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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Axel Rose (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Blankenhoff (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Axel Rose had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 171.6lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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184 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Axel Rose!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyle Blankenhoff!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Leandro Rodrigues and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blankenhoff avoids the head kick by Rose.
Rose fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rose slips a straight right by Blankenhoff.
Blankenhoff swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blankenhoff slips a straight right by Rose.
Rose keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blankenhoff.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blankenhoff misses with a series of wild punches.
Blankenhoff swings for the body but Rose moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Blankenhoff.
Rose taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rose is rocked!
It looks like Axel Rose has been cut.
Blankenhoff grinds an elbow into Rose's temple.
Oh Rose is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blankenhoff scoring with punches from side control.
Blankenhoff landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Blankenhoff lands a nice forearm strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blankenhoff controls the position.
Blankenhoff should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Blankenhoff scoring with punches from side control.
Blankenhoff scoring with punches from side control.
Blankenhoff in side control lands a decent elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rose is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Blankenhoff working the head and body with strikes.
Blankenhoff tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Rose manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Blankenhoff wants to improve his position but Rose is controlling well.
Rose wants to work for an arm triangle but Blankenhoff is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Rose is breathing heavily.
Rose is looking to take a break and control but Blankenhoff is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Blankenhoff wants to control but Rose is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Blankenhoff landing strikes from the bottom.
Blankenhoff is controlling Rose's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Blankenhoff gets back to full guard.
Blankenhoff bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rose's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Blankenhoff has picked Rose up and slammed him! Rose can't keep hold of the triangle and Blankenhoff manages to pass to side control!
Rose seems to have got his legs back now.
Blankenhoff has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Blankenhoff working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Rose is trying to improve his position.
Rose wants to control but Blankenhoff postures up.
Blankenhoff is working Rose over with some ground and pound from side control.
Blankenhoff is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Rose will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Blankenhoff cracks Rose with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Blankenhoff is looking to take a break and control but Rose is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Blankenhoff tries to score with some ground and pound. Rose controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Blankenhoff trying to control the action but Rose is working from the bottom.
Rose is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rose can't do much from the bottom here.
Rose tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Blankenhoff wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Rose is looking to clinch.
Blankenhoff misses with a series of wild punches.
Rose is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rose swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Blankenhoff.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Blankenhoff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Axel Rose's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rose, right into the meat.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blankenhoff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Blankenhoff avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Rose is looking to clinch.
Blankenhoff throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blankenhoff will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rose moves in looking to clinch but Blankenhoff pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose doesn't manage to clinch there - Blankenhoff circles away.
Blankenhoff checks a leg kick.
Rose is looking to clinch but Blankenhoff is avoiding it.
Blankenhoff avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blankenhoff shoots in but Rose avoids the takedown attempt easily.
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.
Rose avoids a punch combination nicely.
Blankenhoff ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rose moves away.
Rose tries to clinch up.
Axel Rose is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch but Blankenhoff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blankenhoff walks forward, straight into a front kick from Rose.
Blankenhoff scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Blankenhoff takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Blankenhoff moves into full mount! Rose won't be happy about that!
Blankenhoff lands a heavy elbow.
Blankenhoff lands a nice shot to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blankenhoff lands with some strikes.
Blankenhoff lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Blankenhoff unloading with bombs!
Blankenhoff in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Blankenhoff lands a nice shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rose bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blankenhoff keeping moving, preventing Rose from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Blankenhoff is on top in guard.
Blankenhoff lands a couple of elbows.
Blankenhoff postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Blankenhoff working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Blankenhoff keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Rose's head.
Blankenhoff is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Blankenhoff stands and throws Rose's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Blankenhoff scoring with punches and elbows.
Blankenhoff lands a nice forearm strike.
Blankenhoff lands a nice forearm strike.
Blankenhoff looks up at the clock and then as Rose takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Blankenhoff smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Blankenhoff looks up at the clock and then as Rose takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Blankenhoff smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Blankenhoff is putting a hurting on Rose here, landing some big shots from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Blankenhoff showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Axel Rose's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Rose wants to clinch up but Blankenhoff keeps it at a distance.
Blankenhoff throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rose.
Axel Rose is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blankenhoff throws a nice looking combination but Rose bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rose wants to clinch up but Blankenhoff keeps it at a distance.
Rose is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blankenhoff takes a kick to the side of the head.
Blankenhoff keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rose tries to clinch up.
Rose tries to clinch up.
Blankenhoff looks to land a combination but Rose avoids it well.
Blankenhoff shoots in looking for a takedown. Rose tries to sprawl out of it but Blankenhoff keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rose manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch but Blankenhoff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Blankenhoff looks to score with a jab to the body but Rose is just out of range.
Rose moves in looking to clinch but Blankenhoff pushes him off.
Nice takedown defense from Rose. No joy for Blankenhoff on that attempt.
Axel Rose seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blankenhoff circles away from the clinch attempt.
Blankenhoff swats away the attempt to clinch by Rose.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rose tries to clinch but Blankenhoff is having none of it.
Blankenhoff avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Blankenhoff swats away the attempt to clinch by Rose.
Rose tries to close the distance and clinch up but Blankenhoff swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Axel Rose has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Rose is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rose gets caught flat footed, as Blankenhoff shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Blankenhoff with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Rose keeping full guard, as Blankenhoff tries to pass.
Blankenhoff is stalling in the full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rose keeping moving, preventing Blankenhoff from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Blankenhoff comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Blankenhoff 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Blankenhoff!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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