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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Guto Culpado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Graciano Pizzaman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Graciano Pizzaman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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300 lbs
6 - 10 - 1 |
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225 cm
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300 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Guto Culpado!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Graciano Pizzaman!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Culpado clinches up against the cage.
Culpado drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Culpado lands with a right to the head.
Pizzaman is trying to force a seperation but Culpado has the dominant position.
Pizzaman tries to break free but Culpado pushes him back against the cage.
Culpado is stalling here.
Pizzaman can't break the clinch.
A short right from Culpado.
Culpado gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Pizzaman regains guard.
Culpado has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Culpado's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Culpado throwing strikes but missing.
Culpado looking to sit in guard and control but Pizzaman gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Culpado will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Culpado throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Culpado looking to control.
Pizzaman is fighting to break Culpado's control of his arms but Culpado is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Culpado scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Graciano Pizzaman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pizzaman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Culpado.
Culpado doesn't manage to clinch there - Pizzaman circles away.
Culpado avoids a kick to the body.
Culpado looks to clinch
and Pizzaman counters with a right hand to the body.
Pizzaman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Pizzaman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Culpado is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Culpado looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pizzaman throws a one two combo.
It looks like Guto Culpado has been cut.
Pizzaman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Guto Culpado seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Culpado tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Pizzaman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Culpado rushes Pizzaman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pizzaman blocks the elbow strike.
Culpado keeps control of Pizzaman as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pizzaman wants to break the clinch but can't.
Culpado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Culpado has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pizzaman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Culpado working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Culpado is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Pizzaman to keep the fight standing.
Culpado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pizzaman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Culpado moves out of range of the body kick.
Pizzaman does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Culpado moves out of range of the body kick.
Culpado moves in looking to clinch but Pizzaman pushes him off.
Pizzaman lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Graciano Pizzaman will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Guto Culpado's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Culpado tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Pizzaman counters with a straight right hand.
Pizzaman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Culpado tries to close the distance and clinch but Pizzaman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pizzaman works Culpado's body with a nice hook.
Culpado shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Culpado was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Pizzaman swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Pizzaman tries to reverse the position but Culpado maintains control.
Culpado with shots to the head and body - Pizzaman looks very uncomfortable down there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Culpado pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Culpado working the ground and pound effectively.
Culpado scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Pizzaman?
Culpado lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Culpado has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Pizzaman's face.
Pizzaman is trying to escape the mount.
Culpado unloading with bombs!
Culpado is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Pizzaman goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Culpado!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Guto Culpado!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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