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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Remedios Verzosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rojo Sangria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Remedios Verzosa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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181 cm
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195 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Remedios Verzosa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rojo Sangria!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sangria ducks under a wild hook from Verzosa.
Sangria is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Verzosa.
Sangria lands a jab to the nose.
Verzosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sangria on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sangria shoots for a takedown but Verzosa saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Sangria throws a shot from downtown. Verzosa moves away and avoids it.
Verzosa misses with a body shot.
Verzosa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sangria closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Verzosa to the mat! Verzosa manages to get full guard.
Verzosa keeping moving, preventing Sangria from controlling successfully.
Verzosa manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Sangria is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Verzosa avoids the attempt from Sangria to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sangria sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Verzosa is looking to advance position but Sangria won't allow it.
Verzosa is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sangria has managed to free his arm - good work.
Verzosa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sangria defending well though.
Verzosa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sangria trying to control here.
Verzosa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sangria defending well though.
Sangria is not content to let Verzosa control the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's two 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.
Sangria trying to control but Verzosa postures up.
Verzosa has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A jab from Sangria misses.
Verzosa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Verzosa throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sangria counters with a two punch combo.
Verzosa scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sangria doesn't seem bothered though.
Sangria tries to score a power double leg takedown but Verzosa sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Sangria somewhat.
Verzosa moves out of range of the strikes.
Verzosa throws a jab when Sangria was well out of range.
Remedios Verzosa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Verzosa defending well as Sangria loads up on a big left hand.
Sangria swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Verzosa swings for the body but Sangria moves out of range.
Verzosa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sangria catches Verzosa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sangria shoots for a double leg takedown but Verzosa sprawls well. He's pushed Sangria's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Remedios Verzosa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rojo Sangria.
Sangria swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sangria jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Sangria misses.
Verzosa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Verzosa is looking to wear down Sangria with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Verzosa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A shot to the body from Verzosa misses
and Sangria counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sangria slips under a jab from Verzosa.
A jab from Verzosa finds it's way through Sangria's defenses.
Sangria shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Verzosa keeping moving, preventing Sangria from controlling successfully.
Sangria stopping the sweep attempt from Verzosa.
Sangria trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verzosa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sangria is aware though and is defending well.
Verzosa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sangria accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sangria tries to free his leg and advance position but Verzosa is retaining full guard.
Verzosa has his foot on Sangria's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Sangria works his way back into a safe position though.
Sangria forces his way into half guard.
Sangria missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Verzosa looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Verzosa is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sangria missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rojo Sangria 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.
Sangria lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Verzosa circles away quickly and effectively.
Sangria works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Sangria shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Verzosa manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sangria trying to control but Verzosa is working from the bottom.
Verzosa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Verzosa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sangria avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sangria must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Sangria is in close to Verzosa's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Verzosa is on top in guard.
Sangria looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Verzosa looking to sit in guard and control but Sangria gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sangria trying to control but Verzosa is working from the bottom.
Verzosa wants to sweep here but Sangria controlling him for the moment.
Sangria trying to control but Verzosa is working from the bottom.
Sangria stands up over Verzosa, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two 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.
Verzosa looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Verzosa has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Sangria can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Sangria is pushing down on Verzosa's leg trying to pass to half guard. Verzosa is fighting to maintain full guard but Sangria has managed to sneak the leg through.
Sangria seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Verzosa is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Sangria jumps into side control!
Sangria working away.
Sangria trying to control the position but Verzosa is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sangria lands a decent elbow from side control.
Sangria is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Verzosa is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Sangria landing strikes.
Sangria wants to take a breather but Verzosa manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Sangria.
Verzosa is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sangria is aware though and is defending well.
Sangria wants to control from the top but Verzosa keeps moving.
Verzosa wants to control the position but Sangria says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Verzosa trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Sangria working Verzosa over with strikes here.
Sangria goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Verzosa is on top in guard.
Verzosa drops back, looking for a kneebar! Sangria looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Sangria looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Sangria!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Verzosa is trying to work for a sweep but Sangria has mounted him!
Sangria prevents Verzosa from getting the reversal.
BOOM! Sangria connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Sangria unloading with bombs!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rojo Sangria showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. And we move into the final round!
Verzosa swings for the body but Sangria moves out of range.
Verzosa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Verzosa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sangria throws a jab but it's blocked by Verzosa.
Verzosa misses the shot to the body.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Sangria.
Sloppy strikes there by Sangria.
Verzosa tries to buck Sangria off but Sangria is having none of it.
Sangria is looking to take a break and control but Verzosa is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sangria scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Verzosa to see if he's OK.
Verzosa sneaks back into half guard.
Verzosa is holding on to half guard well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sangria lands with a punch from half guard.
Sangria looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Verzosa has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sangria is working away from the top position though.
Verzosa manages to get to full guard.
Verzosa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sangria trying to control the position from guard on top but Verzosa is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sangria working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sangria postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Sangria with a flurry of punches that miss.
Verzosa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sangria has gone for a leg lock! Verzosa slips out almost immediately though and dives into Sangria's guard.
Sangria takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Verzosa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Sangria's head.
Verzosa tries to free his leg and advance position but Sangria is retaining full guard.
Verzosa drops back, looking for a kneebar! Sangria looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Sangria looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Sangria!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sangria is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Verzosa is trying to get back to half guard.
Verzosa manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Verzosa slips a nice elbow through Sangria's hands, connecting with Sangria's forehead.
Verzosa trying to mount his opponent but Sangria defends it.
Verzosa is looking to take a break and control but Sangria is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
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.
Verzosa moves into full mount! Sangria won't be happy about that!
Verzosa throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Rojo Sangria has got the better of the ground game so far.
Sangria sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Verzosa wants to work for an arm triangle but Sangria is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Verzosa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Sangria is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Verzosa passes to full mount!
Sangria tries to hold on but Verzosa postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Rojo Sangria.
Well Sangria has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Rojo Sangria!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Rojo Sangria!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Rojo Sangria!
Rojo Sangria wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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