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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ireneo Requina (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rodolpho Vasquel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vasquel comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Surviving the Times kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Rodolpho Vasquel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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186 cm
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179 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ireneo Requina!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rodolpho Vasquel!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasquel fails with a takedown attempt.
Vasquel lands with an uppercut that bounces Requina off the cage and back into rage.
Requina wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vasquel shoots in but no luck this time.
Vasquel misses with a wild body shot.
Requina showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Vasquel.
Vasquel throws a predictable looking body shot
and Requina counters with a takedown into side control.
Requina working the head with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Requina scoring with punches and elbows.
Requina scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Vasquel to see if he's OK.
Requina passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Vasquel!
Requina 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.
Requina lands a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Requina wants to control the pace but Vasquel is squirming around nicely.
Requina connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Requina lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Vasquel hang on?
Requina unloading with bombs!
Vasquel wants to hold on but Requina pushes him away.
Vasquel flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Requina postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Vasquel looks a forlorn figure.
It looks like Rodolpho Vasquel has been cut.
Requina lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Requina pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Vasquel working to try and regain half guard.
Vasquel is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Requina punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Requina lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Requina connects with a bit shot that sees Vasquel covering up! More strikes from Requina and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Requina is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ireneo Requina!
Ireneo Requina retains his welterweight title!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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