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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aldo Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Paulson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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162 lbs
12 - 10 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Very strong |
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World class 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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aldo Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Paul Paulson!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocha on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Paulson scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Paulson fails with a takedown attempt.
Rocha thows a left - swing and a miss!
Paulson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rocha doesn't seem bothered though.
Paulson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Rocha misses with a hook.
Rocha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Paulson.
Rocha moves forwards but Paulson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Paulson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Paulson throws a sloppy head kick and Rocha moves out of range easily.
Rocha tries a head kick but it misses.
Rocha throws a sloppy head kick and Paulson moves out of range easily.
Paulson throws a wild body kick that Rocha sees coming a mile off.
Paul Paulson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Paulson.
It looks like Aldo Rocha has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Paulson throws out a powerful jab.
Paulson avoids the head kick by Rocha.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Paulson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Rocha looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Paulson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rocha circles away quickly and effectively.
Paulson blocks a head kick by Rocha.
Paulson lands a two punch combo.
Paulson paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Rocha is rocked!
Rocha blocks the body kick.
Paulson scores with a jab.
Oh Rocha is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Paulson throws a series of punches but Rocha moves out of range.
Paulson scores with a jab. Rocha acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Paulson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Rocha. Paulson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paulson looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rocha is fending him off so far but Paulson persists. Nope, Rocha circles away and we're back to standing.
Rocha throws a head kick that misses
and Paulson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rocha misses with a low kick.
Paulson fails with the takedown.
Aldo Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paul Paulson.
Rocha displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Paulson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocha misses the jab.
Paulson's corner calls for a 1-2. Paulson obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Rocha throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rocha throws a right hand that misses
and Paulson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rocha avoids a punch combination nicely.
Rocha seems to have got his legs back now.
Aldo Rocha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Paulson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rocha circles away quickly and effectively.
Paulson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Rocha counters with a nice body kick.
Paulson looks gassed!
Paulson moves out of range as Rocha throws a body kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Paulson is defended easily by Rocha.
Rocha lands with an overhand left.
Paulson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rocha eats them both and turns towards Paulson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paulson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Rocha steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Paulson.
Paulson connects with a crisp jab.
Paulson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rocha had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Rocha just misses with a punch to the body.
Paulson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rocha throws a body punch but Paulson moves out of range.
Rocha lands with a slapping head kick.
Paulson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Paulson connects with a jab.
Paulson throws a series of punches but Rocha avoids them all with ease.
Rocha scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rocha misses with a straight right.
Rocha takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rocha tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Paulson is able to avoid easily.
Rocha tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Paulson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rocha.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rocha scores with a head kick. Paulson tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Rocha misses with a head kick.
Rocha throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Paulson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rocha.
Paulson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rocha swings for the body but Paulson moves out of range.
Rocha takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rocha takes one on the button.
Rocha swinging wildly here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rocha takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Paulson throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Paulson lands with an uppercut that bounces Rocha off the cage and back into range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Paulson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aldo Rocha's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Paulson tries to bum rush Rocha with a series of wild strikes but Rocha uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Paulson lands the left hand.
Rocha needs to keep his hands up - Paulson had a free shot at his head there.
Rocha throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Rocha misses with a head kick.
Rocha pushes Paulson away with a front kick.
Paulson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Paulson looks for a takedown but Rocha sprawls well.
Paulson has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rocha throws a head kick but Paulson moves out of range.
Paulson moves out of range as Rocha throws a body kick.
Rocha pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rocha looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Rocha sizes up Paulson with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rocha throws a jab but it's blocked by Paulson.
Rocha looks to throw the jab but Paulson is out of range.
Paulson shoots in but Rocha avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Rocha misses
and Paulson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
An inside leg kick from Rocha misses.
Paulson shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Paulson showed some decent athleticism there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Paulson is breathing heavily.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Paulson stops Rocha from getting back to his feet.
Paulson passes the guard and advances to mount!
Rocha wants to try and get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rocha in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Rocha is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Paulson scoring with strikes but Rocha is staying in there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice elbow there by Paulson.
Paulson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Paulson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Paulson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Paulson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Paulson postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Rocha bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Paulson and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Paulson!
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energy
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hype
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