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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Haskins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jasper Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kevin Haskins had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.7lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Kevin Haskins has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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170 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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162 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kevin Haskins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jasper Wright!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haskins will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Jasper Wright seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wright throws a series of punches but Haskins avoids them all with ease.
Wright feints a jab promting Haskins to slip. Wright then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Haskins slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Haskins is defended easily by Wright.
Haskins shoots in but Wright avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Haskins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wright stalks Haskins and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Haskins's face. Haskins staggers backwards, shaken.
A nice combination there by Wright.
Haskins keeps the fight on the outside.
Wright throws a combination. Haskins tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wright tries to clinch up.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haskins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wright!
It looks like Kevin Haskins has been cut.
Wright lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright tries to bum rush Haskins with a series of wild strikes but Haskins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jasper Wright is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wright works over Haskins's head and body with a nice combination.
Wright moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wright throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Haskins.
Wright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wright is working the combinations to good effect here.
Wright wants to clinch up but Haskins keeps it at a distance.
Wright tries to clinch up.
Wright tries to bum rush Haskins with a series of wild strikes but Haskins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Wright wants to clinch up but Haskins keeps it at a distance.
Haskins keeps the fight on the outside.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch but Haskins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wright tries to clinch up.
Wright wants to clinch.
Wright is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to clinch there but Haskins circles away.
Wright is looking to clinch but Haskins is avoiding it.
Wright throws a nice looking combination but Haskins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Haskins swats away the attempt to clinch by Wright.
Wright misses with the combination.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Haskins.
Wright misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wright looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wright displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright doesn't manage to clinch there - Haskins circles away.
Wright tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wright is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wright tries to clinch up.
Wright swinging wildly here.
Wright moves in looking to clinch but Haskins pushes him off.
Haskins keeps the fight on the outside.
Haskins closes the distance and clinches up with Wright, looking for a takedown. Haskins pushes Wright against the cage but Wright circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Wright tries to clinch but Haskins moves out of range.
Wright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wright throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wright tries to clinch but Haskins moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Haskins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wright is looking to clinch but Haskins is avoiding it.
Some wild striking there from Wright.
Wright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wright works over Haskins's head and body with a nice combination.
Wright fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wright tries to bum rush Haskins with a series of wild strikes but Haskins uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice combination there by Wright.
Wright tries to clinch but Haskins moves out of range.
Wright misses with a wild combination.
Wright is looking to clinch but Haskins is avoiding it.
A combination from Wright does no damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jasper Wright dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Haskins's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Wright looks to land a combination but Haskins avoids it well.
Wright moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wright throws a combination. Haskins tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Wright scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wright looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wright tries to clinch but Haskins is having none of it.
Haskins shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wright defends it nicely.
Haskins shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Wright pinned against the cage. Wright gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Haskins. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Wright lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wright.
Wright will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Haskins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wright.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wright fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wright lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Haskins circles away quickly and effectively.
Wright lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wright throws a series of punches but Haskins avoids them all with ease.
Wright lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Haskins backs up against the cage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wright looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sloppy strikes from Wright. Those never looked like landing.
Jasper Wright seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sloppy strikes from Wright. Those never looked like landing.
Wright is looking to clinch.
Wright fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wright lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Haskins backs up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wright.
Wright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wright wants to clinch up but Haskins keeps it at a distance.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch but Haskins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wright throws a one two combo.
Wright tries to clinch up.
Wright swinging wildly here.
Wright scores with a one two! Haskins had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wright throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Haskins looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wright scores with a three punch combo!
Wright moves in looking to clinch but Haskins pushes him off.
Wright misses with a two punch combination.
Wright moves in looking to clinch but Haskins pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haskins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wright is looking to clinch.
Haskins shoots for a double leg takedown but Wright sprawls well. He's pushed Haskins's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Haskins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wright misses with a double jab.
Wright tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wright!
Haskins shoots for a takedown but Wright saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Haskins takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wright doesn't manage to clinch there - Haskins circles away.
A right-left combo lands from Wright.
Wright tries to clinch there but Haskins circles away.
Wright fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haskins keeps the fight on the outside.
Haskins is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Wright.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Haskins circles away quickly and effectively.
Wright tries to clinch but Haskins is having none of it.
Wright fails to land with a series of punches.
Haskins circles away from the clinch attempt.
A combination from Wright does no damage.
Wright moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Wright shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Haskins eats them both and turns towards Wright to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wright is looking to clinch but Haskins is avoiding it.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch but Haskins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wright lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Haskins circles away quickly and effectively.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haskins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Haskins keeps the fight on the outside.
A combination from Wright does no damage.
Wright fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jasper Wright showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kevin Haskins's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Haskins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wright throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Wright lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Wright.
Wright misses with a jab, cross combination.
Haskins looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Haskins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wright misses with a two punch combination.
Wright tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Haskins manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kevin Haskins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright tries to clinch up.
Wright tries to clinch there but Haskins circles away.
Haskins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wright moves in looking to clinch but Haskins pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wright goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Haskins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Haskins shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wright sprawls well. Wright wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Haskins gets slowly back to his feet.
Haskins looks for a takedown but Wright sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Haskins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wright misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Haskins dodges the punch combination from Wright.
Wright lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wright misses with a few strikes there.
Wright misses with a jab, cross combination.
Wright misses with a series of wild punches.
Kevin Haskins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haskins swats away the attempt to clinch by Wright.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haskins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wright fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haskins keeps the fight on the outside.
Wright tries to clinch up but Haskins circles away and keeps his distance.
A combination from Wright does no damage.
Wright is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wright fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Haskins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Wright. Those never looked like landing.
Wright misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haskins shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Wright but Wright pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Wright misses with the combination.
Good standup being displayed there by Wright as he connects with a hook.
Wright swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wright lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Haskins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wright tries to clinch up but Haskins circles away and keeps his distance.
Haskins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wright tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A combination from Wright does no damage.
Haskins shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Wright has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haskins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wright doesn't manage to clinch there - Haskins circles away.
Wright throws a series of punches but Haskins moves out of range.
Wright misses with a series of wild punches.
Haskins circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wright misses with a few strikes there.
Haskins looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Wright fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Haskins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Haskins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wright.
Wright lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jasper Wright is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Haskins might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Wright fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jasper Wright comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wright 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 26:30
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 26:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jasper Wright!
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hype
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