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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Georges Edgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paris Rozario (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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
5 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Georges Edgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paris Rozario!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edgar shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Edgar throws a lazy uppercut
and Rozario counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Edgar throws a jab when Rozario was well out of range.
Edgar misses with a hook to the body
letting Rozario counter with a right hand.
Edgar misses with a right hand
letting Rozario counter with a right hand.
Rozario on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Edgar throws a lazy uppercut
letting Rozario counter with a right hand.
Georges Edgar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Edgar misses the body punch
and Rozario counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice jab there from Edgar.
Edgar misses with a leg kick
letting Rozario counter with a right hand.
Rozario dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Edgar. That did some damage!
Edgar throws a right hand that misses
and Rozario counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Edgar thinking.
Edgar throws a hook but Rozario blocks it.
Edgar misses with a wild body shot.
Edgar staying out of range there.
Edgar misses with a straight left.
Rozario connects with a solid leg kick.
Edgar misses with an uppercut
and Rozario counters with a nice low kick that buckles Edgar's knee momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar with a jab.
Edgar sizes up Rozario with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rozario walks into a left hand.
Rozario slips a straight right by Edgar.
Edgar is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Edgar throws a right hand that misses
and Rozario counters with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Edgar misses its intended target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Edgar, right into the meat.
Edgar thows a left - swing and a miss!
A slapping leg kick lands for Rozario.
Edgar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rozario's head backwards.
Edgar throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rozario moves into the clinch.
Edgar is pressed up against the cage. Rozario has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Edgar down to the mat. Edgar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Edgar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rozario counters with a straight right hand.
Edgar throws a right hand that misses
and Rozario cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Georges Edgar is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Edgar throws a hook but Rozario avoids it easily.
Edgar swings widly with a right hand
and Rozario counters with a low kick, right behind Edgar 's knee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rozario ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Edgar feints a jab promting Rozario to slip. Edgar then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Rozario slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Edgar misses with a right hand
and Rozario counters with a leg kick.
Nice jab there from Rozario.
Edgar walks into a left hand.
Edgar misses with a wild body shot.
Rozario blocks a low kick nicely.
Edgar misses with a leg kick
and Rozario counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Edgar avoids the body shot from Rozario.
Edgar scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Edgar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rozario counters with a leg kick.
Edgar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rozario counters with a good low kick that Edgar was not able to check.
Donk. Edgar catches Rozario right on the button with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Edgar misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rozario.
Edgar is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar misses with a lunging right hand
and Rozario counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rozario looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Edgar. Rozario does a little dance to reset his feet.
Edgar throws a combination that misses
and Rozario connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rozario on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Edgar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rozario missing with a left hand there. Edgar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rozario uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Edgar.
Edgar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rozario counters with a low kick, right behind Edgar 's knee.
Edgar throws a poor cross that misses
and Rozario counters with an inside leg kick.
Rozario gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rozario landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Rozario missing with knees to the body.
Rozario's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rozario moves out of range as Edgar strikes.
Edgar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Edgar misses with a hook
and Rozario counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rozario checks a low kick from Edgar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar misses with a wild body shot.
Rozario moves away from the strike by Edgar.
Rozario rushes Edgar and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rozario can't find room to land a body shot as Edgar controls the action.
Rozario landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Edgar is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edgar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Edgar.
Edgar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rozario unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rozario scores with a hook to the body.
Edgar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rozario landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rozario lands a knee to the body.
Rozario lands a nice shot to the body.
Edgar takes an elbow to the temple.
Edgar tries to break free but Rozario pushes him back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rozario obliges.
A short right from Rozario.
Rozario is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Rozario using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Edgar avoiding damage as Rozario throws knees to the body.
Rozario using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rozario lands a nice knee to the body.
Rozario throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Edgars head.
Edgar takes an elbow to the temple.
Rozario lands a nice uppercut.
Rozario lands a damaging elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paris Rozario dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Edgar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Edgar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Edgar lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rozario at a distance.
Rozario misses the jab.
Edgar takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Paris Rozario seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rozario works Edgar's body with a nice hook.
Edgar catches Rozario with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Edgar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rozario counters with an inside leg kick.
Edgar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rozario was well out of range. Poor timing from Edgar.
Edgar misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Edgar throws a lazy uppercut
and Rozario counters with a body kick.
Edgar throws an off balance right hand
and Rozario counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rozario throws a hook to the side of Edgar's head but Edgar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Edgar throws a leg kick
and Rozario counters with a low kick, right behind Edgar 's knee.
Edgar swings widly with a right hand
and Rozario counters with a good, hard body kick but Edgar shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edgar throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rozario uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Edgar.
Edgar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rozario moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Edgar avoids the body shot from Rozario.
Edgar throws the left hand but Rozario avoids the punch easily.
Nice uppercut lands for Edgar. That snapped Rozario's head back.
Edgar swings widly with a right hand
and Rozario counters with a straight right hand.
Rozario has managed to clinch.
Rozario lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Georges Edgar has been cut.
Edgar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Edgar avoiding damage as Rozario throws knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Rozario.
Rozario is working Edgar over against the cage.
Rozario lands an elbow just above Edgar 's eye.
Rozario lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Edgar backwards.
Rozario unloads a knee to the mid-section. Edgar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Rozario lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Edgar backwards.
Rozario lands an elbow just above Edgar 's eye.
Edgar takes a knee right on the jaw!
Edgar is rocked!
Rozario lands a knee to the body.
Oh Edgar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Rozario with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rozario connects with a nasty looking knee right to Edgar's face.
Edgar is trying to break free.
Rozario lands a damaging elbow.
Edgar is trying to break the clinch but Rozario is controlling him.
Rozario working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Edgar takes a knee to the side of the body.
Edgar takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rozario landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rozario.
Edgar seems to have got his legs back now.
A left hand lands to the body for Rozario.
Rozario trying to land knees to the body.
Rozario has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A right hand to the body from Edgar.
Edgar wants to break free but Rozario has control.
Rozario lands an elbow that stopped Edgar in his tracks for a moment.
Edgar is looking to break free of the clinch but Rozario has double underhooks.
Rozario prevents a body shot from Edgar.
Rozario lands a knee to the body.
Edgar pushes Rozario back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rozario.
Rozario is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Edgar is defending well for now.
Edgar wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Edgar blocks an elbow strike from Rozario.
Rozario comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Edgar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rozario creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Edgar blocks an elbow strike.
Rozario working Edgar over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar tries a body shot but Rozario blocks it.
Edgar misses with a punch to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rozario.
Edgar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Paris Rozario seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Edgar misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rozario trying to land knees to the body.
Rozario misses with a punch to the body.
Edgar lands a right hand.
Rozario tries to land knees in the clinch but Edgar avoids the damage to the body.
Edgar presses Rozario against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Edgar - that landed with a thud.
Rozario misses with a short punch on the inside.
Edgar scores with a shot to the side of Rozario's head.
A right hand to the body from Edgar.
Edgar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Edgar misses with a punch to the body.
Edgar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Edgar lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Rozario tries to land knees in the clinch but Edgar avoids the damage to the body.
Edgar is trying to break the clinch but Rozario is controlling him.
Edgar lands a shot to the body.
Rozario blocks a body shot from Edgar.
Rozario trying to land knees to the body.
Rozario pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Edgar.
Edgar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Rozario misses with a punch to the body.
Edgar lands a hook that snaps the head of Rozario backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Rozario doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Edgar manages to break the clinch.
Edgar misses with a shot to the body
and Edgar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Edgar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Edgar throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Edgar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Edgar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Edgar misses with a hook. Rozario ducked under it nicely.
Rozario avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Edgar takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Edgar moves out of range of the body kick from Rozario.
A telegraphed right hand from Edgar misses the target.
Edgar misses with a leg kick
and Rozario connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Edgar connects with a single shot there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paris Rozario showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Georges Edgar's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Edgar misses with a body shot.
Rozario slips under a jab from Edgar.
Edgar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rozario manages to avoid it.
Rozario keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Edgar.
Rozario moves in looking to clinch but Edgar pushes him off.
Edgar misses with a wild combination.
Edgar throws a leg kick
and Rozario counters with a right hand to the body.
Edgar swings widly with a right hand
and Rozario counters with an inside leg kick.
Edgar throws a leg kick which misses Rozario's front leg but catches the back leg as Rozario tries to avoid it.
Edgar misses with a lunging right hand
and Rozario counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rozario swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Edgar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rozario. Rozario circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Edgar moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rozario shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Edgar pinned against the cage. Edgar gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Edgar listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice cross by Edgar.
Edgar swings widly with a right hand
and Rozario counters with a low kick, right behind Edgar 's knee.
Rozario checks the leg kick.
A big right from Edgar misses.
Rozario swings widly with a right hand
and Edgar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rozario tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Edgar throws a lazy uppercut
and Rozario counters with a head kick. That will keep Edgar thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Rozario looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The crowd cheers as Edgar lands an impressive looking overhand right. Rozario doesn't seem phased though.
Edgar with a hook.
Edgar misses with a lunging right hand
and Rozario counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rozario goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edgar misses with a looping right.
Rozario walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rozario misses with a head kick.
Nice uppercut there from Rozario.
Edgar throws a poor cross that misses
and Rozario counters with a good low kick that Edgar was not able to check.
Edgar swings widly with a right hand
and Rozario counters with a nice leg kick.
Edgar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rozario's head backwards.
Edgar throws a sloppy body shot
and Edgar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Rozario misses with a left hand
and Edgar makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Edgar misses with a lunging right hand
and Rozario counters with an inside leg kick.
Edgar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rozario was well out of range. Poor timing from Edgar.
Rozario takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rozario steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Edgar.
Edgar swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rozario finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edgar swings widly with a right hand
and Rozario counters with a body kick that stops Edgar in his tracks momentarily.
Edgar throws a poor cross that misses
and Rozario counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Edgar throws the left hand but Rozario avoids the punch easily.
Edgar just misses with a punch to the body.
Rozario jabs Edgar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Edgar uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rozario.
Edgar throws a leg kick
and Rozario counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Edgar throws a poor cross that misses
and Rozario counters with a nice kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice body kick from Rozario.
Edgar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rozario counters with a good low kick that Edgar was not able to check.
Edgar misses with a body shot.
Rozario connects with a looping right hand.
Edgar darts in trying to clinch
and Rozario counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edgar misses with an uppercut
and Rozario counters with a left to the body.
A big right from Edgar misses.
Edgar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rozario makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Edgar really felt that one!
An inside leg kick lands from Rozario.
Nice defenses there by Edgar.
Rozario is looking to land body kicks.
Edgar misses with an uppercut. Rozario saw that one coming.
Paris Rozario is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Edgar throws a lazy uppercut
and Rozario counters with a body kick that stops Edgar in his tracks momentarily.
Edgar misses the shot to the body.
Edgar misses with a right hand
and Rozario counters with a one-two to the body.
Georges Edgar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Edgar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rozario circles away quickly and effectively.
Edgar throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rozario counters with a slapping leg kick.
Edgar swings widly with a right hand
and Rozario counters with a low kick, right behind Edgar 's knee.
Edgar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paris Rozario comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Rozario 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paris Rozario!
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