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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hellen Keller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
2 - 1 - 1 |
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181 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart |
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Basic striking
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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
2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Hellen Keller!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricardo Souza!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Skip Squint and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keller has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Souza leaves Keller with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Souza doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Keller counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Souza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Souza wants to get back to full guard but Keller has mounted him!
Keller throwing strikes but Souza recovers to half guard. A much better position.
Keller missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Keller prevents Souza from improving his position.
Keller sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Keller is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Keller is controlling the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza is looking to escape.
Souza is not content to let Keller control the position.
Keller throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keller misses with a head shot. Souza uses the momentum to regain guard.
Keller throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Souza works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Keller not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Souza avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four 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.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A left and a right from Souza both land. Nice combination.
Keller misses with a body shot.
Souza doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Keller counters with a shoot takedown. Souza fights it but they end up in guard.
Keller slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Keller postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Keller wanted to stand there but Souza had control of the position.
Souza trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hellen Keller dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Keller chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Keller tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice inside leg kick there by Keller. That's going to slow Souza down.
Souza misses with a takedown attempt
and Keller counters with a head kick.
Keller moves into the clinch.
Keller has clasped his hands together around Souza's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Souza is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Souza tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Keller presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Keller working Souza over with strikes here.
Keller knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Souza on the ground.
Souza is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keller controlling his opponent.
Keller connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Keller fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Keller landing strikes from the mount and Souza is in trouble!
Keller controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza is in a horrible position here. Keller smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Keller with the ground and pound from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keller is landing with some decent strikes but Souza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Keller is landing with some decent strikes but Souza is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Souza is rocked!
Keller postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Souza bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Keller and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hellen Keller!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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