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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arturo Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gus Corleone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gus Corleone has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Arturo Rua's chin.
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290 lbs
23 - 3 - 0 |
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195 cm
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270 lbs
16 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Arturo Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Gus Corleone!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Corleone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rua closes the distance and clinches.
Corleone avoids a wild elbow strike from Rua.
Rua creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Corleone is trying to force a seperation but Rua has the dominant position.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Corleone's defenses.
It looks like Gus Corleone has been cut.
Corleone takes an elbow to the temple.
Corleone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rua avoiding damage.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Corleone shrugs off.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Corleone blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rua misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corleone is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Corleone takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rua unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rua is pushing Corleone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Corleone tries to circle away but Rua has him pinned against the cage.
Rua tries to land knees in the clinch but Corleone avoids the damage to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rua.
Corleone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Corleone blocks an elbow strike from Rua.
Corleone dodges an elbow strike from Rua.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rua takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua scores a nice knee to the body.
Corleone looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rua gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rua stalling the fight.
Rua lands an elbow just above Corleone 's eye.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Gus Corleone's cut even more.
Nice elbow from Rua.
Rua lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Corleone in his tracks for a moment.
The cut above Gus Corleone's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rua tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Corleone avoids it.
Rua crunches a lovely knee into Corleone's ribcage.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Corleone is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corleone takes a knee to the side of the body.
Rua lands an elbow that stopped Corleone in his tracks for a moment.
Rua working Corleone over with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Rua.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rua has Corleone pressed against the cage.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua lands a damaging elbow.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rua lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rua pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Corleone's defenses.
Gus Corleone's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corleone managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Rua stalling.
Corleone managing to block the knees to the body from Rua.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Corleone is defending well for now.
Rua prevents Corleone from breaking the clinch.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
Corleone avoids a wild elbow strike from Rua.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua slowing the pace effectively.
Corleone blocks an elbow strike from Rua.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rua throws an elbow but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arturo Rua dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gus Corleone's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rua gets a clinch.
Rua content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Corleone on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rua lands a knee to the body.
Rua is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Corleone is defending well for now.
Rua has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Rua creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Corleone's defenses.
Arturo Rua has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rua lands an elbow inside that Corleone shrugs off.
Rua lands a nice elbow.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gus Corleone's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Arturo Rua!
Arturo Rua gave a mention to ĄFFĄKĘTIΘN in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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hype
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