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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haki Ngata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murilo Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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280 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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270 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Haki Ngata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Murilo Rua!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ngata shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ngata stays in close to Rua's body and controls the position.
Ngata throws a big right hand that misses.
Ngata sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rua looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ngata with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rua trying to keep a closed guard but Ngata is proving a slippery customer.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Murilo Rua.
Rua throws a lazy uppercut
and Ngata decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Rua's guard.
Ngata looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Rua keeping moving, preventing Ngata from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ngata throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Rua wants to get back to his feet but Ngata is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Ngata 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.
Ngata is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Ngata stops Rua from standing up.
Ngata trying to control the position from guard on top but Rua is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rua working a defensive guard but Ngata passes into half guard.
Ngata passes to full mount!
Ngata dominating with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ngata misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Ngata working the ground and pound effectively.
It looks like Murilo Rua has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ngata controlling his opponent.
Ngata punishing his opponent with strikes.
Rua looks gassed!
Rua is bucking up trying to escape but Ngata cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ngata looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ngata with good strikes from the mount here!
Ngata postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Rua bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Ngata and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Haki Ngata!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
67% |
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