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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vince Noir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Racaza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Racaza has chosen Spiderbait - Black Betty as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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160 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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173 cm
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155 lbs
5 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Vince Noir!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Racaza!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Daniel Blasius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Racaza connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Noir scores with a jab to the head.
Racaza swings for the body but Noir moves out of range.
A punch combination from Racaza misses.
Racaza lands a jab-cross combination.
Noir tries to close the distance and clinch but Racaza swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Racaza looks to land a combination but Noir avoids it well.
Racaza throws a series of punches but Noir avoids them all with ease.
Racaza throws a combination. Noir tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Racaza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Noir tries to clinch up.
Racaza throws a hook to the side of Noir's head but Noir sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Racaza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Noir.
Racaza connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Noir momentarily.
Racaza looks to land a right hand but Noir moved out of range.
Noir just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Racaza falls off balance throwing a combination
and Noir counters with a straight right hand.
Noir circles away from the clinch attempt.
Racaza looks to land a right hand but Noir moved out of range.
Racaza swinging wildly here.
Noir scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Racaza tries to clinch there but Noir circles away.
Racaza tries to clinch there but Noir circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Racaza. Noir does a little dance to reset his feet.
Noir avoids the body shot from Racaza.
Racaza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Racaza displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Noir throws out the jab.
Racaza tries to clinch but Noir is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noir walks into a left hand.
Noir looks to score with a jab to the body but Racaza is just out of range.
Noir closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A nice combination there by Noir.
Noir takes the fight into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Racaza wants to get back to striking at distance but Noir won't allow it.
Racaza is trying to force a seperation but Noir has the dominant position.
Noir fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Racaza is trying to break the clinch but Noir is controlling him.
Noir gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Racaza regains guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Noir stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Racaza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Racaza keeping moving, preventing Noir from controlling successfully.
Noir tries to free his leg and advance position but Racaza is retaining full guard.
Noir drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Noir jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Racaza really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Noir. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Noir throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Noir stands and throws Racaza's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noir throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Racaza can do anything to dispel that myth.
Racaza is not content to let Noir control the position.
Racaza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Noir looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Vince Noir will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Noir slips a jab from Racaza.
Simon Racaza seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Racaza jabs at Noir's body.
Noir scores with a body shot.
Noir uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Racaza.
Racaza looks to throw the jab but Noir is out of range.
Racaza lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Racaza thuds a left hand into Noir's body.
Noir dodges the punch combination from Racaza.
Noir avoids the body shot from Racaza.
Racaza takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Noir staying out of range there.
Simon Racaza is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Racaza fails to land with a series of punches.
Noir uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Racaza.
Racaza lands a jab to Noir's midsection.
Noir lands a nice looking kick to the body. Racaza takes a step back to recover.
Noir has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Racaza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A combination from Racaza does no damage.
Racaza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Noir slips a jab from Racaza.
Racaza changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Racaza uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Noir.
Noir throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Noir.
Noir takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Racaza swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Noir tries to clinch but Racaza moves out of range.
Noir throws a right hand that misses
and Racaza counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Racaza tries to clinch up.
Racaza throws a big shot that misses.
Racaza misses with a left hand
enabling Noir to counter with a crisp jab.
Noir lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Noir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Racaza comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Racaza moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Racaza fails in his attempt to clinch.
No joy there for Racaza, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Racaza jabs Noir right on the nose. Noir blinks but takes it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Racaza pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Noir back to the cage. Racaza follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
A cross from Noir lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Noir looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Decent striking displayed by Noir there.
Noir takes one to the chin there.
A big left from Racaza misses.
Racaza looks to land a combination but Noir avoids it well.
Racaza thows a left - swing and a miss!
Racaza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Noir.
Noir misses with a low kick.
Racaza throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Noir sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Racaza slips under a jab from Noir.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Racaza works over Noir's head and body with a nice combination.
Racaza misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Noir.
Racaza keeps the fight on the outside.
Noir lands a body shot.
Noir swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Racaza throws a jab but it's blocked by Noir.
Racaza fails to land with a series of punches.
Noir drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Racaza throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Noir connects with a body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Racaza fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Racaza throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Racaza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Noir moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Racaza showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Racaza takes a swing at Noir's ribcage but misses.
Racaza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Racaza takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Noir rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Racaza moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd cheers as Racaza lands an impressive looking overhand right. Noir doesn't seem phased though.
Noir lands with a good body shot.
Noir connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Racaza's hands.
Racaza ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Noir moves away.
Racaza takes a swing at Noir's ribcage but misses.
Racaza tries to clinch but Noir is having none of it.
Racaza chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Noir can pounce on him.
Racaza looks to throw the jab but Noir is out of range.
Noir lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Noir scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir feints and then cracks Racaza's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Racaza down.
Racaza digs a good hook to Noir's body.
Racaza looks to land a combination. Noir sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A right-left combo lands from Noir.
Noir ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Noir clinches with his opponent.
Noir controlling the action here for a moment.
Noir tries for a takedown. No joy.
Noir doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Noir looking for a takedown.
Noir keeps control of Racaza as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Noir successfully pulls guard.
Racaza must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Noir is looking to sinch up a triangle. Racaza throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Noir's body to avoid the submission. Noir has instead reached around Racaza's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Noir arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Vince Noir!
Vince Noir is the new featherweight champion!
Vince Noir seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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