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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Guy Germaine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Castle Irons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Guy Germaine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Castle Irons!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Irons blocks a head kick by Germaine.
Nice takedown defense from Irons. No joy for Germaine on that attempt.
Germaine tries to work over Irons's front leg with a kick but Irons checks it.
Irons lands a front kick.
Irons moves in looking to clinch but Germaine pushes him off.
Germaine takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A head kick misses from Germaine.
Germaine lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Irons pushes Germaine up against the cage in a clinch.
A short body shot lands from Irons as the two fighters clinch.
Germaine lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Irons lands a nice knee to the body.
Irons lands a hook that snaps the head of Germaine backwards.
Germaine avoiding damage as Irons throws knees to the body.
Irons using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Irons landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Germaine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Irons stalling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Irons just misses with a elbow thrown towards Germaine's brow.
Irons trying to land knees to the body.
Irons tries to land knees in the clinch but Germaine avoids the damage to the body.
Germaine letting Irons take a breather here.
Germaine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Irons's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons throws a knee to the head but misses.
Germaine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Germaine misses with a knee strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Irons.
Germaine is breathing heavily.
Irons crunches a lovely knee into Germaine's ribcage.
Irons controlling the action here for a moment.
Irons crunches a lovely knee into Germaine's ribcage.
Germaine looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Irons lands an elbow just above Germaine 's eye.
A knee to the head by Irons.
Irons with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Germaine creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Germaine misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Germaine letting Irons take a breather here.
Irons unloads a knee to the mid-section. Germaine lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Still in the clinch, Irons scores with a nice short uppercut.
Irons leaning his opponent against the cage.
Germaine avoiding damage as Irons throws knees to the body.
Germaine working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Germaine on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Germaine softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Irons takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Irons missing with knees to the body.
Germaine avoiding damage as Irons throws knees to the body.
Irons lands a nice knee to the body.
Irons lands a damaging elbow.
Irons is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Germaine scores with a shot to the side of Irons's head.
Irons missing with knees to the body.
Irons landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Irons managing to block the knees to the body from Germaine.
Irons is trying to maintain a safe position but Germaine gets an underhook and turns Irons into the cage.
Irons trying to land knees to the body.
Germaine trying to land knees to the body.
Germaine throws an elbow but it misses.
Germaine manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Germaine misses with a knee strike.
Germaine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Irons controlling the action here for a moment.
Irons managing to block the knees to the body from Germaine.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irons stalling.
Germaine is trying to stall.
Irons content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Irons lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Irons controlling the action here for a moment.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Castle Irons.
Irons avoids a punch combination nicely.
Germaine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Irons swings for the body but Germaine moves out of range.
Irons scores with a head kick.
A head kick by Germaine misses
and Irons counters with a thumping low kick.
Irons fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Germaine.
Irons takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Germaine displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Germaine scores with a jab to the body.
Irons throws a left and a right that both miss
and Germaine counters with a one-two to the body.
Germaine scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Irons misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irons misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Irons. That's going to slow Germaine down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Germaine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Germaine throws a sloppy head kick and Irons moves out of range easily.
Germaine falls off balance throwing a combination
and Irons makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Germaine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Irons looks to land a combination. Germaine sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Germaine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Good shot there by Germaine.
Guy Germaine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Germaine lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Germaine misses with a hook to the body
and Irons counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Germaine throws a nice looking combination but Irons bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Germaine throws a lazy head kick
and Irons counters with a nice low kick that buckles Germaine's knee momentarily.
Irons misses with a double jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Germaine looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Irons throws a nice inside leg kick.
Irons throws a body punch but Germaine moves out of range.
Germaine lands a body shot.
Germaine takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Castle Irons dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Irons tries to clinch up.
Germaine throws a left and a right that both miss
and Irons counters with a low kick, right behind Germaine 's knee.
Irons checks a leg kick nicely.
Irons swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Irons takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Germaine lands with a nice body punch.
Germaine throws a right hand that Irons ducks under and follows up with a left that Irons also avoids with ease.
Germaine throws the kick towards the body but Irons avoids it.
Germaine connects with the punch.
Germaine is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Germaine tries a head kick but it misses.
A nice combination there by Germaine.
Irons misses with a looping right.
Germaine throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Irons.
Irons is rocked!
Guy Germaine is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Irons misses with a body kick.
Irons is still on wobbly legs! Can Germaine finish him?
Germaine lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Germaine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
No luck for Germaine with that takedown attempt.
Germaine misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Germaine tries to land a body kick
and Irons counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Irons seems to have recovered his senses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Germaine pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irons throws a right and a left that Germaine avoids nicely.
Irons is breathing heavily.
Germaine circles away from the clinch attempt
and Germaine counters with a head kick.
Irons moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Irons throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Irons feints and then cracks Germaine's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Germaine down.
Nice takedown defense from Irons. No joy for Germaine on that attempt.
Germaine misses with a double jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Irons.
Irons tries to close the distance and clinch but Germaine swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Germaine throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Irons throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Germaine's head.
Irons looks to throw a body kick
and Germaine counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Irons thinking.
Germaine lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Irons at a distance.
A head kick from Irons lands but Germaine takes it in his stride.
Irons thuds his shin into the meat of Germaine's side.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Irons.
Germaine throws a lazy head kick
and Irons counters with a nice body kick.
Germaine throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Irons counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Germaine misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Germaine lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Germaine bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Irons gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Irons avoids the head kick by Germaine.
Irons gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Germaine counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Irons thinking.
Germaine scores with a hook.
Irons closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Irons throws a half hearted mid kick.
Irons walks into a jab.
Irons blocks the body kick.
Germaine throws a series of strikes that have Irons backpedaling.
Germaine takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Guy Germaine is winning the standup battle so far.
Germaine misses with a wild body shot.
Germaine connects with a body shot.
A head kick by Germaine misses
and Irons counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Germaine lands a slapping body shot.
Castle Irons is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Germaine pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Germaine is looking to wear down Irons with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Germaine lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nice body punch from Germaine.
A head kick by Germaine misses
and Irons counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irons misses with a jab, cross combination.
Germaine throws a body punch but Irons moves out of range.
Germaine throws a left and a right that both miss
and Irons counters with a nice leg kick.
Germaine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Germaine lands with a hook. Irons tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Irons misses with a head kick.
Germaine throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Germaine tries to work over Irons's front leg with a kick but Irons checks it.
Irons misses with a few strikes there.
Irons clinches with his opponent.
Knees to the body from Irons.
Germaine takes an elbow to the forehead.
Germaine pushes off an throws an elbow but Irons leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Irons on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Irons keeps control of Germaine as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Germaine lands a shot to the body.
Germaine misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Irons.
Germaine will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Germaine looking to stall.
Germaine misses with a knee to the head.
Irons takes an elbow to the temple.
Irons avoiding damage as Germaine throws knees to the body.
Germaine unloads a knee to the mid-section. Irons lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Irons is trying to maintain a safe position but Germaine gets an underhook and turns Irons into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Germaine has picked Irons up - he's going for a ride! Germaine dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Germaine sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Irons defending well though.
Germaine lands with a punch from half guard.
Germaine sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Irons defending well though.
Irons is trying to maintain the position but Germaine is very close to passing his half guard.
Germaine thows a huge punch but Irons dodges it nicely.
Germaine sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Irons defending well though.
Irons avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Germaine.
Germaine is pressing down on Irons's thigh, looking to free his foot. Irons is holding on for now.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Irons is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Germaine fails to land with a series of punches.
Irons tries a head kick but it misses.
Irons is looking to slow Germaine down with leg kicks.
Irons connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Guy Germaine 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!
Nice straight punches there by Irons. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Irons.
Irons avoids the body shot from Germaine.
Irons dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Germaine. That did some damage!
Germaine tries to bum rush Irons with a series of wild strikes but Irons uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Irons.
Germaine takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Germaine is rocked!
A good leg kick by Germaine.
Germaine throws a head kick that misses
and Irons counters with a head kick. That will keep Germaine thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Oh Germaine is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A combination from Germaine does no damage.
Germaine cracks a nice hook into Irons's ribs.
Irons is looking to chop away at Germaine's legs.
Germaine seems to have got his legs back now.
Germaine throws a sloppy head kick and Irons moves out of range easily.
Germaine changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Irons misses with an uppercut.
A head kick misses from Germaine.
Germaine throws a nice looking combination but Irons bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Germaine lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick from Irons misses.
Germaine looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Germaine misses with a head kick.
Irons bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Germaine throws a head kick that misses.
Irons takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Germaine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Irons looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Germaine takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Irons throws a head kick that misses.
Germaine digs a good body shot into Irons's ribs.
A lazy body kick from Germaine
and Irons counters with an outside leg kick.
Irons misses with a body kick.
Irons throws a leg kick but Germaine sees it coming and moves out of range.
Germaine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Irons.
Germaine tries a head kick but it misses.
Irons pushes Germaine away with a front kick.
Germaine lands a nice looking kick to the body. Irons takes a step back to recover.
Irons takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Irons blocks a low kick nicely.
Germaine fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Irons sprawls well initially but Germaine persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Irons has hold of Germaine's hands but Germaine slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Germaine sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Irons defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irons keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Germaine moves nicely into side control.
Germaine cracks Irons with a big right hand but Irons just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Irons on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Irons wants to get back to his feet.
Germaine throws a strike aimed at the side of Irons's head but Irons avoids it well.
Germaine postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Germaine working the body and head with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Irons is not content to let Germaine control the position.
Irons defending against the ground and pound.
Germaine misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Germaine has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Irons thows a body kick. Germaine tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Germaine digs a good hook to Irons's body.
Germaine misses with a head kick.
Germaine tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Irons has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Germaine throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Germaine lands a nice hook to Irons's body. Irons takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Germaine lands a jab-cross combination.
A solid leg kick lands there for Germaine.
Irons throws a series of punches but Germaine avoids them all with ease.
Germaine connects with a solid leg kick.
Germaine shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Irons pinned against the cage. Irons gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Germaine steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Irons. That one must have hurt.
Irons lets loose with a powerful body kick. Germaine will feel that in the morning.
Irons lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Germaine takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Germaine shoots for a double leg takedown but Irons sprawls well. He's pushed Germaine's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Germaine lands a head kick!
Germaine takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Germaine on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Irons. Irons obviously looking to wear him down.
Irons with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Germaine throws a series of punches but Irons moves out of range.
Irons clinches.
Irons connects with a knee to the head.
Germaine wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Irons has him pressed against the cage.
Irons scores a nice knee to the body.
Germaine with a knee to the head.
Irons blocks an elbow strike from Germaine.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Germaine goes for a takedown attempt but Irons pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Guy Germaine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Irons instigates a clinch.
Irons managing to block the knees to the body from Germaine.
Irons taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Germaine unloads a knee to the mid-section. Irons lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
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 Guy Germaine.
I think Germaine 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Guy Germaine!
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