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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Zach Hainer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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165 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Zach Hainer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Vitor Almeida!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hainer lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hainer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fight stays on the outside here - Almeida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hainer misses with a hook
and Almeida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hainer throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hainer throws a right hand that misses
and Hainer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Almeida lands a body shot.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Hainer.
Vitor Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Almeida rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hainer counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Almeida misses
and Hainer counters with an outside leg kick.
A shot to the body from Almeida misses
and Hainer makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Almeida really felt that one!
Almeida looks gassed!
Hainer scores with a head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hainer lands a nice hook to Almeida's body. Almeida takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Almeida moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hainer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hainer fakes the leg kick and cracks Almeida in the body.
Hainer throws a shot to the body.
Hainer throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Hainer scores with a jab to the head.
Almeida chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hainer can pounce on him.
Hainer lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Almeida takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hainer throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Almeida on the side of the head.
A head kick from Hainer lands but Almeida takes it in his stride.
Hainer connects with a leg kick. Almeida looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Almeida throws a poor cross that misses
and Hainer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Almeida has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hainer.
Hainer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hainer connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Almeida momentarily.
Hainer lands with a kick to the ribs.
Hainer scores with a kick to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Almeida throws a lazy uppercut
and Hainer counters with a low kick, right behind Almeida 's knee.
Hainer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almeida chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hainer can pounce on him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zach Hainer dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hainer thumps Almeida with a low kick.
Almeida misses with an uppercut
and Hainer counters with a thumping low kick.
Almeida has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hainer.
Almeida throws an off balance right hand
and Hainer counters with an inside leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Hainer finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Almeida takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hainer with a nice cross.
Almeida's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Almeida is breathing heavily.
A shot to the liver by Hainer. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida takes one to the side of the head.
Hainer scores with a hook.
Almeida throws an off balance right hand
and Hainer counters with an inside leg kick.
Hainer connects with a body shot that sends Almeida's belly button to the back.
Hainer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Almeida on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hainer. Hainer obviously looking to wear him down.
Zach Hainer is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hainer connects with the punch.
Hainer thumps Almeida with a low kick.
Almeida misses with a jab to the body
and Hainer counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Hainer.
Almeida takes a shot to the head.
Hainer lands with a short shot to the head.
Hainer lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Hainer just leaning against Almeida, taking a breather.
Hainer scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Almeida takes an elbow to the forehead.
Almeida tries to break the clinch but Hainer is controlling the position.
Hainer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Almeida's face.
A body shot lands from Hainer.
Hainer scores with a shoulder strike.
Hainer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Almeida can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hainer lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Almeida or not.
Hainer lands a body punch in the clinch.
Almeida prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short body shot lands from Hainer as the two fighters clinch.
Hainer working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Hainer digs a right hand underneath Almeida's ribcage. Almeida let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Almeida.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hainer.
Hainer lands a good knee to the midsection. Almeida won't want to take too many of those.
A right hand to the body from Hainer.
Hainer landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hainer presses Almeida against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hainer throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hainer gets through Almeida's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Almeida lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hainer backwards.
Hainer tries to throw a body punch but Almeida avoids it by throwing Hainer back against the ropes.
Almeida lands a left hand.
Hainer pushes Almeida back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Hainer scores with a nice short uppercut.
Hainer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Almeida's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hainer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Almeida working aggressively here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hainer.
Almeida blocks a body shot from Hainer.
Almeida fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hainer misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Almeida.
Hainer is trying to maintain a safe position but Almeida gets an underhook and turns Hainer into the ropes.
Almeida wants to break the clinch but can't.
A short left from Hainer.
Hainer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Almeida lands a nice uppercut.
Hainer lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hainer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Hainer lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Almeida.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Almeida blocking some punches.
Almeida misses with a punch on the inside.
Hainer swings wildly with an uppercut but Almeida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hainer tries to work over Almeida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Almeida misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zach Hainer dominated that second round.
That's time! Hainer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Almeida misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hainer walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Almeida misses with a right hand
and Almeida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Almeida misses with a left hand
and Hainer counters with a head kick. That will keep Almeida thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the body from Almeida misses
and Hainer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Almeida looks to land a combination but Hainer avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida misses with a right hand
and Hainer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hainer misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Almeida counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hainer thinking.
Hainer connects with a leg kick. Almeida looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Almeida throws a poor cross that misses
and Hainer counters with an inside leg kick.
Almeida misses with a right hand
and Hainer finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Hainer tests Almeida's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida throws an off balance right hand
and Hainer counters with a nice low kick that buckles Almeida's knee momentarily.
Almeida throws a lazy uppercut
and Hainer makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Hainer tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Almeida paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Vitor Almeida is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Almeida takes one to the chin there.
Almeida throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hainer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Almeida throws a combination that misses
and Hainer counters with an outside leg kick.
Hainer connects with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Almeida crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Hainer - the referee stops the clock and Almeida gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Hainer. Almeida manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Hainer lands with a slapping head kick.
Almeida misses with a hook
and Hainer counters with an outside leg kick.
Almeida misses with a right hand
and Hainer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A swing and a miss from Hainer.
Hainer is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hainer counters with a nice kick to the body.
Almeida stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hainer.
Hainer lands a really nice looking cross but Almeida seems unphased.
Hainer on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hainer's corner calls for a 1-2. Hainer obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Vitor Almeida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hainer takes the fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Zach Hainer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hainer has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zach Hainer!
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