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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Augustus Belmont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus Hitzlspergher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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200 lbs
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200 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Augustus Belmont!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Rufus Hitzlspergher!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hitzlspergher rushes Belmont and presses him up against the ropes.
Knees in the clinch landing for Belmont.
Hitzlspergher is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Belmont is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Belmont lands a knee to the body.
Hitzlspergher looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A right hand to the body from Belmont.
Belmont'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.
Knees to the body from Belmont.
Belmont taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Belmont lands a left hand.
Belmont lands a shoulder strike.
Belmont lands with a light punch inside.
Hitzlspergher taking a breather.
Belmont lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hitzlspergher backwards.
Belmont tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hitzlspergher avoids it.
Belmont scores a nice knee to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Belmont.
Belmont digs a right hand into Hitzlspergher's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hitzlspergher's gas tank.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont connects with a knee to the head.
Belmont tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Belmont using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Belmont creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Belmont will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hitzlspergher up against the ropes.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Belmont for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Belmont seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Belmont with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitzlspergher is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Belmont softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Belmont content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Belmont landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A short right from Belmont on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Augustus Belmont.
Belmont lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Hitzlspergher at a distance.
Belmont connects with a leg kick. Hitzlspergher looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Belmont.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belmont lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Belmont's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hitzlspergher under the eye.
Belmont bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hitzlspergher's head backwards.
Hitzlspergher takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hitzlspergher doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Good exchange - Belmont coming out on top.
Hitzlspergher is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hitzlspergher takes one to the chin there.
Hitzlspergher is still on wobbly legs! Can Belmont finish him?
Hitzlspergher doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Belmont lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hitzlspergher seems to have recovered his senses.
Belmont thuds a left hand into Hitzlspergher's body.
An inside leg kick lands from Belmont.
Belmont connects with a solid leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Belmont fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Belmont thuds a left hand into Hitzlspergher's body.
Belmont feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hitzlsperghers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Augustus Belmont seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Belmont is looking to slow Hitzlspergher down with leg kicks.
A good leg kick by Belmont.
Jab from Belmont.
Hitzlspergher stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Belmont.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Belmont scores with a spinning back kick!
Nice straight punches there by Belmont. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Belmont.
Belmont thumps Hitzlspergher with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Augustus Belmont dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Hitzlspergher takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Belmont lands with an overhand left.
Belmont jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hitzlspergher rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Belmont makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hitzlspergher on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Belmont jabs Hitzlspergher right on the nose. Hitzlspergher blinks but takes it well.
Belmont scores with a leg kick.
Belmont bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hitzlspergher's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Belmont lands with a nice body kick.
Hitzlspergher's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Hitzlspergher is breathing heavily.
A decent looking cross lands there for Belmont.
Belmont scores with the left hand. Hitzlspergher knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Belmont tests Hitzlspergher's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Belmont throws a nice inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Belmont.
Belmont is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hitzlspergher can do to turn this around?
Belmont fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hitzlspergher on the side of the head.
Belmont looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Belmont cracks Hitzlspergher with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Hitzlspergher looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Belmont finish him?
It looks like Rufus Hitzlspergher has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Belmont dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hitzlspergher. That did some damage!
Belmont scores with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitzlspergher takes one to the chin there.
Belmont throws a combination that misses
letting Hitzlspergher counter with a right hand.
Belmont lands a nice looking body shot.
Good shot there by Belmont.
Augustus Belmont is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Belmont tries to clinch but Hitzlspergher is having none of it.
Hitzlspergher misses the shot to the body.
Belmont chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Belmont scores with a leg kick.
Belmont throws a leg kick which misses Hitzlspergher's front leg but catches the back leg as Hitzlspergher tries to avoid it.
Belmont connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hitzlspergher takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hitzlspergher takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hitzlspergher misses with a lunging right hand
and Belmont connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Belmont steps in with a hook that catches Hitzlspergher right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Belmont follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Hitzlspergher looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Augustus Belmont!
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FIGHT
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