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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Blas Ople (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boy Bastos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ople comes to the cage accompanied by The Struggle Within by Metallica. Bastos has chosen Victory as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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225 cm
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300 lbs
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190 cm
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Blas Ople! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Boy Bastos! The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Bruno Hogan and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A head kick misses from Ople. Ople throws a leg kick but Bastos moved away. Bastos scores with a kick to the midsection. Bastos avoids the head kick by Ople.
Ople tries a head kick but it misses.
Ople avoids the head kick by Bastos.
Ople tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Bastos moves into the clinch. Ople using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bastos has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bastos jumps into guard, dragging Ople to the mat.
Bastos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Ople is controlling him. Ople scores with a decent looking elbow strike. Bastos wriggles free and stands up. Ople misses with a leg kick and Bastos counters into the clinch. Nicely done. This has been an exciting period of action! Bastos blocks the elbow strike.
Ople has had enough of the clinch but Bastos keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bastos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Ople is breathing heavily. Bastos manages to break the clinch.
Ople tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Bastos feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ople's calf. Bastos darts in and clinches Ople up against the cage. Bastos content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bastos unloads a knee to the mid-section. Ople lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Bastos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bastos avoids the head kick by Ople.
A chopping leg kick lands by Bastos. Boy Bastos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Bastos lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Blas Ople has been cut. Bastos throws a one two combo.
Bastos moves into the clinch. Knees to the body from Bastos.
Bastos landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bastos breaks from the clinch.
Bastos clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bastos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Bastos breaks from the clinch.
Bastos moves into the clinch. Bastos landing knees to the body.
Bastos scores with a knee to the head.
Bastos connects with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Bastos obliges. Bastos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Ople in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Bastos manages to break the clinch.
A thudding body kick lands there by Bastos!
Ople blocks the body kick.
Ople misses with a leg kick and Bastos decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Ople's guard. Ople wants to sweep but no luck. Bastos stands up and waves to Ople to follow him.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The fight moves into the clinch position. Bastos misses with a knee strike.
Bastos breaks from the clinch.
Bastos misses with a body kick. Ople throws a head kick but Bastos moves out of range.
Bastos lands with an overhand left. Bastos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. A short body shot lands from Bastos as the two fighters clinch.
Bastos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bastos throws a quick inside leg kick. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Ople walks forward, straight into a front kick from Bastos. Bastos moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A frustrated look appears on Ople's face as he tries to break the clinch. Bastos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. A low kick from Ople misses and Bastos counters with a thumping low kick. Bastos throws a head kick but Ople moves out of range.
Bastos has Ople up against the cage in a clinch.
Bastos tries to land a knee to the head but Ople blocks with his arms.
Bastos decides to pull guard. Ople wants to pass the guard but Bastos is keeping the position. Ople trying to control the position from guard on top but Bastos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Bastos kicks Ople off and gets to his feet. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boy Bastos dominated that round. The cut man is working on Blas Ople's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Ople throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bastos, right into the meat.
Ople pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blas Ople is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Bastos tries a head kick but it misses.
Bastos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bastos moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. A head kick by Ople misses and Bastos counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Bastos lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Blas Ople's cut is getting worse. Bastos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Bastos instigates a clinch. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Ople tries to land a knee to the head but Bastos blocks with his arms.
Bastos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bastos fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Bastos bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. Bastos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Boy Bastos seems to be getting the better of the standup. Ople gets caught flat footed, as Bastos shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Ople is trying to keep Bastos in close.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bastos stands up from guard. Let's bang! Bastos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Bastos keeps control of Ople as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Bastos breaks from the clinch.
Ople throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Bastos moves into the clinch. Bastos lands an elbow inside that Ople shrugs off. A left hand lands to the body for Bastos.
Bastos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Blas Ople's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it. Bastos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Bastos digs a good body shot into Ople's ribs. Bastos scoring well with a low kick there.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bastos drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Bastos gets to his feet - Ople follows without any prompting. Bastos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bastos goes for a takedown attempt but Ople pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bastos throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ople keeps Bastos at a distance using the push kick. Ople attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. Ople moves out of range of the body kick. Ople tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Bastos avoids the head kick by Ople.
Bastos tries a head kick but it misses.
Ople throws a leg kick but Bastos moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bastos lands with a kick to the ribs.
Bastos drives through and clinches with Ople against the cage.
Ople working hard to break the clinch. Bastos effectively controlling the action here. Bastos receives a warning from the referee for stalling. Ople throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Bastos blocks it with crossed arms. Ople wants to break free but Bastos has control.
Bastos tries to land a knee to the head but Ople blocks with his arms.
Bastos tries to land knees in the clinch but Ople avoids the damage to the body. Ople wants to get back to striking at distance but Bastos won't allow it.
Bastos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Ople misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ople cracks the inside of Bastos's front leg. Ople misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bastos fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ople, pushing him back against the cage. Bastos connects with a nasty looking knee right to Ople's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Bastos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ople lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. Bastos blocks a head kick by Ople.
Bastos shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Bastos was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Bastos avoids the attempt from Ople to control. Bastos looking to control and managing it successfully. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Ople tries to lock up and control but Bastos gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boy Bastos showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Blas Ople's cut. 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!
Bastos is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Bastos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. Bastos scores with a knee to the head.
Ople takes a knee to the side of the body. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Ople takes a knee to the side of the body. Bastos is stalling here.
Bastos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Bastos throws a series of punches but Ople avoids them all with ease. Ople gets tackled into the cage by Bastos. Bastos maintains the clinch. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Bastos scores a nice knee to the body.
Bastos breaks from the clinch.
Bastos has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Ople misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Bastos moves into the clinch successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bastos successfully pulls guard.
Bastos is pulling down on Ople's head to control his posture. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Bastos can do anything to dispel that myth. Bastos has his feet on Ople's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work. Bastos throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Bastos pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Bastos tries a head kick but it misses.
Ople with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ople throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
It looks like Boy Bastos has been cut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Bastos swinging wildly here.
Blas Ople is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Bastos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ople paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bastos avoids the head kick by Ople.
Ople throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bastos. Bastos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Ople manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Ople lands a high kick!
Ople tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Bastos gets a clinch. Bastos tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bastos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ople motions for Bastos to come forward. Ople throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Ople gets tackled into the cage by Bastos. Bastos maintains the clinch. Ople is trying to break the clinch but Bastos is controlling him. Bastos lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Ople tries to circle away but Bastos has him pinned against the cage. Ople wants to break free but Bastos has control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bastos is struggling to control the position. Bastos manages to break the clinch.
Bastos throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Ople. Ople scores with a head kick. Bastos tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time. Ople lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ople fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Bastos. Ople throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Bastos. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Ople throws a head kick that misses. Ople pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A head kick misses from Bastos. An inside leg kick lands from Ople. A combination from Bastos does no damage. Ople misses with a head kick.
Ople lands with a slapping head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bastos throws a right hand that Ople ducks under and follows up with a left that Ople also avoids with ease. Ople throws a head kick that Bastos semi-blocks.
A head kick misses from Ople. Bastos jabs at Ople's body. Bastos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Bastos looks to land a combination. Ople sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. Ople tries a head kick but it misses.
Boy Bastos is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight. Bastos throws a sloppy head kick and Ople moves out of range easily. Ople pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Ople misses with a head kick.
Bastos drives through and clinches with Ople against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Ople looking to throw knees to the head but Bastos is blocking nicely.
Blas Ople has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Bastos blocks an elbow strike.
And that's the end of the fight! Boy Bastos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Bastos has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 26:30 Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30 Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boy Bastos!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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