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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kato Cordera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hanzov Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wright comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Final Countdown by Europe kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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198 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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Basic striking
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kato Cordera!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hanzov Wright!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wright swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Wright.
Wright throws a one two combo.
Wright takes a swing at Cordera's ribcage but misses.
Wright looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cordera throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Wright lunges at Cordera with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cordera's hand.
Wright lands with a right hand.
Wright misses with a two punch combination.
Wright cracks Cordera with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cordera tries to clinch up.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A nice inside leg kick there by Cordera. That's going to slow Wright down.
Cordera throws a nice head kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Cordera.
Cordera tries a head kick but it misses.
Wright throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cordera attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Wright ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cordera moves away.
Wright throws a hook but Cordera avoids it easily.
Cordera delivers a nice body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Wright misses the target.
Wright misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cordera throws a head kick but Wright moves out of range.
Wright misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cordera closes the distance and pushes Wright back into the cage.
Wright takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wright breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wright swats away the attempt to clinch by Cordera.
Cordera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cordera on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Cordera tries a head kick but it misses.
Wright fails to land with a series of punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Wright misses the target.
Cordera on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice takedown defense from Cordera. No joy for Wright on that attempt.
Wright looks gassed!
Wright avoids the head kick by Cordera.
Cordera throws a head kick but Wright moves out of range.
Cordera explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Cordera goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cordera slips under a jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cordera. Wright shrugs it off though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cordera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cordera clinches with his opponent.
A knee to the head by Cordera.
Cordera lands a good knee to the midsection. Wright won't want to take too many of those.
Cordera lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cordera working Wright over with knees to the body.
Cordera lands a nice knee to the body.
Cordera misses with a knee strike.
Cordera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wright blocks it with crossed arms.
Cordera breaks from the clinch.
Wright throws a hook but Cordera blocks it.
Cordera misses with a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Cordera.
Good leg kick by Cordera there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cordera throws a head kick that half lands.
Cordera is looking to clinch but Wright is avoiding it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Cordera as Wright shoots in.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cordera. That's going to slow Wright down.
Cordera scores with a kick to the midsection.
Cordera gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cordera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wright looking to slow down the pace here.
Cordera tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wright avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Cordera obliges.
Cordera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cordera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cordera wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wright has him pressed against the cage.
Wright breaks the clinch.
Cordera slips a straight right by Wright.
Wright throws a shot from downtown. Cordera moves away and avoids it.
Nice cross by Wright.
A good leg kick by Cordera.
Cordera fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wright, pushing him back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cordera misses with a knee strike.
Cordera tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Wright wants to break free but Cordera has control.
Wright can't break the clinch.
Cordera connects with a knee to the head.
Cordera wants to get back to striking at distance but Wright won't allow it.
Cordera tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Wright breaks the clinch.
Wright throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cordera sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wright misses with a few strikes there.
Cordera scoring well with a low kick there.
Cordera throws a head kick but Wright moves out of range.
Wright on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cordera lands with a kick to the ribs.
Cordera throws a head kick that misses.
Wright moves out of range of the body kick.
Cordera slips a jab from Wright.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kato Cordera 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.
Wright will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cordera was well out of range. Poor timing from Wright.
Cordera lands a high kick!
Cordera instigates a clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cordera using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wright has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cordera pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cordera scores with a spinning back kick!
Cordera uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wright.
Wright misses with a straight right.
Wright misses with a series of wild punches.
Cordera thumps Wright with a low kick.
Cordera lands with a kick to the ribs.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Wright crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cordera - the referee stops the clock and Wright gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cordera. Wright manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Cordera feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wright's calf.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cordera fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cordera tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wright paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cordera misses with a series of wild punches.
Cordera scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A cross from Cordera lands.
Cordera is looking to slow Wright down with leg kicks.
Good leg kick by Cordera there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Wright sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Wright's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Cordera throws a head kick but Wright moves out of range.
Cordera slips under a jab.
Cordera moves into the clinch.
Cordera tries to land knees in the clinch but Wright avoids the damage to the body.
Knees to the body from Cordera.
Cordera tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Cordera lands a knee to the head.
Cordera breaks the clinch.
Cordera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wright cracks Cordera with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hanzov Wright is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright missing with a left hand there. Cordera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cordera lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cordera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cordera feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wright's calf.
Cordera misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cordera pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kato Cordera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fighters circling - Wright throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wright avoids the head kick by Cordera.
Wright misses with a low kick as Cordera jumps back.
Wright throws a lazy right hand but Cordera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Wright throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cordera counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wright's knee momentarily.
Wright has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Cordera.
Cordera moves into the clinch.
Wright on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cordera is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wright is defending well for now.
Cordera gets underhooks to prevent Wright's takedown attempt.
Cordera landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wright managing to block the knees to the body from Cordera.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cordera trying to land knees to the body.
Cordera tries a knee to the head but Wright blocks it.
Wright looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cordera looking to throw knees to the head but Wright is blocking nicely.
Wright stalls.
Cordera landing knees to the body.
Wright avoiding damage as Cordera throws knees to the body.
Wright tries to circle away but Cordera has him pinned against the cage.
Cordera misses with a knee to the head.
Cordera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wright leaning against his opponent.
Cordera throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cordera with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wright's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cordera throws a sloppy head kick and Wright moves out of range easily.
Cordera moves out of range of the strikes.
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.
Wright looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Wright trying to control but Cordera is working from the bottom.
Wright is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Cordera uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Wright avoids the body shot from Cordera.
Wright avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cordera staying out of range there.
Wright throws a lazy right hand but Cordera sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cordera scores with the left hand. Wright knows he should have avoided that one.
A swing and a miss from Wright.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kato Cordera dominated that second round.
That's time! Cordera's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Cordera throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wright takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Cordera scores with a head kick.
Cordera on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Cordera misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wright swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slapping body kick lands there for Cordera.
Cordera keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cordera throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Wright's head.
Cordera throws a nice head kick!
Wright swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kato Cordera is winning the standup battle so far.
Cordera looks for the body kick but Wright saw that one coming.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cordera.
Cordera gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wright stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cordera manages to break the clinch.
Wright throws a series of punches but Cordera moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Cordera is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wright can do to turn this around?
Cordera tries to clinch but Wright moves out of range.
Cordera takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wright misses with a double jab.
Cordera gets a clinch.
Cordera with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cordera breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wright misses with a looping left.
Wright misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Wright misses.
Cordera thows a body kick. Wright tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Cordera throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wright fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cordera lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
A jab lands there for Cordera.
Cordera with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wright steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cordera. That one must have hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Cordera.
Cordera is looking to clinch but Wright is avoiding it.
Wright lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wright throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cordera counters with a head kick. That will keep Wright thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Wright lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cordera circles away quickly and effectively.
Wright moves out of range as Cordera throws a body kick.
Wright misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cordera.
Cordera throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wright.
Wright misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cordera throws a sloppy head kick and Wright moves out of range easily.
Cordera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cordera has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wright finds it's way round the side to connect with Cordera's head.
An inside leg kick lands from Cordera.
Cordera showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wright.
A head kick from Cordera lands but Wright takes it in his stride.
Wright misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Cordera pinned against the cage. Cordera gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Cordera tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wright keeps the fight on the outside.
Cordera chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wright can pounce on him.
Wright throws a right and a left that Cordera avoids nicely.
Cordera pushes Wright up against the cage in a clinch.
Cordera tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cordera throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Wright blocks it with crossed arms.
Wright has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cordera avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Wright drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kato Cordera has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hanzov Wright.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Cordera breaks from the clinch.
A head kick misses from Cordera.
That's four 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.
Cordera lands with a slapping head kick.
Cordera gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cordera will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wright throws a big right hand that misses.
Wright is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cordera manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wright manages to get himself to full guard.
Cordera has gone for a leg lock! Wright slips out almost immediately though and dives into Cordera's guard.
Hanzov Wright has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kato Cordera is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cordera working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Wright.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kato Cordera showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cordera, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kato Cordera!
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