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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Lagarde (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rodrigo Alves!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Lagarde!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Alves blocks a head kick by Lagarde.
Alves has Lagarde up against the cage in a clinch.
Alves gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Alves using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Lagarde has a couple of punches blocked by Alves.
Lagarde tries to break free but Alves pushes him back against the cage.
Lagarde stalling in the clinch but Alves improves position.
A frustrated look appears on Lagarde's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Alves tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Lagarde's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Alves lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Alves lands a damaging elbow.
Alves pressing his opponent against the cage.
A knee to the head by Alves.
Alves scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Chris Lagarde has been cut.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Alves as Lagarde tries to tie him up.
Alves lands a knee to the body.
Alves stalling in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lagarde lands a body shot.
Lagarde being controlled against the cage.
Alves pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Alves thumps Lagarde with a low kick.
Lagarde tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That kick from Alves tenderised Lagarde's leg. Lagarde is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lagarde looks gassed!
Alves misses with a wild combination.
Rodrigo Alves seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Alves throws a front kick that sends Lagarde stumbling back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alves moves into the clinch successfully.
Alves breaks from the clinch.
Lagarde throws a lazy body kick
and Alves counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Alves stalling the fight.
Good body shot from Alves.
Alves is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Alves presses Lagarde against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lagarde has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Alves moves into the clinch.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alves keeps control of Lagarde as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Alves throws a knee to the head but misses.
A knee to the head by Alves.
Alves tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alves lands a good knee to the midsection. Lagarde won't want to take too many of those.
Alves lands a damaging elbow.
Lagarde taking a breather.
A knee to the head by Alves.
Alves putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Lagarde in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lagarde tries to land a body kick
and Alves counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lagarde on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Lagarde closes the distance but Alves moves to the side
and Alves counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves keeps control of Lagarde as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lagarde is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Lagarde is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Alves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alves wants to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Alves's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lagarde closes the distance but Alves moves to the side
and Alves counters with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Alves misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lagarde clinches with his opponent.
Lagarde is trying to push Alves away but Alves has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Alves comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Alves lands a left hand.
Alves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lagarde circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lagarde moves to clinch but Alves breaks away
and Alves counters with a low kick, right behind Lagarde 's knee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Some bone on bone action there as Alves checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Alves jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Alves throws a leg kick but Lagarde sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Alves dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chris Lagarde's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lagarde misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lagarde misses with a head kick.
Lagarde checks a leg kick.
Lagarde throws a head kick that misses.
Alves staying out of range there.
An inside leg kick lands from Alves.
Lagarde tries to clinch up
and Alves counters with a head kick.
Alves lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lagarde is breathing heavily.
Lagarde closes the distance but Alves moves to the side
and Alves counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lagarde is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Lagarde avoids the head kick by Alves.
Lagarde throws a head kick that misses
and Alves counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Alves.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lagarde is trying to maintain a safe position but Alves gets an underhook and turns Lagarde into the cage.
Alves manages to break the clinch.
Rodrigo Alves is winning the standup battle so far.
Lagarde closes the distance looking to clinch
and Alves counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Lagarde throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Alves counters with a nice leg kick.
Alves throws a body kick the misses
and Lagarde counters with a body kick that stops Alves in his tracks momentarily.
Lagarde tries to clinch up
and Alves counters with an outside leg kick.
Alves lands a lovely overhand right.
Lagarde closes the distance looking to clinch
and Alves counters with a good, hard body kick but Lagarde shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lagarde misses with a hook. Alves ducked under it nicely.
Rodrigo Alves is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Alves looks for the body kick but Lagarde saw that one coming.
Crunch! Alves slams his shin into Lagarde's torso.
A head kick misses from Alves.
Lagarde tries to clinch but Alves moves away
and Alves counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Lagarde is lucky that one didn't land flush.
No joy there for Lagarde, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Alves clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lagarde tries to clinch
and Alves counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Alves tries to clinch there but Lagarde circles away.
Alves throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lagarde darts in and clinches Alves up against the cage.
Lagarde lands with a short shot to the head.
Alves manages to break the clinch.
Lagarde tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Alves paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lagarde throws a combination that misses
and Alves counters with a series of strikes. Lagarde will be more careful next time no doubt.
Alves throws a series of punches but Lagarde avoids them all with ease.
Lagarde wants to clinch
and Alves counters with a good low kick that Lagarde was not able to check.
Alves is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lagarde can do to turn this around?
Lagarde throws a head kick that Alves semi-blocks.
Lagarde misses with a low kick as Alves jumps back.
Alves avoids the head kick by Lagarde.
Lagarde doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Alves rushes Lagarde and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lagarde looking to stall.
Alves landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Lagarde wants to break free but Alves has control.
Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lagarde misses with a few strikes there.
Alves displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lagarde tries to close the distance and clinch but Alves swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Alves.
Lagarde tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Alves counters with a thumping low kick.
Nice uppercut there from Lagarde.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lagarde buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Alves scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Lagarde closes the distance but Alves moves to the side
and Alves counters with a good, hard body kick but Lagarde shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Alves dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chris Lagarde's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Lagarde misses with a series of wild punches.
Lagarde just misses with a punch to the body.
Alves misses with a double jab
and Lagarde counters by moving into the clinch.
Alves blocks an uppercut.
Alves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lagarde takes an elbow to the temple.
Alves scores with a knee to the head.
Lagarde misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alves keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lagarde's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Alves landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alves looking to throw knees to the head but Lagarde is blocking nicely.
Alves creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lagarde's defenses.
Alves lands an elbow that stopped Lagarde in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lagarde lands with a light punch inside.
Alves blocks an uppercut.
Lagarde wants to break free but Alves has control.
Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lagarde misses with a body shot.
Alves blocks a leg kick.
Alves scores with a head kick. Lagarde tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Lagarde doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Lagarde getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lagarde fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lagarde lands a nice leg kick that just misses Alves's sensitive parts.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Alves.
Lagarde doesn't manage to clinch there - Alves circles away.
Lagarde throws a head kick that misses
and Alves counters with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lagarde pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Alves moves into range and connects with a jab.
Alves lands a head kick. Lagarde smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Alves gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Lagarde counters with a head kick. That will keep Alves thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Lagarde misses the shot to the body.
Lagarde gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Alves makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Alves 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.
Alves lands a two punch combo.
Lagarde throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lagarde moves to clinch but Alves breaks away
and Alves counters with a thumping low kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Alves lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lagarde tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Alves moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves breaks the clinch.
Alves throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lagarde throws a sloppy head kick and Alves moves out of range easily.
Lagarde takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Lagarde tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lagarde tries to clinch up.
Alves throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lagarde looks to clinch
and Alves finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Lagarde tries a head kick but it misses.
Lagarde tries a head kick but it misses.
Lagarde tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
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.
Lagarde looks to land a combination but Alves avoids it well.
Lagarde tries to close the distance and clinch up but Alves swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lagarde throws a head kick but Alves moves out of range.
Lagarde tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Alves chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lagarde tries to clinch up but Alves circles away and keeps his distance.
Alves drives through and clinches with Lagarde against the cage.
Chris Lagarde has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lagarde misses with a hook to the ribs.
Alves lands an elbow inside that Lagarde shrugs off.
Alves lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lagarde backwards.
Alves just leaning against Lagarde, taking a breather.
Lagarde has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Alves throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rodrigo Alves is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lagarde tries to break the clinch but Alves is controlling the position.
Alves blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rodrigo Alves showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Alves has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Alves!
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hype
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FIGHT
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