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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marco Rudirez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rudirez comes to the cage accompanied by Turbonegro "Prince of the rodeo". Power has chosen Fabolous, 50cent, Mase - Breathe Remix as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Marco Rudirez has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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186 lbs
20 - 14 - 0 |
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183 lbs
22 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
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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
20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marco Rudirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Max Power!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Power takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Rudirez throws a sloppy body shot
and Power counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Power moves out of range of the strikes.
Power throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rudirez listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rudirez changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Power tries to avoid it but Rudirez manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Power to the ground. Power escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Power walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Rudirez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Power fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rudirez manages to avoid it.
Power throws a head kick that misses.
Rudirez closes the distance and pushes Power back into the cage.
Power breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Max Power seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rudirez throws out a loose jab but Power uses good head movement to avoid it.
Power misses with a two punch combination.
Power swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rudirez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Power has managed to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Power breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Power scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rudirez in his tracks.
Power avoids the body shot from Rudirez.
Power throws a leg kick but Rudirez moved away.
Power thows a body shot but no joy.
Rudirez lands a jab to the head.
Rudirez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rudirez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Power, pushing him back against the cage.
Rudirez lands a hook that snaps the head of Power backwards.
Rudirez is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Power pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rudirez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Power throws an elbow but misses.
Power throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Power prevents a body shot from Rudirez.
Power can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Power missing with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rudirez blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rudirez blocks an elbow strike from Power.
Rudirez lands a shoulder strike.
Power misses with a hook to the ribs.
Power stops a takedown attempt from Rudirez.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Rudirez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Power dodges an elbow strike from Rudirez.
Rudirez scores with a hook to the body.
Power wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Rudirez has him pressed against the cage.
Rudirez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Power blocks it with crossed arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rudirez.
Power lands with a right to the head.
Rudirez tries to land knees in the clinch but Power avoids the damage to the body.
Rudirez takes an elbow to the temple.
Rudirez can't get the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rudirez keeps control of Power as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Power lands a good knee to the midsection. Rudirez won't want to take too many of those.
Power lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Power breaks the clinch.
Power lands a nice looking body kick.
Rudirez moves forwards but Power connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Power misses with a head kick.
Power cracks the inside of Rudirez's front leg.
Rudirez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Power. That one must have hurt.
Rudirez is breathing heavily.
Rudirez fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Power checks it well.
Power closes the distance and pushes Rudirez back into the cage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rudirez misses with an elbow over the top.
Power throws an elbow but it misses.
Rudirez with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rudirez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Power thows a left - swing and a miss!
Rudirez throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Power uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rudirez has time to react.
Power connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rudirez. Rudirez circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rudirez on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Power is looking to slow Rudirez down with leg kicks.
Rudirez drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Power misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Power is looking to land body kicks.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Power. Rudirez shrugs it off though.
Rudirez looks to score with a jab to the body but Power is just out of range.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Power.
Rudirez works Power's body with a nice hook.
Power lands a body shot.
Rudirez looks to throw the jab but Power is out of range.
Power waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rudirez.
A big right from Power misses.
Power just misses with a punch to the body.
Rudirez throws a shot from downtown. Power moves away and avoids it.
Rudirez takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Power checks the leg kick nicely there.
Power tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Power changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Power moves out of range of the body kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Power checks a leg kick.
Rudirez defending well as Power loads up on a big left hand.
Rudirez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Power.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Rudirez.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Power feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Rudirez's calf.
Power attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Power takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Power throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Power throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rudirez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Power takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Power goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Power throws a jab when Rudirez was well out of range.
Rudirez takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Power tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rudirez misses with an uppercut.
Rudirez thuds a left hand into Power's body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rudirez, right into the meat.
Rudirez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rudirez is looking to clinch but Power is avoiding it.
Rudirez closes the distance and clinches up with Power, looking for a takedown. Rudirez pushes Power against the cage but Power circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rudirez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Power swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Power on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rudirez. Rudirez obviously looking to wear him down.
Rudirez checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Power takes a swing at Rudirez's ribcage but misses.
Rudirez scores with a decent looking hook.
Rudirez scores with a hook to the body. Power takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rudirez takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rudirez avoids a kick to the body.
Rudirez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Power pinned against the cage. Power gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rudirez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rudirez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Power can pounce on him.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Power.
Power stuns Rudirez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Power fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rudirez on the side of the head.
Power throws a head kick that misses
and Rudirez counters with a nice body shot.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Rudirez. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Rudirez throws a wild body kick that Power sees coming a mile off.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rudirez.
Rudirez moves forwards but Power connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Power tests Rudirez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rudirez looks to land a body kick but Power moved away.
Power buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Max Power dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Rudirez wants to slow Power down by chopping away at his legs.
Power misses with a low kick.
Power throws out a loose jab but Rudirez uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rudirez wants to clinch.
Power thows a body shot but no joy.
Power throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Rudirez to counter with a crisp jab.
Rudirez looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Rudirez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Rudirez takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Rudirez is rocked!
Rudirez throws a hook but Power blocks it.
Oh Rudirez is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Power tries a head kick but it misses.
Rudirez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rudirez lands a nice leg kick that just misses Power's sensitive parts.
Power lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Rudirez up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Power from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Rudirez's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Max Power!
A relieved looking Max Power thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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