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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Skoal Citrus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Deamon Arippa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Arippa has chosen Eye's Set To Kill - Darling as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Skoal Citrus has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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135 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Skoal Citrus!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Deamon Arippa!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Citrus moves into the clinch successfully.
Arippa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Arippa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Arippa misses with a straight right.
Citrus ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Arippa moves away.
Arippa moves out of range of the leg kick from Citrus.
Citrus tries to clinch up but Arippa circles away and keeps his distance.
Arippa drops Citrus with a nice combination! Arippa dives into Citrus's guard, looking to finish!
Citrus is rocked!
Citrus striking off his back but it's not causing Arippa any problems.
Oh Citrus is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Arippa wants to stand but Citrus has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Citrus seems to have got his legs back now.
Citrus looking for a sweep. Not yet Citrus, not yet.
Arippa really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Citrus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Citrus manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Citrus throws some wild stikes that Arippa manages to avoid easily.
Arippa is looking to improve his position but Citrus isn't that keen on the idea.
Citrus jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Arippa is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Arippa and Citrus has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Arippa is trying to get back to half guard.
Arippa tries to escape but Citrus is in control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Citrus is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Arippa is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Citrus is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Arippa knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Citrus throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arippa wants to control but Citrus postures up.
Citrus goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Arippa rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Citrus's guard! Nice work there by Arippa!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Citrus looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Arippa puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Arippa looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Citrus manages to get to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Arippa not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Arippa is looking to stand up but Citrus won't let him.
Citrus manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Arippa manages to get himself to full guard.
Citrus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Citrus postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Deamon Arippa dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Arippa throws a hook to the side of Citrus's head but Citrus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arippa moves away from the strike by Citrus.
Arippa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Citrus on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Citrus takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Arippa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Arippa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Arippa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Citrus on the side of the head.
Citrus gets a clinch.
Citrus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Arippa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Citrus drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Arippa gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Arippa gets underhooks to prevent Citrus's takedown attempt.
Arippa unloads a knee to the mid-section. Citrus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Arippa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Arippa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Arippa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A left and a right from Arippa both land. Nice combination.
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!
Arippa closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Arippa jabs at Citrus's body.
Arippa has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Arippa prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skoal Citrus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Citrus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arippa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Citrus.
Arippa fails to land with a series of punches.
Arippa throws a jab when Citrus was well out of range.
Arippa jabs Citrus right on the nose. Citrus blinks but takes it well.
Citrus lands with a kick to the temple. Arippa shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Arippa is rocked!
Citrus throws a head kick that misses.
Arippa is still on wobbly legs! Can Citrus finish him?
Arippa misses with a two punch combination.
Arippa seems to have recovered his senses.
Skoal Citrus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Arippa swats away the attempt to clinch by Citrus.
Citrus shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Deamon Arippa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Citrus.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Citrus throws a hook but Arippa avoids it easily.
Citrus throws a big shot that misses.
Citrus gets the takedown into side control.
Arippa managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Citrus.
Citrus tries to move to mount but Arippa blocks the move with his legs.
Citrus throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arippa prevents Citrus from improving position.
Arippa is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Citrus has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Citrus has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Citrus throwing strikes but Arippa manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Citrus is looking to regain half guard here but Arippa keeps moving and retains side control.
Arippa controlling from side mount.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Arippa scores with a decent looking hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Arippa moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Arippa.
Citrus goes for a takedown in the clinch but Arippa prevents it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Arippa.
Arippa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Citrus is trying to maintain a safe position but Arippa gets an underhook and turns Citrus into the cage.
Arippa lands with a short shot to the head.
Arippa breaks from the clinch.
Arippa lands with a shot to the body.
Arippa has Citrus up against the cage in a clinch.
Arippa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Citrus walks into a stiff left hand from Arippa.
Arippa lands a jab-cross combination.
Arippa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Arippa keeps the fight on the outside.
Citrus throws a head kick that misses.
Arippa takes the fight into the clinch.
Arippa lands with a left to the head.
Arippa pushes Citrus back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Arippa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Arippa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arippa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Arippa has had enough of the clinch but Citrus keeps him there for the moment.
Arippa breaks the clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Arippa.
Citrus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Arippa throws a right and a left that both miss.
Arippa throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice shot by Citrus.
Citrus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Arippa scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Arippa drops his hands momentarily and Citrus takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Citrus takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Arippa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Deamon Arippa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Citrus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Citrus finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Arippa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Citrus.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Arippa lands with an overhand left.
Arippa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Citrus.
Citrus avoids a punch combination nicely.
Citrus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Deamon Arippa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Arippa connects with the punch.
Citrus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Citrus tries to clinch but Arippa is having none of it.
Arippa misses with a series of wild punches.
Deamon Arippa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Arippa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Citrus throws a shot from downtown. Arippa moves away and avoids it.
Arippa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Citrus tries a low kick but Arippa avoids it.
No joy there for Arippa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Citrus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Citrus wants to clinch up but Arippa keeps it at a distance.
Arippa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Citrus is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A shot in the inside from Arippa.
Arippa lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Arippa wants to get back to striking at distance but Citrus won't allow it.
Arippa digs a right hand into Citrus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Citrus's gas tank.
Arippa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Arippa is looking to clinch.
Arippa misses with a wild body shot.
Citrus scores a takedown into full mount!
Citrus throwing strikes here but Arippa is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Arippa takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Citrus tries to control but Arippa wriggling away.
Citrus throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Arippa really wants to buck Citrus off and get back to his feet.
Citrus goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Arippa is on top in guard.
Citrus looking for a guillotine here but Arippa defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Citrus looking to hit a scissor sweep but Arippa is one step ahead there.
Citrus can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Arippa controls the pace.
Citrus throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Citrus looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Citrus controls Arippa momentarily but Arippa frees himself.
Arippa wants to stand but Citrus is controlling his posture from full guard.
Citrus throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Arippa connects with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Citrus clinches up against the cage.
Arippa digs a right hand underneath Citrus's ribcage. Citrus let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Arippa.
Citrus takes a shot to the head.
Arippa breaks the clinch.
Citrus shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Arippa as he jumps to the side.
Citrus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Arippa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Arippa lands with an overhand left.
Citrus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Arippa scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Citrus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Arippa avoids the head kick by Citrus.
Arippa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Arippa avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Citrus throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Citrus moves in looking to clinch but Arippa pushes him off.
Citrus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Arippa looks to land a combination. Citrus sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Arippa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Citrus has closed the distance and engaged Arippa in a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Deamon Arippa really dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Arippa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Citrus has a takedown stuffed.
Arippa looks to land a combination but Citrus avoids it well.
Citrus throws a head kick but Arippa moves out of range.
Citrus clinches up against the cage.
Arippa throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Arippa stops a takedown attempt from Citrus.
Citrus looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skoal Citrus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Citrus takes a shot to the head.
Arippa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Arippa trying to land knees to the body.
Arippa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Arippa lands a hook that snaps the head of Citrus backwards.
Citrus manages to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Arippa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Citrus moves away.
Arippa throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Citrus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Arippa looks to land a combination but Citrus avoids it well.
Citrus takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Arippa lands with an uppercut that bounces Citrus off the cage and back into rage.
Arippa connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Citrus takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Arippa darts in and clinches Citrus up against the cage.
Arippa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Arippa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Citrus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Citrus looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Arippa jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Arippa misses with a few strikes there.
Arippa scores with a sloppy right hand. Citrus should have avoided that one.
Arippa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Arippa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Citrus takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Citrus throws a nice head kick!
Arippa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Citrus misses with the combination.
Citrus misses with a straight left.
Citrus pivots, looking for a leg kick but Arippa is out of range and Citrus settles back down.
Arippa cracks Citrus with a right hand to the side of the head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Arippa.
Citrus keeps the fight on the outside.
Arippa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Citrus tries to clinch but Arippa moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arippa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Citrus tries to clinch there but Arippa circles away.
Citrus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd cheers as Citrus lands an impressive looking overhand right. Arippa doesn't seem phased though.
A choreographed right hand from Arippa misses the target.
Arippa tries to clinch but Citrus moves out of range.
Arippa works Citrus's body with a nice hook.
Citrus throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from Citrus.
Arippa lands the left hand.
Citrus with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Arippa to score with a decent uppercut.
Citrus pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A shot to de liver by Arippa. Beautiful body shot.
Arippa blocks a head kick by Citrus.
Citrus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Citrus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Citrus tries to clinch up but Arippa circles away and keeps his distance.
Arippa takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Citrus tries a body shot but Arippa blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Citrus wants a takedown but no success here.
Arippa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Citrus lands a damaging elbow.
Arippa gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Citrus.
Arippa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Arippa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Arippa lands a body punch in the clinch.
Citrus is trying to stall.
Citrus is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Arippa gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Arippa is leaning against Citrus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Citrus lands with a left to the head.
Deamon Arippa seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Arippa prevents the takedown attempt.
Arippa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Citrus slow jab from Arippa misses its intended target.
Arippa misses with a straight left.
Arippa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Citrus fails to land with a series of punches.
Citrus tries to clinch but Arippa is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arippa avoids the head kick by Citrus.
Arippa avoids the head kick by Citrus.
Citrus bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Arippa's head backwards.
Arippa scores with a body shot.
Citrus closes this distance looking for a takedown but Arippa circles away.
Citrus ducks under a wild hook from Arippa.
Citrus shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Arippa keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Arippa is looking to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Citrus is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Skoal Citrus will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Arippa throws a series of punches but Citrus avoids them all with ease.
Arippa clinches.
Arippa lands a left hand.
Arippa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Arippa.
Nice body punch from Arippa - that landed with a thud.
Arippa wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Arippa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Citrus backwards.
Citrus has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Arippa is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Arippa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Arippa digs a right hand into Citrus's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Citrus's gas tank.
Arippa works on Citrus's body with a couple of short punches.
Citrus is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Arippa pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Arippa breaks from the clinch.
Citrus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Arippa scores with a punch to the head.
Arippa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Arippa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Arippa avoids the head kick by Citrus.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Citrus throws a sloppy head kick and Arippa moves out of range easily.
Arippa lands a body shot.
Arippa misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Citrus moves in looking to clinch but Arippa pushes him off.
Citrus misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Arippa looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Citrus throws a jab when Arippa was well out of range.
Arippa misses with a body shot.
Arippa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Citrus doesn't manage to clinch there - Arippa circles away.
Citrus throws a right and a left that Arippa avoids nicely.
Arippa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Citrus wants to clinch.
Citrus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Citrus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Arippa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
An inside leg kick lands from Citrus.
Citrus shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Arippa but Arippa pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skoal Citrus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Arippa with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arippa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Citrus manages to avoid it.
Citrus slips under a jab.
Citrus wants to clinch.
Citrus closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee asks Citrus politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Citrus prefers to stall for the moment though.
Citrus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Arippa keeps working.
Arippa wants to get back to his feet but Citrus is dominant here and he's now got Arippa's back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arippa wants to try and get back to his feet.
Citrus will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Citrus tries to control but Arippa wriggling away.
Citrus is really struggling to control Arippa but he's trying to hold on to the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Arippa can do anything to dispel that myth.
Citrus is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Arippa has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Citrus putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Skoal Citrus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Arippa is trying desperately to improve position.
Citrus working for a submission but Arippa is keeping him at bay.
Citrus looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Citrus misses with a head shot.
Arippa tries to lock up and control but Citrus gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Skoal Citrus.
I think Arippa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Deamon Arippa! Deamon Arippa retains his bantamweight title!
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