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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hiapo Makaha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urijah Faber (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Faber's choice of entrance music: Motörhead - King of Kings. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hiapo Makaha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Urijah Faber!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Faber tries to clinch but Makaha moves out of range.
Makaha fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Faber, pushing him back against the cage.
Makaha pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Faber closes the distance and clinches.
Faber fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Makaha throws a head punch that misses.
Faber pulls guard effortlessly.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Makaha keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Faber's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Makaha gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Makaha takes a swing at Faber's ribcage but misses.
Makaha fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Makaha has had enough of the clinch but Faber keeps him there for the moment.
Faber blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Makaha tries to break the clinch but Faber is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Faber blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Makaha's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Faber jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Makaha walks away with a smile on his face. Faber gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Makaha clinches up against the cage.
Faber prevents a body shot from Makaha.
Makaha breaks the clinch.
Faber fails to land with a series of punches.
Faber throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Faber shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Makaha eats them both and turns towards Faber to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Hiapo Makaha has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Faber is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Faber throws a head kick that misses.
Faber swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Makaha counters with a stiff right hand.
Faber gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Makaha working hard to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faber tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Makaha smiles and moves away.
Hiapo Makaha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Urijah Faber.
Faber avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Makaha tries to clinch there but Faber circles away.
Faber throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A left lands for Makaha.
Makaha throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Makaha throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Faber is looking to clinch but Makaha is avoiding it.
Makaha wants to clinch.
Faber throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Makaha cracks Faber with a good jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber lands with a shot to the body.
Faber fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Faber uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Makaha.
Faber tries to clinch there but Makaha circles away.
Makaha scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Faber doesn't seem bothered though.
Makaha scores with a nice right hand.
Makaha throws a push kick but Faber slaps the foot to one side.
Faber uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Makaha.
Makaha stuns Faber with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Faber misses with a series of wild punches.
Faber swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hiapo Makaha is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Makaha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Makaha tries to clinch but Faber is having none of it.
Makaha works over Faber's head and body with a nice combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faber tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Makaha swivels and escapes.
Makaha fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Faber looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Makaha throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Faber counters with a one-two to the body.
Makaha tries to clinch up.
Makaha tests Faber's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Faber swats away the attempt to clinch by Makaha.
Makaha throws a jab when Faber was well out of range.
Makaha just misses with a punch to the body.
Faber on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Faber throws a nice looking combination but Makaha bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Faber tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Makaha manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Makaha moves in looking to clinch but Faber pushes him off.
Makaha tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Faber manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiapo Makaha dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hiapo Makaha'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.
Faber has managed to clinch.
Makaha wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Faber blocking some punches.
Makaha wants to break the clinch but can't.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Faber.
Faber jumps guard but Makaha stands there with Faber around his waist. Faber gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Faber blocks a body shot from Makaha.
Makaha lands a nice uppercut.
Faber jumps guard but Makaha stands there with Faber around his waist. Faber gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Makaha gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Faber looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makaha stands up from half guard.
Faber misses with the combination.
Faber connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Faber shoots for a double leg takedown but Makaha sprawls well. He's pushed Faber's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hiapo Makaha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Urijah Faber.
Faber is looking to clinch.
Faber will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A big right from Makaha misses.
Makaha misses with a body shot.
Makaha leaves Faber with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Faber circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makaha tries to close the distance and clinch up but Faber swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Makaha lands a nice shot that snaps Faber's head back.
Makaha stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Faber tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Makaha paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Faber misses with a double jab.
Makaha tries to clinch but Faber is having none of it.
Faber throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Makaha.
Faber ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faber throws a right and a left that Makaha avoids nicely.
Faber moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Faber keeps the fight on the outside.
Faber fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Makaha is out of range.
Faber takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Makaha fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makaha sizes up Faber with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Faber throws a leg kick that misses.
Makaha tries to clinch but Faber is having none of it.
Faber shoots in looking for a takedown but Makaha manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Faber's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Faber defending well as Makaha loads up on a big left hand.
Makaha moves into the clinch.
Faber fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Faber tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Makaha drags the fight down to the ground.
Faber throws a big elbow that misses.
Faber throwing strikes but missing.
Faber wants to pass the guard but Makaha is keeping the position.
Faber stopping the sweep attempt from Makaha.
Makaha on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Makaha tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faber throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Makaha seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Faber drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Faber jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Faber wants to control from the top but Makaha keeps moving.
Makaha is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Makaha uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Makaha wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hiapo Makaha dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Hiapo Makaha's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fighters circling - Makaha throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Faber keeps the fight on the outside.
Faber fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Faber swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Makaha tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Faber paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Faber, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Faber misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Faber doesn't manage to clinch there - Makaha circles away.
Makaha throws out a powerful jab.
Faber is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Makaha stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Faber ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Makaha moves away.
Faber fails with an attempt to clinch.
Makaha tries to land a front kick but Faber steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makaha scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Faber shoots for a takedown but Makaha saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Faber circles away from the clinch attempt.
Makaha misses with the combination.
Makaha misses with a body shot.
Urijah Faber is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Faber swats away the attempt to clinch by Makaha.
Faber misses with a jab, cross combination.
Makaha rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Faber moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Faber fails with a takedown attempt.
Faber keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Makaha.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makaha wants to clinch up but Faber keeps it at a distance.
Makaha wants to clinch.
Faber will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Makaha shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Faber eats them both and turns towards Makaha to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Faber fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Makaha manages to avoid it.
Faber closes the distance and pushes Makaha back into the cage.
Makaha wants to break free but Faber has control.
Faber tries to pull guard but Makaha won't allow it.
Hiapo Makaha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Urijah Faber.
Faber fails to pull guard.
Faber jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Makaha walks away with a smile on his face. Faber gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faber throws a left and a right that both miss
and Makaha counters with a straight right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makaha clinches up with Faber and pushes him back against the cage.
Faber gets control of Makaha's arms and successfully pulls guard. Faber will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Faber takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Makaha distracts Faber with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Faber keeping moving, preventing Makaha from controlling successfully.
Faber has a closed guard, preventing Makaha from standing up.
Faber working for a triangle but Makaha defends it easily.
Makaha has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Faber is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Makaha defends well.
Makaha trying to control but Faber is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Makaha postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Makaha tries to stand but Faber is controlling from the bottom.
Makaha preventing the sweep.
Makaha wanted to stand there but Faber had control of the position.
Faber is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Makaha defends well.
Makaha trying to control the position from guard on top but Faber is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Faber working for a triangle but Makaha defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Urijah Faber really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hiapo Makaha'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.
Faber throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Faber throws a series of punches but Makaha moves out of range.
Makaha throws a right and a left that Faber avoids nicely.
Faber clinches with his opponent.
Makaha scores with a shot to the side of Faber's head.
Makaha escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Faber misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Makaha tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Faber manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Makaha tries to close the distance and clinch but Faber swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Faber moves into the clinch successfully.
Faber ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Faber no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Makaha decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Faber is looking to clinch but Makaha is avoiding it.
Faber doesn't manage to clinch there - Makaha circles away.
Makaha looks to land a combination but Faber avoids it well.
Makaha misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Faber.
Makaha tries to keep at a distance but Faber has taken the fight into the clinch.
Hiapo Makaha has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Faber fails to pull guard.
Faber jumps guard but Makaha turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Makaha tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Faber's elbow.
Makaha is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Makaha working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faber jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Makaha walks away with a smile on his face. Faber gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hiapo Makaha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Urijah Faber.
Faber fails to land the takedown.
Faber gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Makaha scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Faber misses with a wild body shot.
Faber takes a jab right on the kisser.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Makaha fails with an attempt to clinch.
Makaha tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hiapo Makaha is winning the standup battle so far.
Makaha connects with a body shot.
Makaha fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Faber, pushing him back against the cage.
Makaha manages to pull guard.
Faber won't allow Makaha to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faber passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Makaha tries to escape but Faber is in control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Faber has an Americana. Makaha didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Faber is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Faber hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:45 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Urijah Faber!
An out of breath and clearly excited Urijah Faber thanked Jutsu FightGear (15$ clothing) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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hype
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