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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rahim Fabian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Torres's entrance music is It's My Time-Fabulous. A fine choice. Fabian is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Game. Rahim Fabian has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Felipe Torres's chin.
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158 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
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150 cm
23
145 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Felipe Torres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rahim Fabian!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fabian throws a sloppy head kick and Torres moves out of range easily.
Fabian keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Torres lands with a good body shot.
Fabian misses with an uppercut. Torres saw that one coming.
Nice straight punches there by Torres. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Torres.
Torres closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Torres will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Fabian struggling a bit here.
Fabian sneaks back into half guard.
Torres content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Fabian is trying to maintain the position but Torres is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fabian is refusing to be controlled, as Torres sits in half guard.
Torres wants to pass to mount but Fabian is defending the position.
Fabian is controlling Torres's trapped leg to prevent Torres from advancing to side control.
Torres is trying to control the action in half guard but Fabian is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Torres is pressing down on Fabian's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fabian is holding on for now.
Fabian trying to control from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Fabian throws out a loose jab but Torres uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fabian throws a series of punches but Torres moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Torres.
Fabian misses with a body shot.
A big left from Fabian misses.
Fabian lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fabian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Torres shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Fabian as he avoids it easily.
Torres thumps Fabian with a low kick.
Fabian misses with a double jab.
A solid body kick from Fabian.
Torres is breathing heavily.
Fabian throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fabian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Torres avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Torres connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Both fighters circling a little - Fabian finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Torres avoids the head kick by Fabian.
Fabian swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Torres counters with a nice body shot.
Torres staying out of range there.
Fabian throws an overhand right that lands on Torres's shoulder, as Torres tries to avoid the shot.
Fabian pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fabian jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Torres really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Fabian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Torres misses.
Torres throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fabian misses with a body shot.
Torres ducks under a wild hook from Fabian.
Torres blocks a head kick by Fabian.
Torres blocks a head kick by Fabian.
Torres tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fabian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Torres avoids the head kick by Fabian.
Torres misses with a double jab.
Torres moves out of range as Fabian throws a body kick.
Torres checks a leg kick nicely.
Torres checks a low kick from Fabian.
Torres avoids the body shot from Fabian.
Torres tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Torres misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rahim Fabian dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Torres ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Torres listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fabian throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Fabian looks to land a left hand but Torres moved out of range nicely.
Torres throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fabian has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Torres finds it's way round the side to connect with Fabian's head.
Fabian looks to land a body kick but Torres moved away.
Fabian throws a lazy right hand but Torres sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Fabian misses with a looping left.
Fabian throws out a leg kick but Torres moves out of range and Fabian only half commits.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fabian throws a sloppy head kick and Torres moves out of range easily.
Torres jabs at Fabian's body.
Fabian pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Fabian is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Fabian swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Torres counters with a right hand to the body.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Fabian in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fabian throws a low kick but it's checked well by Torres.
Fabian connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Torres's hands.
A head kick misses from Fabian.
Some wild striking there from Torres.
Fabian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Torres lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Fabian at a distance.
Rahim Fabian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Torres listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Torres lands with a cross.
Torres misses with a head kick.
Fabian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torres.
Torres throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fabian connects with a single shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fabian stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Fabian and Torres goes tumbling to the canvas! Fabian follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Torres is rocked!
Torres is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Fabian's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Fabian's back!
Oh Torres is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fabian turns into Torres and is now in his guard.
Fabian keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Torres's head.
Fabian keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Torres's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fabian distracts Torres with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fabian scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fabian drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Torres dives on top into guard.
Torres trying to control the position from guard on top but Fabian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Torres seems to have got his legs back now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Torres preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fabian is trying to keep Torres in close.
Torres postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Torres wants to control from the top but Fabian keeps moving.
Fabian is trying to control the position but Torres postures up.
Fabian manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Torres can't escape the position.
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.
Fabian has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Torres's face.
Torres is looking to get to half guard.
Torres is in a horrible position here. Fabian smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fabian landing strikes from the mount.
Fabian looking to control but Torres is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The referee warns Torres that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The referee warns Torres that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Torres tries to reverse the position but Fabian maintains control.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fabian working Torres over with strikes here.
Fabian postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Torres bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Fabian and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rahim Fabian!
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hype
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RATING
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