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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pasi Rauha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Handy Manny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rauha comes into the arena with Age of Aquarius blaring out of the sound system. Manny has chosen Knuckle UP as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Handy Manny acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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200 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
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193 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Pasi Rauha!
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, Handy Manny!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circle momentarily. Manny darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rauha takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Rauha ducks right into an uppercut from Manny.
Manny clinches up with Rauha and pushes him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Manny.
Rauha misses with a punch to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Rauha.
Manny has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rauha slows down the pace here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Rauha for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Rauha taking a breather.
Manny is trying to force a seperation but Rauha has the dominant position.
Rauha is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pasi Rauha.
Manny misses the shot to the body.
Rauha looks for the body kick but Manny saw that one coming.
Rauha misses with a body kick.
Manny connects with a nice looking jab.
It looks like Pasi Rauha has been cut.
Rauha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Manny.
Manny misses with a straight right.
Manny forces Rauha back against the cage and clinches.
Manny breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jab from Manny.
Rauha looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A big left from Manny misses.
Manny moves into the clinch successfully.
Manny is trying to push Rauha away but Rauha has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Manny is looking to break free of the clinch but Rauha has double underhooks.
Manny working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manny is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Manny stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manny has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Manny has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rauha is stalling here.
Rauha goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Manny tries to break the clinch but Rauha is controlling the position.
Manny wants to break free but Rauha has control.
Rauha taking a breather.
Manny can't break the clinch.
Rauha keeps control of Manny as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Manny escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rauha misses with a body kick.
Manny moves out of range of the body kick.
Rauha throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Manny looks to land a combination but Rauha avoids it well.
Rauha defending well as Manny loads up on a big left hand.
Rauha looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manny moves out of range as Rauha throws a body kick.
Manny misses with a hook. Rauha ducked under it nicely.
Rauha looks for the body kick but Manny saw that one coming.
Rauha fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Manny has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Manny is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rauha.
Rauha throws a body kick that misses.
Rauha blocks a jab.
Rauha throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Manny closes the distance and clinches.
Rauha wants to stall.
Manny is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Rauha stalling in the clinch but Manny improves position.
Manny swings wildly with an uppercut but Rauha uses good head movement to avoid it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rauha keeps control of Manny as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manny working hard to break the clinch.
Come on Rauha - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rauha keeps control of Manny as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Rauha looking to slow down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Pasi Rauha.
Manny lands a high kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manny throws a hook but Rauha avoids it easily.
Handy Manny seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rauha pivots, looking for a leg kick but Manny is out of range and Rauha settles back down.
Manny throws a series of punches but Rauha avoids them all with ease.
Rauha checks a low kick from Manny.
Rauha fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Manny blocks the body kick.
Nice uppercut there from Manny.
Manny moves out of range of the body kick from Rauha.
Rauha closes the distance and clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Handy Manny dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pasi Rauha's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Manny throws a nice looking combination but Rauha bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Manny moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rauha misses with a body kick.
Manny waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rauha.
Rauha looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Rauha tries to clinch but Manny is having none of it.
Manny waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rauha.
Rauha tries to clinch up
and Manny counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Manny moves out of range of the body kick.
Manny is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Manny has closed the distance and engaged Rauha in a clinch.
Manny can't break the clinch.
Handy Manny seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Manny tries to circle away but Rauha has him pinned against the cage.
Manny is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Manny is trying to break the clinch but Rauha is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Rauha - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Manny is trying to force a seperation but Rauha has the dominant position.
Rauha slows down the pace here.
Manny breaks the clinch.
Manny tries a head kick but it misses.
Rauha avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rauha goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rauha moves forwards but Manny connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rauha throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Manny displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Manny avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Manny throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manny moves out of range as Rauha throws a body kick.
Manny takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Manny moves into range and connects with a jab.
Manny missing with a left hand there. Rauha was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Manny misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rauha lands with a nice body kick.
Rauha slips under a jab from Manny.
Rauha clinches with his opponent.
Manny wants to get back to striking at distance but Rauha won't allow it.
Rauha holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Manny working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Manny is looking to break free of the clinch but Rauha has double underhooks.
Rauha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice shot by Manny.
Rauha is rocked!
Manny stuns Rauha with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Oh Rauha is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Manny throws a good cross that connects.
Manny misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rauha walks straight into a right hand from Manny - that's dropped him! Manny jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Rauha from any more punishment! Rauha complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Handy Manny!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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