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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominic Rude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alejandro Zapata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zapata is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tres Delinquentes. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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ADCC Champion
Counter striker
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dominic Rude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alejandro Zapata!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rude lands an uppercut.
Zapata blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Zapata keeps control of Rude as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A bit of stalling here from Zapata.
Rude looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Zapata prevents Rude from breaking the clinch.
Zapata prevents Rude from breaking the clinch.
Rude tries a body shot but Zapata blocks it.
Rude is trying to force a seperation but Zapata has the dominant position.
Rude throws a punch but it's blocked by Zapata.
Zapata blocks a body shot from Rude.
Rude breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rude lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Zapata at a distance.
Rude is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dominic Rude seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rude connects with a high kick.
Rude throws a nice looking combination but Zapata bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A head kick misses from Rude.
Rude tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Zapata counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rude!
Zapata throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rude sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rude misses with a few strikes there.
Zapata dodges the punch combination from Rude.
Rude tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Zapata manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rude fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rude misses with a hook. Zapata ducked under it nicely.
A solid body kick from Rude.
Dominic Rude is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Zapata darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Zapata avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zapata tests Rude's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rude avoids the body shot from Zapata.
A combination from Rude does no damage.
Zapata throws a leg kick that misses.
Rude ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Rude tries to close the distance and clinch but Zapata swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rude uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Zapata.
Zapata's corner calls for a 1-2. Zapata obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zapata lands a nice shot to the body.
Rude throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zapata makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Rude lands a nice shot to the body.
Zapata fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Rude checks it well.
Rude lands a two punch combo.
Rude tries to clinch up but Zapata circles away and keeps his distance.
Zapata tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rude was well out of range. Poor timing from Zapata.
Rude throws a series of punches but Zapata avoids them all with ease.
Rude throws a series of punches but Zapata avoids them all with ease.
Zapata takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rude fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rude clinches up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rude doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rude blocking some punches.
Rude wants to break free but Zapata has control.
Zapata working hard to break the clinch.
Rude misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zapata scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rude lands a shoulder strike.
A frustrated look appears on Rude's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rude gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Zapata.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rude's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominic Rude dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Rude looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rude wants to clinch up but Zapata keeps it at a distance.
Sloppy strikes from Rude. Those never looked like landing.
Rude throws a head kick that misses.
Zapata tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rude was well out of range. Poor timing from Zapata.
Rude gets a clinch.
Rude tries to break free but Zapata pushes him back against the cage.
Rude pushes Zapata back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Zapata stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Rude misses with the head strike.
Rude is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rude throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Zapatas head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rude wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rude is trying to break the clinch but Zapata has him pressed against the cage.
Rude breaks the clinch.
Rude looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Rude lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Zapata circles away quickly and effectively.
Rude throws a head kick but Zapata moves out of range.
Zapata avoids the head kick by Rude.
Rude avoids the body shot from Zapata.
Zapata keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rude.
Dominic Rude is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rude misses with a kick to the body.
Rude closes the distance but Zapata moves to the side
and Zapata counters with a left to the body.
Rude throws a head kick that Zapata semi-blocks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rude cracks Zapata with a good jab.
Rude wants to clinch up but Zapata keeps it at a distance.
Rude throws a hook but Zapata avoids it easily.
Rude swinging wildly here.
Zapata dodges the punch combination from Rude.
Zapata stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Rude lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Zapata has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Zapata and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Zapata.
Rude swings for the body but Zapata moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rude throws a head kick but Zapata moves out of range.
Rude tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zapata throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rude avoids the body shot from Zapata.
Rude lands a nice shot that snaps Zapata's head back.
Rude lands with a kick to the temple. Zapata shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Zapata is rocked!
Zapata is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Rude rather than just go for the knockout.
Rude walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Zapata drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Rude swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Zapata's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominic Rude!
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energy
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hype
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