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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rohan Azrei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grandmaster Red (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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180 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
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177 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rohan Azrei!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Grandmaster Red!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Patrick Alders and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Azrei doesn't manage to clinch there - Red circles away.
Azrei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Red swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Azrei slips a straight right by Red.
Azrei takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Azrei tries to clinch up.
Azrei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Red checks a low kick from Azrei.
Azrei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Red paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Azrei throws a series of punches but Red moves out of range.
Azrei tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Red manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Red circles away from the clinch attempt.
Red connects with the punch.
Azrei has managed to clinch.
Azrei keeps control of Red as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Red blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Red is trying to break the clinch but Azrei is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Red wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Red has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Red has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Azrei has Red pressed against the cage, preventing Red from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Azrei using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Red.
Red is trying to maintain a safe position but Azrei gets an underhook and turns Red into the cage.
Azrei lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Azrei lands a knee to the body.
Azrei throws a knee to the head but misses.
Azrei blocks a body shot from Red.
Azrei tries to land a knee to the head but Red blocks with his arms.
Azrei trying to land knees to the body.
Red escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Azrei tries to clinch up but Red circles away and keeps his distance.
Red lands with a right hand.
A big left from Red misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Azrei.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Red scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Azrei doesn't seem bothered though.
Azrei throws a low kick but Red avoids it.
Azrei throws a push kick but Red slaps the foot to one side.
Azrei tries to close the distance and clinch but Red swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Azrei wants to land a leg kick but Red is out of range.
Red fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Azrei on the side of the head.
Red shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Azrei eats them both and turns towards Red to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Red keeps the fight on the outside.
Azrei rushes Red and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Red is trying to break free.
Azrei lands a nice elbow.
Azrei blocks a body shot from Red.
Red takes a knee to the side of the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azrei trying to land knees to the body.
Azrei landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Azrei has Red pressed against the cage, preventing Red from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Red is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Azrei prevents Red from breaking the clinch.
Azrei has Red pressed against the cage, preventing Red from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Azrei looking to throw knees to the head but Red is blocking nicely.
Red is looking to break free of the clinch but Azrei has double underhooks.
Red wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Azrei throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Red blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Azrei.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Azrei.
Azrei looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Red can't break the clinch.
Azrei lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Azrei utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Azrei has Red pressed against the cage, preventing Red from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Azrei.
Azrei creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Azrei unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Azrei content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Azrei creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Red's defenses.
Red takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Grandmaster Red has been cut.
Red wants to break the clinch but can't.
Red dodges an elbow strike from Azrei.
Azrei landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Azrei putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Red in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Red takes a knee right on the jaw!
Azrei lands an elbow inside that Red shrugs off.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Red digs a right hand underneath Azrei's ribcage. Azrei let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Red is trying to break the clinch but Azrei is controlling him.
Azrei lands an elbow that stopped Red in his tracks for a moment.
Red pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rohan Azrei dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grandmaster Red's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Red circles away from the clinch attempt.
Red misses with a straight right.
Azrei tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Red paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Red throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Azrei sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Azrei closes the distance and clinches.
Red is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Azrei is keeping busy.
Red blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Red on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Red is trying to break the clinch but Azrei has him pressed against the cage.
Azrei using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Red has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Azrei scores with a knee to the head.
Red tries a body shot but Azrei blocks it.
Azrei throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Red blocks it with crossed arms.
Azrei lands a nice elbow.
Red takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azrei lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Red blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Azrei with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rohan Azrei has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Red avoids a wild elbow strike from Azrei.
Red wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Red tries to break the clinch but Azrei is controlling the position.
Azrei keeps control of Red as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Azrei tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Azrei lands an elbow inside that Red shrugs off.
Red breaks from the clinch.
Azrei moves into the clinch.
Azrei taking a breather.
Red breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azrei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azrei tries to clinch but Red moves out of range.
Azrei drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Red keeps the fight on the outside.
Azrei moves in looking to clinch but Red pushes him off.
Azrei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Azrei looks to score with a jab to the body but Red is just out of range.
Red scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Azrei takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Azrei fails with an attempt to clinch.
Azrei tries to clinch but Red is having none of it.
A telegraphed right hand from Azrei misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azrei stuns Red with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Azrei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azrei closes the distance but Red moves to the side
and Red counters with a nice uppercut.
Red closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Azrei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Azrei is looking to clinch.
Azrei throws a hook to the side of Red's head but Red sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Azrei displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Red throws out the jab.
Red changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Grandmaster Red seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Azrei tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Red manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Azrei is looking to clinch.
Red misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Azrei tries to clinch but Red moves away
and Red counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Azrei clinches up with Red and pushes him back against the cage.
Red is trying to force a seperation but Azrei has the dominant position.
Azrei keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Red's efforts to push away.
Azrei creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Red tries to stall but Azrei uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Azrei lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Azrei pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Red is trying to push Azrei away but Azrei has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Azrei prevents Red from breaking the clinch.
Red looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Azrei lands a good knee to the midsection. Red won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rohan Azrei dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Grandmaster Red's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Azrei gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Azrei taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Red takes an elbow to the temple.
Azrei throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Red breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Azrei tries to land a body kick
and Azrei takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Azrei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Red keeps the fight on the outside.
Rohan Azrei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Azrei misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Azrei takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Red circles away from the clinch attempt.
Azrei tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Red manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Azrei tries to clinch up.
Azrei tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Red manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azrei tries to clinch but Red is having none of it.
Azrei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Red jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Azrei moves out of range as Red strikes.
Azrei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Azrei misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Red.
Azrei avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Azrei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Red swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Red avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Azrei clinches.
Red managing to block the knees to the body from Azrei.
Azrei scores with a knee to the head.
Azrei misses with a knee strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azrei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Red.
Azrei prevents a body shot from Red.
Red avoiding damage as Azrei throws knees to the body.
Red manages to break the clinch.
Red pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Azrei tries to clinch but Red is having none of it.
Azrei misses with a left hand
and Red counters with a stiff right hand.
Azrei misses with the combination.
Azrei misses with a body shot
and Azrei takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sloppy strikes from Red. Those never looked like landing.
Azrei tries to close the distance and clinch but Red swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Azrei tries to clinch but Red moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Azrei moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Red blocks a low kick nicely.
Red scores with a jab to the body.
A head kick misses from Azrei.
Azrei tries to clinch there but Red circles away.
Azrei tries to clinch but Red is having none of it.
Azrei moves in looking to clinch but Red pushes him off.
Grandmaster Red has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Azrei tries to close the distance and clinch up but Red swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Red lands a head shot.
Azrei drops his hands momentarily and Red takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Red blocks the body kick.
Azrei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Red throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Red defending well as Azrei loads up on a big left hand.
Azrei moves in looking to clinch but Red pushes him off.
Red misses with an uppercut. Azrei saw that one coming.
Red circles away from the clinch attempt.
Azrei is looking to clinch but Red is avoiding it.
Red misses with an uppercut.
Red blocks a head kick by Azrei.
Rohan Azrei is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Azrei wants to clinch but Red slips to the side
and Red counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Red cracks Azrei with a right hand to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Azrei tries to clinch there but Red circles away.
Red defending well as Azrei loads up on a big left hand.
Red lands with a good body shot.
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 Rohan Azrei.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Azrei, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rohan Azrei!
Rohan Azrei made sure to mention his sponsor, Wolfpack Blood Labs in his post fight interview.
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hype
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