfinger connects with a couple of short punches.
Blade is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Hilfinger dives into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger working away.
Hilfinger tries to move to mount but Blade blocks the move with his legs.
Blade is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hilfinger connects with a decent elbow.
Hilfinger looks up at the clock and then as Blade takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Hilfinger smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hilfinger working away.
Hilfinger scores with a couple of short elbows.
Blade is not content to let Hilfinger control the position.
Hilfinger lands an elbow.
Hilfinger working the body and head with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger lands some shots froms side control.
Blade tries to improve position but can't.
Blade takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Blade tries to bench press Hilfinger off him but Hilfinger keeps the position.
Blade takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Hilfinger landing a few strikes.
Blade is looking to reverse the position.
Blade takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Hilfinger is chipping away with strikes.
Hilfinger scoring with punches from side control.
Blade is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hilfinger connects with a decent elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Franklyn Hilfinger dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Hilfinger gets a takedown into half guard.
Hilfinger working Blade over with strikes.
Hilfinger lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Blade wants to control but Hilfinger is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hilfinger connects with a nice short shot to Blade's temple.
Hilfinger working Blade over with strikes.
Hilfinger is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hilfinger scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hilfinger working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hilfinger working over Blade with some ground and pound. Blade looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Blade is not content to let Hilfinger control the position.
Blade has hold of Hilfinger's hands but Hilfinger slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Blade trying to control here.
Blade looking for submissions off his back.
Hilfinger seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hilfinger is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blade can do to turn this around?
Hilfinger takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hilfinger lands a nice short elbow.
Blade is looking for a sweep. Hilfinger is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hilfinger lands a nice short elbow.
Hilfinger lands with a punch from half guard.
Hilfinger working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Hilfinger.
Hilfinger is keen to just control but Blade is a slippery customer.
Blade is trying to maintain the position but Hilfinger is very close to passing his half guard.
Hilfinger lands strikes from half guard.
Hilfinger looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Blade pushes Hilfinger off looking to stand but Hilfinger dives back in and keeps control.
Hilfinger drops an elbow to the side of Blade's head.
Hilfinger looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hilfinger lands with a punch from half guard.
Hilfinger is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Hilfinger prevents Blade from improving his position.
Blade is trying to maintain the position but Hilfinger is very close to passing his half guard.
Hilfinger slips a nice elbow through Blade's hands, connecting with Blade's forehead.
Blade is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hilfinger scores with a couple of nice shots.
Hilfinger scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Blade wants to get back to his feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Hilfinger connects with a nice short shot to Blade's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Blade is looking for a sweep. Hilfinger is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hilfinger working over Blade with some ground and pound. Blade looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hilfinger seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hilfinger looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Blade is looking for a sweep. Hilfinger is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Blade actively working from the bottom here.
Blade is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Hilfinger scores with a couple of nice shots.
Blade trying to control here.
Hilfinger working Blade over with strikes.
Rafael Blade has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Franklyn Hilfinger is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Hilfinger working over Blade with some ground and pound. Blade looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that's the end of the fight!
Franklyn Hilfinger showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hilfinger has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:26
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 30:24
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:24
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Franklyn Hilfinger!
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energy
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FIGHT
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