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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Mashego (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Foti Vasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Foti Vasa will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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185 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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199 lbs
10 - 12 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Arthur Mashego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Foti Vasa!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasa is looking to clinch but Mashego is avoiding it.
Mashego misses with a right hand
and Vasa counters with a low kick, right behind Mashego 's knee.
Vasa moves out of range of the strikes.
Vasa shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mashego pinned against the cage. Mashego gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Vasa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mashego counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Mashego circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vasa shoots in for a takedown but Mashego shows good takedown defense.
Mashego swats away the attempt to clinch by Vasa.
Vasa moves into the clinch.
Vasa pulls Mashego into guard.
Vasa will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Vasa wants to stand and escape but Mashego is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasa pushes Mashego off and scrambles back to his feet.
Some wild striking there from Vasa.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Vasa.
Sloppy strikes there by Vasa.
Vasa landing a few strikes.
Vasa tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Mashego knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Vasa on the ground.
Vasa trying to control the action but Mashego is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mashego is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Vasa tries to score with some ground and pound. Mashego controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Mashego stops Vasa from passing to mount.
Vasa with the ground and pound but Mashego regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Vasa is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Mashego is just riding it out for now. Vasa eventually gives up the hold.
Mashego is defending against the submission attempts here by Vasa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasa drops an elbow to the side of Mashego's head.
Vasa missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vasa thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mashego's head.
Vasa prevents Mashego from standing back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Vasa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Vasa content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vasa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Vasa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vasa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Vasa decides to stand and escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Foti Vasa dominated that round.
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.
Vasa manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Mashego on his heels. He'll look to pass Mashego's guard now, I'm sure.
Vasa has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vasa won't allow Mashego to get back to his feet.
Vasa trying to control the position from guard on top but Mashego is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Vasa distracts Mashego with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Vasa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Vasa stands and throws Mashego's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Vasa throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Vasa scoring with punches from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasa lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Vasa passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Mashego!
Vasa lands a nice shot to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vasa landing strikes, looking to finish!
Mashego is rocked!
Vasa postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Mashego badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Vasa around the waist but Vasa pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Vasa is the winner by TKO! Vasa jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Foti Vasa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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