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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Richard Lightfoot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mario Braun (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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9 - 4 - 1 |
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180 lbs
5 - 2 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of New York, Richard Lightfoot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mario Braun!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lightfoot lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lightfoot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A shot to the liver by Lightfoot. Beautiful body shot.
A head kick misses from Lightfoot.
Lightfoot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Braun moves away.
Lightfoot leaves Braun with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Nice uppercut there from Lightfoot.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Braun is defended easily by Lightfoot.
Lightfoot throws a predictable looking body shot
and Braun counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A combination from Lightfoot does no damage.
Braun circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lightfoot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lightfoot.
Braun feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Braun won't allow Lightfoot to sweep him here.
Braun trying to control but Lightfoot is working from the bottom.
Braun wants to stand but Lightfoot has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Braun stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lightfoot swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Braun stopping the sweep attempt from Lightfoot.
Braun stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lightfoot stuffs the takedown attempt from Braun. Braun gets slowly back to his feet.
Richard Lightfoot has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mario Braun.
Lightfoot lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Braun slips a jab from Lightfoot.
Braun uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lightfoot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Braun.
Braun slips a straight right by Lightfoot.
Lightfoot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Braun shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lightfoot swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lightfoot misses with a left hand
and Braun counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Lightfoot avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Braun wants to control from the top but Lightfoot keeps moving.
Lightfoot is adopting a defensive guard.
Braun pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lightfoot is keeping the position for now.
Lightfoot can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Braun controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braun tries to free his leg and advance position but Lightfoot is retaining full guard.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Mario Braun hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Braun looks for a takedown but Lightfoot sprawls well.
Lightfoot loads up on a big right hand but Braun slips the punch.
Braun changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lightfoot tries to avoid it but Braun manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lightfoot to the ground. Lightfoot escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Richard Lightfoot is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lightfoot attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Braun manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Lightfoot on his heels. He'll look to pass Lightfoot's guard now, I'm sure.
Braun wants to control from the top but Lightfoot keeps moving.
Braun makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Braun dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Braun misses with a wild combination.
Lightfoot delivers a nice body kick.
Braun uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lightfoot.
Braun shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lightfoot as he jumps to the side.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lightfoot.
Lightfoot feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Braun's calf.
Braun doesn't manage to clinch there - Lightfoot circles away.
Lightfoot fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Braun has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braun takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lightfoot connects with a solid leg kick.
Braun is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lightfoot cracks the inside of Braun's front leg.
Braun has a takedown stuffed.
Lightfoot lands a left and a right that send Braun crashing to the mat, dazed. Lightfoot thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Mario Braun has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lightfoot throws a monster overhand right that drops Braun! Lightfoot follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Richard Lightfoot!
Richard Lightfoot decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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