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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mike Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Redfield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Redfield has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Mike Lewis's chin.
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183 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Heavy handed |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mike Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Redfield!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Redfield throws a lazy right hand but Lewis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lewis tries to clinch but Redfield is having none of it.
Lewis is looking to clinch but Redfield is avoiding it.
Redfield circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lewis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Redfield, pushing him back against the cage.
Redfield tries to pull guard but Lewis holds him up against the cage and eventually Redfield drops back down to his feet.
Lewis breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lewis wants to clinch up but Redfield keeps it at a distance.
Lewis looks to clinch
and Redfield cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Lewis!
A swing and a miss from Redfield.
Redfield throws an overhand right that lands on Lewis's shoulder, as Lewis tries to avoid the shot.
Lewis tries to clinch up but Redfield circles away and keeps his distance.
Lewis tries to close the distance and clinch but Redfield swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lewis clinches up against the cage.
Redfield jumps guard but Lewis stands there with Redfield around his waist. Redfield gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Lewis is trying to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redfield jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Lewis walks away with a smile on his face. Redfield gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mike Lewis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Redfield.
Redfield keeps the fight on the outside.
Redfield misses with a left hand
and Lewis counters with a nice body kick.
Lewis slips under a jab.
Redfield misses with a looping right.
Redfield throws a lazy uppercut
and Lewis counters with a thumping low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redfield gets tackled into the cage by Lewis. Lewis maintains the clinch.
Redfield on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lewis working hard to break the clinch.
Redfield tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Lewis smiles and moves away.
Redfield takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Danga de danga de dang - Lewis scores with a four punch combination!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redfield misses with a straight left.
Lewis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from Redfield. Those never looked like landing.
Lewis tries to clinch there but Redfield circles away.
Lewis is looking to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Redfield misses the target.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Redfield throws a right hand that misses
and Lewis counters with a head kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lewis wants to clinch
and Redfield counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Lewis 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.
Lewis tries to clinch but Redfield moves out of range.
Lewis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Redfield manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Redfield falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lewis counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Redfield is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Lewis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Redfield's sensitive parts.
Redfield misses with a right hand
and Lewis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lewis!
Redfield rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lewis moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redfield misses with a left hand
and Lewis counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Lewis tries to clinch but Redfield moves away
and Redfield counters with a stiff right hand.
Lewis doesn't manage to clinch there - Redfield circles away.
Lewis doesn't manage to clinch there - Redfield circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lewis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lewis lands a head kick!
Lewis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mike Lewis is winning the standup battle so far.
Lewis darts in trying to clinch
and Redfield connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lewis lands a glancing blow to the side of Redfield's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Redfield throws a right hand that misses
and Lewis counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Lewis tries to clinch up
and Redfield counters with a straight right hand.
Lewis looks to clinch
and Redfield connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
It looks like Mike Lewis has been cut.
Lewis closes the distance but Redfield moves to the side
enabling Redfield to counter with a crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Redfield circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Redfield counter with a right hand.
Lewis closes the distance but Redfield moves to the side
and Redfield counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lewis scores with a kick to the body.
Redfield misses with a right hand
and Lewis counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Lewis dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Mike Lewis's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Lewis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Redfield swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lewis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Redfield counters with a left and a right that stings Lewis.
Redfield throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Redfield avoids the head kick by Lewis.
Lewis closes the distance and clinches.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Redfield fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Lewis unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Redfield keeps control of Lewis as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lewis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lewis breaks from the clinch.
Lewis is looking to clinch.
Lewis wants to clinch.
Mike Lewis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lewis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mike Lewis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Redfield counters with a three punch combo that has Lewis backing up. Lewis nods at Redfield to acknowledge the strikes.
Lewis tries to clinch but Redfield moves out of range.
Redfield circles away from the clinch attempt
and Redfield counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lewis.
Lewis throws a right hand that Redfield ducks under and follows up with a left that Redfield also avoids with ease.
Redfield circles away from the clinch attempt
and Redfield counters with a straight right hand.
Chris Redfield has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Redfield swats away the attempt to clinch by Lewis.
Lewis moves in looking to clinch but Redfield pushes him off.
Redfield misses with a hook
and Lewis counters with a nice body kick.
Redfield misses with an uppercut
and Lewis counters with a one-two to the body.
Redfield takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Redfield takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lewis's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Lewis duly obliges.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Lewis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lewis 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 Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Lewis!
An out of breath Mike Lewis thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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