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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liha Rekka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tidy Darts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
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Solid Muay Thai
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Liha Rekka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tidy Darts!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Darts shoots for a double leg takedown but Rekka sprawls well. He's pushed Darts's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Darts is defended easily by Rekka.
Liha Rekka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Darts tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Rekka swivels and escapes.
Liha Rekka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tidy Darts.
Rekka moves in looking to clinch but Darts pushes him off.
Rekka goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Rekka chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rekka connects with a solid leg kick.
Rekka tries to clinch up but Darts circles away and keeps his distance.
Darts keeps the fight on the outside.
Rekka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rekka has managed to clinch.
Darts can't get the takedown.
Darts displaying some good clinch control by pressing Rekka up against the cage.
Rekka landing knees to the head.
It looks like Tidy Darts has been cut.
Rekka throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darts is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rekka pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Darts tries to pull guard but Rekka won't allow it.
Rekka scores with a knee to the head.
Rekka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Darts.
Darts throws a knee to the head but misses.
Darts tries to pull guard but Rekka won't allow it.
Darts looks gassed!
Darts drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rekka.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rekka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rekka tries to stall but Darts uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rekka putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Darts in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rekka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darts blocks it with crossed arms.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Darts avoids it.
Darts tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rekka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rekka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Darts's face.
Darts is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rekka is defending well for now.
Darts has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Rekka after a bit of a struggle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Darts is trying to force a seperation but Rekka has the dominant position.
Darts is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Rekka to keep the fight standing.
Rekka's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rekka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the head but Darts blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darts jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rekka walks away with a smile on his face. Darts gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rekka closes the distance and clinches.
Darts is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Rekka is defending well.
Rekka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rekka connects with a nasty looking knee right to Darts's face.
Rekka putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Darts in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rekka trying to land knees to the body.
Rekka looking to throw knees to the head but Darts is blocking nicely.
Darts is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rekka lands a knee to the head.
Darts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rekka misses with a knee to the head.
Rekka throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Rekka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rekka tries to stall but Darts uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Rekka.
Rekka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Darts is defending well for now.
Rekka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Darts's efforts to push away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Darts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rekka scores with a knee to the head.
Rekka using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Darts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rekka is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Darts is defending well for now.
Darts fails to pull guard.
Rekka throws a knee to the head but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee calls for Rekka to work.
Rekka misses with a knee to the head.
Rekka throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liha Rekka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tidy Darts's cut.
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.
Rekka looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rekka tries to clinch up but Darts circles away and keeps his distance.
Rekka tries to clinch up.
Rekka clinches with his opponent.
Darts wants a takedown.
Rekka misses with a knee strike.
Rekka scores with a knee to the head.
Darts is pushing Rekka up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but Darts blocks it.
Rekka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darts blocks it with crossed arms.
Darts managing to block the knees to the body from Rekka.
Darts wants to break the clinch but can't.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Darts is trying to maintain a safe position but Rekka gets an underhook and turns Darts into the cage.
Rekka lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rekka effectively controlling the action here.
Knees to the body from Rekka.
Darts is breathing heavily.
Rekka stalling in the clinch.
Darts fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rekka blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Darts managing to block the knees to the body from Rekka.
Rekka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rekka lands a knee to the body.
Rekka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rekka throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Darts blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rekka with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That has opened up Tidy Darts's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rekka misses with a knee to the head.
Rekka blocks a body shot from Darts.
Darts wants a takedown.
Liha Rekka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tidy Darts.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rekka is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Darts is trying to pull guard but Rekka has him pressed against the cage.
The referee calls for Rekka to work.
Rekka throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rekka lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rekka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Rekka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rekka throws an elbow but misses.
Liha Rekka has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rekka with a knee to the head.
Rekka trying to control the position but instead, Darts has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rekka into the cage.
Rekka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rekka is trying to maintain a safe position but Darts gets an underhook and turns Rekka into the cage.
Rekka connects with a knee to the head.
Rekka tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Rekka with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rekka with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rekka trying to land knees to the body.
Rekka avoiding damage.
Darts looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Darts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Darts being controlled against the cage.
Darts tries to pull guard but Rekka won't allow it.
Darts is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Rekka pulls him back up using the underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Darts is trying to stall.
Rekka lands a good knee to the midsection. Darts won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Liha Rekka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Tidy Darts'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. This is the final round!
Rekka is looking to clinch but Darts is avoiding it.
Rekka scores with a spinning back kick!
Rekka tries to land a leg kick but Darts saw it coming and moves away.
Darts avoids the head kick by Rekka.
Rekka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rekka connects with a solid leg kick.
Rekka throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Darts throws a push kick but Rekka slaps the foot to one side.
Rekka throws a nice head kick!
Rekka lands a nice looking kick to the body. Darts takes a step back to recover.
Rekka throws a low kick but Darts avoids it.
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!
Darts looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Rekka is fending him off so far but Darts persists. Nope, Rekka circles away and we're back to standing.
Darts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A head kick misses from Darts.
Rekka plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rekka with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Rekka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Darts swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Rekka connects with an inside leg kick.
Rekka tries to close the distance and clinch but Darts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Darts takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Rekka throws a head kick but Darts moves out of range.
Rekka tries a head kick but it misses.
Rekka throws a head kick that half lands.
Rekka fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Darts.
Rekka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Darts avoids the head kick by Rekka.
Rekka lands a leg kick that knocks Darts off balance momentarily.
Rekka fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rekka lands a high kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darts is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rekka gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Darts is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Rekka gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Liha Rekka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tidy Darts.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Rekka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Rekka.
Rekka looking to stall.
Rekka looking to throw knees to the head but Darts is blocking nicely.
Rekka connects with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rekka with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Rekka looking to slow down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Liha Rekka.
Darts swats away the attempt to clinch by Rekka.
Darts avoids a kick to the body.
Rekka darts in and clinches Darts up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darts is trying to drag Rekka to the mat but Rekka just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Rekka with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Darts has had enough of the clinch but Rekka keeps him there for the moment.
Rekka pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rekka tries to stall but Darts uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tidy Darts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Liha Rekka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short left from Darts.
And that's the end of the fight!
Liha Rekka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rekka has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Liha Rekka!
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