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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Daigo Goto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ratt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hughes has chosen Country boy can survive as his entrance music. The key to victory for Daigo Goto has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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180 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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175 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daigo Goto!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ratt Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes throws a lazy right hand but Goto sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Goto decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hughes is looking for a sweep. Goto is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Goto is looking to advance position but Hughes won't allow it.
Hughes tries to get to full guard but Goto has control of the leg.
Hughes throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Hughes punching from the bottom.
Hughes misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Hughes is looking to improve his position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Goto scores with a jab to the body.
Ratt Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hughes tries for a takedown but Goto circles away easily
and Goto counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Goto throwing shots but Hughes is blocking nicely.
Hughes wants to get back to full guard.
Hughes manages to get to full guard.
Hughes striking off his back but it's not causing Goto any problems.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes striking off his back but it's not causing Goto any problems.
Goto wants to control from the top but Hughes keeps moving.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Hughes misses with a takedown attempt
and Goto decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hughes's guard.
Goto pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hughes is keeping the position for now.
Goto trying to control the position from guard on top but Hughes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hughes throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Goto's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Goto passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Hughes is looking to regain half guard here but Goto keeps moving and retains side control.
Goto wants to control but Hughes is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Hughes is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Goto trying to control the action but Hughes is working from the bottom.
Goto stalling.
Goto prevents Hughes from improving his position.
Goto working the head and body with strikes.
Goto not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hughes tries to roll over but Goto keeps him under control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Goto scores with a takedown into Hughes's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hughes tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hughes looks gassed!
Hughes will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Goto is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Goto tries to free his leg and advance position but Hughes is retaining full guard.
Goto wants to control from the top but Hughes keeps moving.
Goto looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hughes looking for a sweep. Not yet Hughes, not yet.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A right-left combo lands from Goto.
Hughes shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Goto counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Daigo Goto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ratt Hughes.
Hughes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Goto works the jab nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Goto tries to clinch there but Hughes circles away.
Hughes shoots and misses
and Goto cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hughes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Goto looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Hughes is in trouble now - Goto has advanced to mount!
Hughes can't escape the position.
Hughes throwing hammer fists to the chest of Goto. What's that going to do exactly?
Goto controlling from the full mount.
Goto blocks Hughes's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Goto can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hughes is looking to escape.
Hughes is trying to escape the mount.
Goto 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.
Goto putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daigo Goto dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hughes needs to keep his hands up - Goto had a free shot at his head there.
Hughes misses with a takedown attempt
and Goto counters with a shoot takedown. Hughes fights it but they end up in guard.
Goto looking to pass the guard.
Hughes lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Goto!
Hughes thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Hughes unloads with some shots from mount but Goto bucks and avoids them well.
Goto is looking to get to half guard.
Goto regains half guard.
Daigo Goto overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hughes looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hughes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Goto looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hughes tries to pass the half guard into mount. Goto knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hughes missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Goto makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Goto.
Hughes looking to pass the guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Goto wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hughes fails with the takedown
and Goto counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Ratt Hughes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Goto takes the fight into the clinch.
Hughes pulls guard.
Hughes manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hughes cracks Goto with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hughes cracks Goto with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Goto is rocked!
It looks like Daigo Goto has been cut.
A nice elbow there by Hughes.
Oh Goto is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Hughes putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Hughes postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Goto in real trouble here! The ref calls for Goto to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ratt Hughes!
Ratt Hughes is the new welterweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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