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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito The Hunnington Beach Badboy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Rua might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Shoguun!!. The crowd seem to be enjoying The Hunnington Beach Badboy's choice of entrance music: Tito Ortiz Theme. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mauricio Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tito The Hunnington Beach Badboy!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Hunnington Beach Badboy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy works over Rua's head and body with a nice combination.
Rua fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Hunnington Beach Badboy, pushing him back against the cage.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is trying to break the clinch but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy looks gassed!
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua with a knee to the head.
It looks like Tito The Hunnington Beach Badboy has been cut.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is rocked!
Rua landing knees to the body.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is still on wobbly legs! Can Rua finish him?
Rua landing knees to the head.
Rua scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Rua.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua landing knees to the head.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Rua.
Rua scores a nice knee to the body.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Hunnington Beach Badboy's face.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy seems to have recovered his senses.
Rua is pressed up against the cage. The Hunnington Beach Badboy has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rua down to the mat. Rua avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rua shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is looking to stand up but Rua isn't so interested in that idea.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if The Hunnington Beach Badboy can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua throws a strike but The Hunnington Beach Badboy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rua avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy thows a big elbow that misses.
Rua avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rua is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst The Hunnington Beach Badboy is controlling him.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy blocks a head kick by Rua.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy misses with a series of wild punches.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rua pinned against the cage. Rua gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mauricio Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito The Hunnington Beach Badboy.
That's two 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.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rua.
Rua throws a head kick that misses.
Rua showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from The Hunnington Beach Badboy.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Rua holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Hunnington Beach Badboy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is trying to break the clinch but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through The Hunnington Beach Badboy's defenses.
Rua landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Rua.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Hunnington Beach Badboy tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
A knee to the head by Rua.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rua with a knee to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua with a knee to the head.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Rua.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy can't break the clinch.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Hunnington Beach Badboy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Hunnington Beach Badboy wants a takedown but no success here.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rua pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Rua.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rua obliges.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rua is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Hunnington Beach Badboy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua prevents the takedown attempt.
Rua creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy can't break the clinch.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy avoids a wild elbow strike from Rua.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rua has him pressed against the cage.
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy wants to break free but Rua has control.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rua prevents The Hunnington Beach Badboy from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Rua.
Rua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Hunnington Beach Badboy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rua gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rua scores a nice knee to the body.
Rua lands an elbow inside.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Hunnington Beach Badboy has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
Rua landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is trying to drag Rua to the mat but Rua just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Rua avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rua scores with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Rua prevents The Hunnington Beach Badboy from breaking the clinch.
Rua tries to land a knee to the head but The Hunnington Beach Badboy blocks with his arms.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rua using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rua scores with a knee to the head.
Rua utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauricio Rua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tito The Hunnington Beach Badboy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rua.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy tries for a takedown but Rua circles away easily
and Rua holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy wants to get back to striking at distance but Rua won't allow it.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Rua prevents The Hunnington Beach Badboy from breaking the clinch.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into The Hunnington Beach Badboy's ribcage.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rua pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Mauricio Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito The Hunnington Beach Badboy.
Rua landing knees to the body.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rua prevents a takedown attempt there.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Hunnington Beach Badboy's face.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
Rua landing knees to the head.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Rua scores with a knee to the head.
Rua creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rua gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Hunnington Beach Badboy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua with a knee to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rua gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rua gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from The Hunnington Beach Badboy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rua with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
Rua using the Thai plumb to throw knees but The Hunnington Beach Badboy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is trying to drag Rua to the mat but Rua just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rua prevents the takedown attempt.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Hunnington Beach Badboy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rua lands a nice knee to the body.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
Rua scores with a knee to the head.
Rua misses with a knee to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy takes an elbow to the temple.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy blocks an elbow strike.
Knees to the body from Rua.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy looking for a takedown.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rua misses with a knee strike.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Hunnington Beach Badboy's face.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy wants a takedown.
Rua with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rua.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy takes a knee to the side of the body.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy tries to break the clinch but Rua is controlling the position.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy has had enough of the clinch but Rua keeps him there for the moment.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy goes for a takedown attempt but Rua pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy tries for a takedown but Rua sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy shoots and misses
and Rua counters by moving into the clinch.
Rua landing knees to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua landing knees to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy blocks an elbow strike.
Rua putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has The Hunnington Beach Badboy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rua throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands an elbow inside that The Hunnington Beach Badboy shrugs off.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rua prevents it.
Rua connects with a nasty looking knee right to The Hunnington Beach Badboy's face.
Mauricio Rua has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy wants to break free but Rua has control.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy tries to score a body lock takedown but Rua shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rua connects with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Rua.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rua pulls his leg out and moves away.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Rua napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is putting a hurting on Rua here, landing some big shots from side control.
Rua managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by The Hunnington Beach Badboy.
Rua on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Rua wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The Hunnington Beach Badboy has knee on belly momentarily but Rua bucks him off and regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy throwing shots but Rua is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy with the ground and pound but Rua uses the opportunity to regain guard.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy throwing strikes but missing.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy throws a strike but Rua rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rua accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauricio Rua dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tito The Hunnington Beach Badboy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
A punch combination from The Hunnington Beach Badboy misses.
Rua lands with a kick to the temple. The Hunnington Beach Badboy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Rua throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy swinging wilding here.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The Hunnington Beach Badboy looks to land a combination. Rua sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Rua has taken the fight to the clinch.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy tries to score a body lock takedown but Rua shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Rua lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The Hunnington Beach Badboy wants a takedown.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy wants a takedown but no success here.
Mauricio Rua has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito The Hunnington Beach Badboy.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into The Hunnington Beach Badboy's ribcage.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy is trying to break free.
Rua with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rua lands a knee to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy wants to get back to striking at distance but Rua won't allow it.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Rua regains guard immediately.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rua avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy lands a couple of elbows.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy throwing strikes from guard but Rua blocks nicely.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Rua is looking to clinch.
Mauricio Rua is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy with a jab.
Rua tries to clinch but The Hunnington Beach Badboy moves out of range.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy scores with a decent looking hook.
That's two 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.
Rua throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy misses with a two punch combination.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy with a lazy takedown attempt
and The Hunnington Beach Badboy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy tries for a takedown but Rua sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rua fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
A nice elbow there by The Hunnington Beach Badboy.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy lands a big elbow.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rua is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Rua taking shots to the head.
Rua is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy working the ground and pound effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy looking to ground and pound but Rua is blocking nicely.
Rua blocking the ground and pound.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The referee warns Rua that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy with a couple of short strikes.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy looking to finish Rua with some ground and pound. This is bad for Rua!
The Hunnington Beach Badboy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy punching from mount but Rua doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rua knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for The Hunnington Beach Badboy on the ground.
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.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Rua?
The Hunnington Beach Badboy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The Hunnington Beach Badboy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The referee warns Rua that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Poor strikes thrown by The Hunnington Beach Badboy there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rua is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy with shots to the head and body - Rua looks very uncomfortable down there.
The Hunnington Beach Badboy thowing shots but they're missing.
Tito The Hunnington Beach Badboy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The Hunnington Beach Badboy landing strikes from the mount and Rua is in trouble!
And that's the end of the fight!
Tito The Hunnington Beach Badboy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Rua 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 29:28
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauricio Rua!
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