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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Archaniol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raive Manuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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200 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rafael Archaniol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Raive Manuel!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Archaniol showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Manuel.
Manuel stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Manuel wants it to stay on the feet.
Archaniol shoots and misses
and Manuel counters with a left and a right that stings Archaniol.
Manuel misses with a series of wild punches.
Archaniol gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Manuel counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Archaniol's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Archaniol. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Manuel scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Manuel avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Manuel with a nice head shot there.
Manuel is working Archaniol over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Archaniol working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Manuel doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Manuel manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Archaniol is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manuel makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Manuel's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Manuel postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Manuel pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Archaniol is keeping the position for now.
Archaniol working for a triangle but Manuel defends it easily.
Archaniol is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Manuel is aware though and is defending well.
Archaniol is breathing heavily.
Manuel scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Manuel slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Archaniol gets back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Manuel slips a nice elbow through Archaniol's hands, connecting with Archaniol's forehead.
Manuel lands strikes from half guard.
Manuel landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Manuel works his way into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Archaniol gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Manuel seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Archaniol is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Manuel pulls his head out easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Archaniol looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Manuel slips a nice elbow through Archaniol's hands, connecting with Archaniol's forehead.
Archaniol looking for submissions off his back.
Manuel takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Manuel scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Manuel scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Manuel lands with a punch from half guard.
Archaniol is rocked!
Nice strikes from Manuel there.
Oh Archaniol is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Archaniol looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Manuel lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Archaniol! More strikes land and this one is all over! Manuel jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raive Manuel!
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hype
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