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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Sotiropoulos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jett Kiliff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Sotiropoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jett Kiliff!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sotiropoulos looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Sotiropoulos shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Kiliff as he avoids it easily.
Kiliff drives through and clinches with Sotiropoulos against the cage.
Sotiropoulos is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kiliff pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Kiliff avoiding damage as Sotiropoulos throws knees to the body.
Sotiropoulos looking to throw knees to the head but Kiliff is blocking nicely.
Sotiropoulos can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Sotiropoulos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kiliff on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sotiropoulos throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sotiropoulos with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sotiropoulos tries to land knees in the clinch but Kiliff avoids the damage to the body.
Sotiropoulos pushes off an throws an elbow but Kiliff leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kiliff avoiding damage as Sotiropoulos throws knees to the body.
Kiliff is trying to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sotiropoulos drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Kiliff gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Sotiropoulos lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sotiropoulos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Sotiropoulos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kiliff in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos connects with a knee to the head.
Sotiropoulos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kiliff lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sotiropoulos is working for takedown but Kiliff is calmly controlling the position for now.
Sotiropoulos is breathing heavily.
Sotiropoulos blocks an elbow strike from Kiliff.
Sotiropoulos landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sotiropoulos tries a knee to the head but Kiliff blocks it.
Kiliff misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sotiropoulos.
Kiliff jumps guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sotiropoulos scoring with punches to the head and body.
Kiliff looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Kiliff is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Sotiropoulos is controlling him.
Kiliff looking for a guillotine here but Sotiropoulos defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos prevents Kiliff from getting back to his feet.
Kiliff is looking for a triangle but Sotiropoulos pushes his legs off easily.
Kiliff has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sotiropoulos can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sotiropoulos distracts Kiliff with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiliff looking for a guillotine here but Sotiropoulos defends easily.
Sotiropoulos missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sotiropoulos looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Sotiropoulos has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sotiropoulos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Sotiropoulos wants to pass the guard but Kiliff is keeping the position.
Sotiropoulos trying to control the position from guard on top but Kiliff is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sotiropoulos cracks Kiliff with a solid left hand.
Kiliff is looking to stand up but Sotiropoulos isn't so interested in that idea.
Sotiropoulos distracts Kiliff with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Sotiropoulos wants to control from the top but Kiliff keeps moving.
Sotiropoulos got a little sloppy there for a moment and Kiliff has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Sotiropoulos has managed to get both his arms back between Kiliff's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jett Kiliff dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kiliff misses with a takedown attempt
and Sotiropoulos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Sotiropoulos tries to land knees in the clinch but Kiliff avoids the damage to the body.
Kiliff working aggressively here.
Kiliff tries a body shot but Sotiropoulos blocks it.
Sotiropoulos lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kiliff pushes off an throws an elbow but Sotiropoulos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sotiropoulos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kiliff avoids it.
Kiliff pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sotiropoulos unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kiliff throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Kiliff managing to block the knees to the body from Sotiropoulos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sotiropoulos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kiliff lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Sotiropoulos lands a knee to the body.
Sotiropoulos landing knees to the body.
Sotiropoulos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kiliff has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kiliff is breathing heavily.
Sotiropoulos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kiliff's face.
Kiliff jumps into guard, dragging Sotiropoulos to the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sotiropoulos throwing strikes from guard but Kiliff blocks nicely.
Kiliff is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sotiropoulos chips away with some ground and pound.
Kiliff looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sotiropoulos drops back looking for a leg! Kiliff is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Kiliff manages to kick Sotiropoulos off! Sotiropoulos jumps back into Kiliff's guard.
Sotiropoulos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kiliff on the ground.
Sotiropoulos decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kiliff, up you get!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiliff keeps the fight on the outside.
Kiliff swats away the attempt to clinch by Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos closes the distance but Kiliff moves to the side
and Kiliff counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Kiliff trying to control but Sotiropoulos is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiliff is looking to work some ground and pound but Sotiropoulos has wrist control.
Kiliff showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kiliff postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Sotiropoulos is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Kiliff, into his guard.
Sotiropoulos trying to control the position from guard on top but Kiliff is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Sotiropoulos dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Sotiropoulos wants to clinch
and Kiliff counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sotiropoulos managing to control the position.
Kiliff with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sotiropoulos on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sotiropoulos tries to get out of the position.
Kiliff stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sotiropoulos swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sotiropoulos wants to get back to his feet but Kiliff is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Kiliff thows a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sotiropoulos keeping moving, preventing Kiliff from controlling successfully.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Sotiropoulos throws a body kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Kiliff with a poor takedown
and Sotiropoulos counters by clinching up.
Sotiropoulos blocks an elbow strike.
Sotiropoulos misses with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Sotiropoulos.
It looks like Jett Kiliff has been cut.
Kiliff takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kiliff throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sotiropoulos slows down the pace here.
Sotiropoulos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kiliff avoids it.
Kiliff tries a body shot but Sotiropoulos blocks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kiliff fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A bit of stalling here from Sotiropoulos.
Sotiropoulos has Kiliff pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Sotiropoulos pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Kiliff tumbling to the mat - Sotiropoulos dives into Kiliff's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sotiropoulos thows a big elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Chris Sotiropoulos.
I think Sotiropoulos has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Chris Sotiropoulos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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