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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Rodrigues (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Svensson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rodrigues comes to the cage accompanied by Reno. The crowd seem to be enjoying Svensson's choice of entrance music: Flickorna på TV2. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
15 - 9 - 0 |
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200 cm
22
183 lbs
9 - 5 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gabriel Rodrigues!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Michael Svensson!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good shot there by Svensson.
Rodrigues misses with a hook. Svensson ducked under it nicely.
Svensson fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gabriel Rodrigues seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Svensson lands a slapping body shot.
Rodrigues takes a swing at Svensson's ribcage but misses.
Rodrigues falls off balance throwing a combination
and Svensson counters with a left to the body.
Svensson misses with a hook. Rodrigues ducked under it nicely.
Svensson lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rodrigues connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Svensson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Svensson is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
No joy there for Rodrigues, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Svensson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rodrigues looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rodrigues throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Svensson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Svensson scores with a decent looking hook.
A left lands for Svensson.
Svensson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Svensson looks to throw the jab but Rodrigues is out of range.
A left lands for Svensson.
Svensson lands with a shot to the body.
Svensson swings widly with a right hand
and Rodrigues counters with a slapping leg kick.
Rodrigues throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rodrigues misses with the combination.
Rodrigues throws a jab when Svensson was well out of range.
Rodrigues scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues misses with a hook.
A jab lands there for Svensson.
Svensson slips a jab and a cross from Rodrigues.
A looping hook to the body misses from Svensson. Rodrigues does a little dance to reset his feet.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rodrigues throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Rodrigues avoids the body shot from Svensson.
Rodrigues uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Svensson.
Svensson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rodrigues had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Svensson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rodrigues in his tracks.
Svensson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rodrigues counters with an outside leg kick.
Rodrigues throws a combination. Svensson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Svensson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rodrigues. Rodrigues obviously looking to wear him down.
Rodrigues throws a series of punches but Svensson moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Svensson lands a jab to the head.
Svensson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rodrigues.
Rodrigues's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Svensson connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Rodrigues scrambles back to his feet.
Svensson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
A big left from Svensson misses.
Rodrigues lands a two punch combo.
Svensson digs a good hook to Rodrigues's body.
Rodrigues throws a leg kick but Svensson checks it.
Svensson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rodrigues uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Svensson.
Svensson misses with a hook to the body
and Rodrigues counters with a left and a right that stings Svensson.
Svensson lands a jab to Rodrigues's midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues connects with a leg kick. Svensson looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rodrigues fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab from Svensson.
Rodrigues on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Svensson connects with a looping right hand.
A low kick from Rodrigues is predictable there
and Svensson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Svensson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Svensson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rodrigues.
Rodrigues tries to score with a low kick but Svensson moves his leg out of the way.
Rodrigues finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sloppy strikes from Rodrigues. Those never looked like landing.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Svensson lands a jab.
Svensson connects with a crisp jab.
Rodrigues swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Svensson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Svensson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Svensson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rodrigues can pounce on him.
Svensson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rodrigues lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Rodrigues throws a combination that misses
and Svensson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Svensson scores with the left hand. Rodrigues knows he should have avoided that one.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rodrigues closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Svensson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rodrigues.
Svensson is rocked!
Rodrigues throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Svensson.
Svensson is still on wobbly legs! Can Rodrigues finish him?
Svensson thows a body shot but no joy.
Svensson misses with a two punch combination.
and Rodrigues counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Svensson! He's just covering up as Rodrigues starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gabriel Rodrigues!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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