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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Bolden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mauricio Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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221 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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194 cm
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212 lbs
16 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Robert Bolden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mauricio Rua!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bolden moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rua throws a head kick but Bolden moves out of range.
Donk. Rua catches Bolden right on the button with a cross.
It looks like Robert Bolden has been cut.
Rua throws a leg kick but Bolden sees it coming and moves out of range.
Bolden misses with an uppercut. Rua saw that one coming.
Rua misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bolden throws an overhand right that lands on Rua's shoulder, as Rua tries to avoid the shot.
Bolden bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bolden fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Rua takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Bolden throws the left hand but Rua avoids the punch easily.
Bolden throws a body punch but Rua moves out of range.
Rua ducks under a wild hook from Bolden.
Rua throws out a loose jab but Bolden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rua throws a right hand that misses
and Bolden counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolden misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rua takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bolden with a nice cross.
Bolden cracks Rua with a good jab.
Bolden closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Rua did well to prevent Bolden getting side control.
Rua is holding on to half guard well.
Bolden not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bolden is trying to control the action in half guard but Rua is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rua is looking for a sweep. Bolden is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rua gets full guard.
Bolden sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Rua's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Bolden there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bolden prevents Rua from standing back up.
Bolden tries to pass to full mount but Rua defends it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bolden not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bolden trying to control the action but Rua is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Rua has hold of Bolden's hands but Bolden slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolden not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bolden not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Rua is looking to improve his position.
Rua slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rua working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bolden.
Bolden works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Bolden has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bolden wants to control the pace but Rua is squirming around nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bolden looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Bolden punching from mount but Rua doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bolden with good strikes from the mount here!
Poor strikes thrown by Bolden there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Bolden landing strikes from the mount and Rua is in trouble!
Bolden looking to ground and pound but Rua is blocking nicely.
Rua tries to hold on but Bolden postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bolden lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Rua hang on?
Bolden looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Bolden dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Robert Bolden's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bolden scores with a three punch combo!
Bolden gets a takedown into half guard.
Rua regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Bolden.
Rua escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bolden gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Rua avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rua keeping full guard, as Bolden tries to pass.
Robert Bolden overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bolden trying to control but Rua is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua keeping full guard, as Bolden tries to pass.
Bolden stays in close to Rua's body and controls the position.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Bolden is pushing down on Rua's leg trying to pass to half guard. Rua is fighting to maintain full guard but Bolden has managed to sneak the leg through.
Bolden thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Rua's head.
Rua desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Rua on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bolden is pressing down on Rua's thigh, looking to free his foot. Rua is holding on for now.
Bolden is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Bolden punishing his opponent with strikes.
It looks like Mauricio Rua 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!
Rua taking shots to the head.
Bolden is landing with some decent strikes but Rua is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The cut above Mauricio Rua's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Rua manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Bolden throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bolden looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bolden has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Rua gets full guard.
Bolden postures up.
Bolden looking to pass the guard.
Boldenis looking to pass into half guard but Rua pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Rua is in guard.
Rua throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rua accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bolden avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bolden looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Rua postures up.
Rua scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bolden has momentary wrist control but Rua slips an elbow through the middle.
Rua wants to control from the top but Bolden keeps moving.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bolden is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bolden looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Bolden dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!
Rua pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Rua looks to score with a jab to the body but Bolden is just out of range.
Rua throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bolden's waist but Bolden gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Rua off to one side.
Bolden misses with a straight right.
A swing and a miss from Bolden.
Rua shoots in for a takedown but Bolden shows good takedown defense.
Bolden scores with a nice head shot.
Bolden fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rua digs a good body shot into Bolden's ribs.
Rua loads up on a big right hand but Bolden slips the punch.
Rua misses with a hook.
Bolden misses with an uppercut. Rua saw that one coming.
Rua has a takedown stuffed.
Robert Bolden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mauricio Rua.
Bolden misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bolden throws an overhand right that lands on Rua's shoulder, as Rua tries to avoid the shot.
Rua throws a solid leg kick but Bolden takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rua.
Rua shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bolden but Bolden pushes him off and we're back to square one.
A big right from Rua misses.
Rua displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Bolden throws out the jab.
Bolden lands with a right hand.
Rua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rua throws a leg kick but Bolden sees it coming and moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Bolden there.
Rua walks into a straight right hand from Bolden.
Bolden takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Rua is looking to clinch but Bolden is avoiding it.
Bolden drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mauricio Rua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bolden sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Bolden is working Rua over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
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!
Bolden landing with the ground and pound.
Rua has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Bolden has passed into side control.
Rua pushes Bolden away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Bolden gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Bolden advances to full mount.
Rua taking shots to the head.
Mauricio Rua's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mauricio Rua's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Robert Bolden!
After the fight, Robert Bolden was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
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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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